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2010 January
On Your Mark 1995 – Miyazaki Hayao
I came across this gem of a music video by Miyazaki Hayao called ON YOUR MARK (1995). It been circulating on YOU TUBE for a bit and apparently has sparked some conversation on the spirit of humanity and the course we’re taking for our future. I do no...
Lahaina Jodo Mission
Hawaii has a very diverse ethnic culture. Most evident of this is the fact that all over Hawaii there are cultural “parks”. Today I had a chance to catch this temple bell because of an account I had to visit in Lahaina. The following is and excerpt e...
Kimagure Orange Road – きまぐれオレンジロード
Does this opening look familiar? When I first started watching anime this was ones of the series that hooked me into the Japanese culture. From that moment on I decided to learn Japanese and visit the country that could make such a universally themed...
Japander.com
Japander.com was a pretty great website for catching celebrities pitching Japanese or American products on Japanese TV. And there were a LOT of them from Kiefer Sutherland to Catherine Zeta-Jones. But a lawsuit brought about by lawyers for Leonardo D...
The Story of the Chinese Zodiac
Peter Payne of J-List originally told of this tale in this J-list blog. It is a very interesting read and I urge you to check it out. I’ve heard a couple versions of this story and the one Peter Payne quotes here is the most common one. Click here or...




