All Releases for August 2010 in "Japan"

Welcome to another message brought to you by Shiranwa. This time we have Don Quijote! For those of you who don’t know about the Don Quijote store, it can be summarized in three words. HAS IT ALL. Honestly if you’re ever out in Japan and need somethi...

Choosing the wrong exit from the Hamamatsucho Station, I discovered this beautiful Inari Shrine, built on a terrace right next to the World Trade Center building. The torii, the fence and the lanterns, everything looked amazing in the sunset light…...

Here are the Japan articles that drew my attention this week. Of course, we have the usual dose of Japanese odd innovations: an amazing micro-house, an intelligent toilet… But this week we have also some unusual news, like a look into a death chamber...

A few weeks ago, two of my friends moved to the new apartment. It's been our excuse tradition to do a house warming party whenever someone moving in to new residence. What's better than Pizza to celebrate it ? See Full Photoshoot here

Yukuhashi Sumer Festival: Taiko Drummer

Many requests I put up on the JPCP page are pictures of various stores in Japan. I love shopping and I find stores in Japan particularly interesting. This time, I got Shiranwa to take some shots of the Apple Store in Shibuya for me. Being a Mac and...

Je n’ai malheureusement pas pu aller au Comiket cette année. De toute façon je ne me voyais pas attendre plus d’une heure sous le soleil dans une foule pleine de transpiration pour entrer au Tokyo Big Sight. Par contre il y a pas mal de chance que j’...

I like to sit on the Yurikamome front seat and take pictures - I thought this is a tourist attraction, but I discovered that many Japanese do the same… I took this photo through the Yurikamome train’s windshield… On the right is the impressive entr...

Thailand! Nice beaches, spicey food and smiley people! I wish I would have taken more photos during this trip, but I didn’t want to carry my camera to the beach and in the evening. I should really get a good point and shoot eventually to have a camer...

I visited Mount Takao at the end of July, when the Japanese Lily is in full bloom. Along the mountain path, a lot of Lilies were at their peak and their perfume still lingers in my mind… Click on photo for higher resolution: Japanese Lily (Lilium...

Once again PinkTentacle has curated a collection of interesting illustrations this time depicting a post-apocalyptic Tokyo. These images are orginally from TokyoGenso so hit them up for more.

Yukuhashi Summer Festival: Food Vendors

Meet Stephanie and Daniel, two sweet and loving souls, who invited me to their wonderful wedding in Indonesia. Stephanie is one of my good friends. I’ve known her since university. She’s a pretty, smart, and funny girl. A couple of weeks ago I receiv...

Missed the first episodes? Start here » In the third episode of Takashi’s Great Journey you get to see footage from his time in Hakodate, Hokkaido. This is the last stop in Hokkaido before continuing onto the mainland of Japan. Takashi made a bunch...

Obtenir un permis de conduire au Japon n’est pas une tache facile. C’est chère et le test, en japonais, est assez difficile.Heureusement pour nous, gaijin, il est possible de faire transcrire le permis de conduire obtenue dans notre pays d’origine. L...

There are many buildings at the Toshougu Shrine in Nikko, and each has its own role. The building from this photo is the Shinyosha (Shed of Portable Shrine), the place where the mikoshi are stored. There are three mikoshi inside the Shinyosha, for T...

Woohoo! Gyaru Wednesday! Go get a cold one, turn on some MoNa a.k.a. SAD GIRL and enjoy ;) The picture above is definitely my favorite this week, what’s yours? This week’s edition of Gyaru Wednes...

Just when I thought it’d be another great morning to start work, a single news item came and blew my daily happiness away today. The director of my favourite anime film of all time, Perfect Blue, and also many great works like Millenium Actress, Toky...

The Yukuhashi Summer Festival was easily my favorite festival of the summer so far. The lantern float parade was energetic, the taiko drums were impressive, the food vendor cheap but delicious, and the fireworks were long lasting and creative. I had...

I love the Japanese traditional sweets, so when I arrived in Kawagoe, the first visit was to the Kashiya Yokocho street, also called Penny Candy Lane. Here you can find sweets produced after original recipes coming from the the old Edo days, each sh...

These two said they were cosplaying Gakuen Angel. Either this is some major underground manga/anime or I must have heard wrong >.>; as I can’t find any info about them. Their costumes were hand made and if you look close at the cheek of the girl on...

I just got back from Thailand yesterday morning and it was a wonderful vacation. I haven’t had time to process all my photos yet, but I will try to post a bigger article soon. For now you can feast your eyes on this sunset I snap from my hotel room b...

I’m amazed to see the amount of effort put in to give back to the fans of Classic shows like Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion. As most of you would already know, there have been 2 attempts to make a 1/1 scale Gundam. With the “Gundam Crisis Attract...