All Releases for August 2010 in "Japan"
2010 August
Don Quijote Shibuya
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...
A Japan Photo per Day - Inari Shrine at World Trade Center
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…...
J-Links Digest nr.45 - Interesting Japan Articles of the Week
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...
Pizza Hut Party
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
Yukuhashi Sumer Festival: Taiko Drummer
Apple Store Shibuya
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...
Comiket 78 – Cosplay
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’...
A Japan Photo per Day - Shiodome, Viewed from Yurikamome
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...
Yukuhashi Sumer Festival: Taiko
Yukuhashi Sumer Festival: Taiko
Beautiful Thailand
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...
A Japan Photo per Day - Japanese Lily
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…
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Japanese Lily (Lilium...
Post-Apocalyptic Tokyo
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
Yukuhashi Summer Festival: Food Vendors
Stephanie & Daniel Wedding
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...
Takashi’s Great Journey 03
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...
Permis de conduire Japonais
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...
A Japan Photo per Day - Miko guide at Shinyosha
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...
Tengu Brand Beef Steak Jerky Chips
What am I doing? I’m enjoying some Swedish beer imported from Germany while listening to some good Japanese hip-hop and looking at Gyaru Wednesday week 11.
Together with all that stuff I mentioned above, I’m having some Tengu Brand beef steak jerky...
Gyaru Wednesday Wk11
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...
RIP Kon Satoshi 今敏監督
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...
Yukuhashi Summer Festival (行橋夏祭り)
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...
A Japan Photo per Day - Traditional Japanese sweets
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...
Gakuen Angel Cosplayers
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...
Sunset in Thailand
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...
1/1 Scale Gundam and Eva unit 01
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...
Jamie Kennedy Japanese Prank
Anyone remember the classic Jamie Kennedy Experiment? I loved that show, but this episode I must have missed! Jamie Kennedy plays Frank, the owner of a sushi restaurant. Frank thinks his staff loves him but that’s really only because he doesn’t speak...
A Japan Photo per Day - Omikuji Daruma Doll
Daruma Dolls are spherical dolls, usually red colored, representing Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism. They are amulets for good luck, prosperity and especially for power to accomplish goals.
A Daruma Doll is always sold without drawing the ey...
Ukon no Chikara — No more Hangovers
Tired of heavy hangovers after a night out? Well, you’ve come to the right place my friend! Ukon no Chikara is here to save the day.
Ukon no Chikara, which literally translates to “The Power of Ukon” is a Japanese anti-hangover drink sold in conveni...
Takashi’s Great Journey 02
Missed the first episodes? Start here »
Takashi’s great journey continues and this time he hits four locations, Shin-totsukawa, Sapporo, Otaru and Niseko. He finally finds some people to skate with and discovers Loaf lounge, a skate park and shop in...
J-Links 44 - Interesting Japan Articles of the Week
Japanese mascots, Heian drawings, Harajuku fashion, a smiling robot and one weird Japanese restaurant.
But, as usual, there are also videos and photos from beautiful Japanese festivals… Enjoy this weeks J-Links!
Pipo-kun, the Japanese Police ma...
Singapore Travel
I love traveling. Traveling for me is like a therapy when things get crazy. I always try to take lots of travel photos because the photos are making me happy. When you look at the photos, you can recall back your memories of that place and time....
Shibuya Crossing Ads
Hi! A short introduction. My name is Shiranwa. I’ve lived in Japan for the past 7 years and thought I’d help Yonasu out with his little picture request. I hope you enjoy the pictures I’m able to provide. Leave comments so I can know what you want...
The Star Trek legacy
In the last 2 months I was going through all the episodes and movies of Star Trek the old series. I grew up with Star Trek, with Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk, and now I can look backwards and see how much it influenced my life. Star Trek was not an usu...
A Japan Photo per Day - Senso-ji Temple Restored
Since the last year, the Senso-ji Temple from Asakusa was covered in scaffolding for restoration works (the roof was completely changed and most of the decorations were restored).
This year, just a few days before I left Tokyo, the scaffolding tarpau...
Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Scala & Kolacny Brothers are an all girl Belgian Choir that have created specially made arrangements of songs from well-known bands. It was almost a decade ago that I first heard their rendition of U2′s With Or Without You.
I thought it was incred...




