AKB48 Members Take Tuition TooYou might imagine that the members of AKB48 just dance and sing everyday. But behind their glamorous lives, they still have to do their schoolwork like other teenagers of the same age.
In these two commercials by Try-Shiki Gakuin [トライ式高等学院],...
Police Discover 265 Pantsu In Man’s TruckI never get bored of all these news about Japanese pantsu thieves. Here’s another hilarious news story about this truck driver who was arrested after he allegedly stole two pairs of women’s underwear, and when police searched his truck, they found a...
Nendoroid Plus Nanoha & Fate PreviewMika-tan has uploaded a couple of preview photos of the kawaii pair of upcoming Nendoroid Plus Nanoha & Fate Plush based on the recent 『Nanoha The MOVIE 1st』.
Source: GSC Blog by Mika-tan
The kawaii duo will be up for preorder tomorrow and I fo...
Resonance of Fate PreviewResonance of Fate is an upcoming RPG that I’ve been looking forward to more than FFXIII. If you haven been following the rest of my preview reports, then you should at least check out this preview video of GamesTrailers of the upcoming action-RPG fro...
Nendoroid Puchi Touhou Project – Syameimaru & Ibuki PreviewMika-tan continue the preview of Nendoroid Puchi Touhou Project with preview photos of Nendoroid Puchi Aya Syameimaru and Suika Ibuki.
Mika-tan has also revealed the preorders information. Preorders will commence on 11 March 2010, and as expecte...
Sora Fesu 空フェスSora Fesu [空フェス] was held last Sunday and Gigazine was there to cover the event and record down the flight of the many Flying Pantsu ornithopter.
Don’t be disappointed that you were not there because here are two videos taken of the event:
Sou...
Star Wars AT-AT DIY Kit Helps Organise Messy CablesIF you have problems organising your messy cables from all your gadget, then you might want to check out this really cool Star Wars AT-AT DIY Kit that is created by GeekCook.
You can check out his auction page to get the DIY kit for 55 yuan (approxi...
Today’s Japan Photo: Hanafuda 花札On Saturday evening, I went out to catch the awesome anime move Summer Wars, and I’m so inspired by the movie that for Today’s Japan Photo we shall take a look at this interesting card game Hanafuda 花札.
Folks who have seen Summer Wars would be fam...
New Gatsby CM Featuring Kimura Takuya & Kawaii PuppyHere’s a new Gatsby commercial that features a new kawaii puppet puppy together with Kimura Takuya.
I love the initial scene where both of them were taking off the sunglasses together. LOL
Today’s Japan Photo: Red Bean Rice 赤飯While out shopping last week, I chance upon some interesting rice that was colored in red. I went home and googled it and found out that it was called “Sekihan” 赤飯, so for Today’s Japan Photo we shall take a look at this interesting Red Bean Rice....
Summer Wars Wins 33rd Japan Academy Awards Best AnimationThe 33rd Japan Academy Awards was held yesterday at the New Takanawa Grand Prince Hotel in Tokyo.
If you had been following Mamoru Hosoda’s (細田 守) twitter, then you would know that Summer Wars (サマーウォーズ) won the Best Animation Award for the...
Rockman WagashiIn conjunction with the release of Rockman 10 on 9 March 2010 on the Playstation Network, Capcom is releasing some yummy Rockman Wagashi 「ロックまんじゅう」 for a limited period of time.
There are two different version of packaging, one is the Roc...
SOCOM 4 TrailerThis morning I read about SOCOM 4 being developed exclusively for the PS3 and is scheduled for release this fall. Now the debut trailer for the game has also been released.
The game is expected to be release
According to the Playstation Blog and IG...
Domo-Kun Helps Out Olympics Highlight ShowIts really tough to take any news seriously when you have Domo-kun as an assistant host.
I was so distracted by Domo-Kun waving his arms around that I didn’t know which athletes they were rooting for. LOL
Source: Japan Probe
Aya Ueto To Play DetectiveFuji TV has been announcing many interesting dorama for the upcoming season. Today, they announced that Aya Ueto 上戸彩 will be staring in her first detective drama – “Zettai Reido ~ Zettai Reido ~Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa ~ ” 「絶対零度～未解決...
Today’s Japan Photo: Nakatsu Castle 中津城After visiting the Takarazuka Revue 宝塚歌劇団, its time for us to head back on track to explore the wonderful castle of Japan for our Today’s Japan photo series. Today we will journey to Oita prefecture to visit the Nakatsu Castle 中津城.
This phot...
1/8 Natsume Takahashi PVCALTAiR (Alter’s new franchise) has announced preorder for their first figure – Natsume Takahashi from the manga series Natsume’s Book of Friends (夏目友人帳).
He is scheduled for release in Jul 2010, and will be retailing for around 6,800 yen. As of...
Miss Mister DonutIn conjunction with its 40th anniversary, Mister Donut brought together 40 lovely ladies from all over Japan to announce their new line-up of donuts for Spring season. The lovely ladies included actress Saki Aibu, 24, front 3rd from left, who is this...
Sengoku BASARA 3 EkibenWhile we are all eagerly awaiting Sengoku BASARA 3 「戦国BASARA3｣ to be released in Summer, you can tuck into some yummy Sengoku BASARA 3 Ekiben if you travel along the JR line passing Nagoya.
The ekiben will be sold starting this weekend on 6 Marc...
Otosan Goes BowlingTo spend some quality father-son bonding time, Otosan heads to the bowling alley. This scene of otosan polishing his bowling ball is just awesome!
During the game, Otosan and his son talks about the Otosan chocolate giveaway for the upcoming White D...
Nendoroid Puchi Junjou RomanticaGSC has announced preorder for Nendoroid Puchi Junjou Romantica featuring Misaki Takahashi (高橋 美咲), Akihiko Usami (宇佐見 秋彦), and Suzuki-san from the yaoi series Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance.
This is an exclusive set of Nendoroid puchi and...
Today’s Japan Photo: Fushimi Castle 伏見城For Today’s Japan photo series, we will continue our tour of some of Japan’s finest castles. Today we shall visit Fushimi Castle 伏見城, or otherwise known as Momoyama Castle 桃山城.
This photo was uploaded onto flickr by user smsalamon. Loved how t...
Japan Winter Time-LapseJapan has many wonderful nature scenery and mockmoon has uploaded his latest work, and this time it is a lovely time-lapse video of the winter scene in Japan.
I’m a big fan of his video, especially those that capture the night sky because living in...
Mikie Hara 原幹恵Its been a while since we last saw Mikie Hara on this site, so I decided to find one of her galleries for this weekend’s gravure feature. I’m sure she doesn’t need any introduction since she is one of the leading gravure idols in the industry.
Name:...
Photography Assignment Using Wine CorkAs some of you might know, I have been taking photography classes, and here’s one of my recent assignment which was shared during Wednesday’s evening class.
This image of the wine cork encased in ice was one of my most favorite shots and it received...
Touhou Silhouette Animated on ApplesHere’s another awesome stop-motion video based on the original Bad Apple! Touhou silhouette animation, and this one is made entirely using real juicy red apples!
I’m always amazed by the dedication and effort spent to make such awesome videos.
Sour...
Transformers: War for Cybertron Gameplay TrailerBack in Jan, we saw the first trailer for Transformers: War for Cybertron which is being developed by High Moon Studios. Now a new trailer has been release with some gamplay footages.
The game seems to be a third person shooter, but I wonder how wil...
Glico and Softbank Collaboration for White DayFor the upcoming White Day ホワイトデー, Softbank and Glico will be coming together for a joint marketing campaign. Softbank mobile subscribers can show staff their cellphone with the download wallpaper from the campaign website and they can redeem a...
Sunao ni Narenakute 「素直になれなくて」: Japanese Drama About TwitterTwitter has become so popular worldwide that now a Japanese dorama is being produced on the social networking tool. The drama is called Sunao ni Narenakute 「素直になれなくて」, which literally means “Hard to say I’m sorry”, and will star Eita and Ju...
1/6 Tamaki Kosaka PVC [Panic Ver.]Kotobukiya has announced preorder for another sexy figure of Tamaki Kousaka from the To Heart2 Another Days franchise. Essentially it is a “wardrobe malfunction” version of the 1/6 Tamaki Kōsaka PVC released back in Mar 2009.
She is scheduled for re...
Karaoke Gameplay In Yakuza 3How many of you like going to the karaoke? Well the Yakuza enjoy karaoke too and here’s a very interesting gameplay demostration of the Karoke mini-game in Yakuza 3.
So did his singing performance convince you that Yakuza 3 is must-get when it relea...
Moyashimon Live-Action Drama TrailerBack in Dec 2009, I shared with you folks that Moyashimon was being adapted into a live-action drama and now the first trailer of the show is out!
The show will air on Fuji TV in Jul 2010, and will star Yuichi Nakamura (中村 優一), who is better kno...
Team Aomori: Japanese Olympic Women Curling TeamLast Friday, in the article on Sexiest Japanese Winter Olympians, I mentioned that the Japanese women curling team had some really cute team members. Today, we will have a more in-depth look at Team Aomori [チーム青森].
Team Aomori currently compris...
Hidetoshi Nakata Coke Zero CMA really cool commercial by Coca-Cola featuring former soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata (中田 英寿) drinking Coke Zero in zero gravity.
This CM got me wondering whether it was really shot in zero gravity or did they just used some camera tricks. Its rea...
Mai Nishida 西田麻衣This weekend’s gravure feature is the lovely Mai Nishida whom I’ve mentioned previously is gorgeous from head to toe.
Name: 西田 麻衣 [にしだ まい]
Birthday: 23 March 1989
Height: 158cm
3 Sizes: B89cm/W58cm/H81cm
Blood Type: O
Today’s Japan Photo: Yokohama Landmark Tower 横浜ランドマークタワーFor Today’s Japan Photo, we shall visit the tallest building in Japan – Yokohama Landmark Tower 横浜ランドマークタワー, standing 295.8 m (970 ft) high.
This awesome shot of the tower was taken from .nicky.’s flickr. I loved how he managed to capture...
