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You’ve got your camera, you’ve got your domain and you’ve set up your blog. You’re now ready to get out there and share with your friends (and the world) the things you love, hate, inquire and observe. What I hope to share with you is the love of pho...

Hilo International Airport Tarmac: This week I was working on the Big Isle of Hawaii. On my return trip the Hilo Airport was practically empty! On a Friday no less! I had arrived early because of the new TSA proceedures. And wanted to relax a little...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Recently Sankyo released their extended Pachinko Game Parlor commercials featuring the mechas of Macross. Labeling the machines as “MACROSS FEVER“.  In the past they have featured JPOP recording artist KODA KUMI and American actor NICOLAS CAGE. If yo...