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There are quite a number of different soup base for Ramen. For Today’s Japan Photo, we are going to enjoy my favorite Shoyu Ramen 醤油ラーメン, which has losta yummy soy sauce added to the soup. This yummy bowl of Shōyu ramen was captured by dapan....

I’m sure many of the anime fans like myself have enjoyed the anime series Bakemonogatari 化物語 which was adapted from a novel series. The prequel to the novel, Kizumonogatari「傷物語」 has been given the green light to be adapted into an anime serie...

For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be travelling to Nara to visit one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan – Yakushi Temple 薬師寺. The temple is also one of the UNESCO heritage sites. This lovely black and white shot of t...

Back in April, we saw the opening of the Gundam Café in Akihabara. As the Gundam Statue has been relocated to Shizuoka, Bandai has opened a smaller Gundam Café right next to the statue as well. Wouldn’t wanna miss a great opportunity to make some ext...

Those who have seen a 10 yen coin before would be familiar with the temple that the featured for Today’s Japan Photo. Byōdō-in (平等院) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. This temple was originally built in 998 in th...

Japan is the vending machine capital of the world and we have seen a couple of weird stories about them. But I have never seen a vending machine that sells nothing else but bananas! You just need to pop in 130 yen and the machine will dispense the b...

For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be taking a look at the costume Miss Universe Japan will be wearing for the Miss Universe 2010 Finals that is scheduled to be held in Las Vegas on 23 Aug 2010. The “Dream” Costume was designed by John Galliano and cr...

LittleBigPlanet 2 is scheduled to be released on 16 Nov 2010, and Sony has packed many awesome goodies into the collectors edition bundle. The bundle that will be retailing for US$79.90 will include the game, a 7″ sackboy plushie and LBP game ends s...

Losta new Nendoroids were announced at the ongoing Wonder Festival Summer 2010. So here’s a summary chart of every single one of them and you can use it to help you track which ones you are going to preorder XD Image Source: 2chan Nendoroid Nagi and...

Probably the Empire need some extra funds to build a new Death Star because a man wearing a Darth Vader helmet and cape robbed a bank on Long Island, New York. I wonder if the bank-teller was in fear or laughing while they handed him the money. Its...

ALTAiR blog has uploaded a new preview photo of the upcoming figure of Yuri Lowell (ユーリ・ローウェル) from Tales of Vesperia (テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア) and this time the figure is fully coloured. The figure looks really awesome and I hope to see...

In many Japanese festival, there are usually percussion instruments such as drums to help stir up the festive spirits. For Today’s Japan Photo, we are going to examine the Japanese Taiko 太鼓. This shot of the taiko drummer with such an interesting e...

One of the dishes that is popular in Okinawa during the summer would be Goya Chapuru ゴヤチャンプル. For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall enjoy this yummy stir-fried dish! (^～^)モグモグ This delicious looking dish of Goya Chapuru ゴヤチャンプル was ph...

During your summer trip to the beach, you might be bringing along a watermelon to help quench your thirst. If the last thing you want is to bite into a warm watermelon, then you might want to consider buying this ridiculous portable watermelon cooler...

We have seen quite a couple of beautiful majestic Japanese castles in my Today’s Japan Photo series. If you have fallen for them and would wish to live in one yourself, then here’s the chance because a castle in Oita Prefecture is being put up for sa...

On the third Monday of July, Japan would celebrate Marine Day 海の日 which is a national holiday. For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be taking a look at how Japanese folks honor the day by lighting up paper lanterns along the coast. This lovely photo...

How many of you want to lose weight but are too lazy to head to the gym? Well you might want to start buying clothes from Uniqlo because they are now claiming that their new heat-sucking innerwear is gonna help you burn fats! Operated by the ambitio...

You can never have too much idols, or at least that is what the Japanese pop idol industry believe because following SKE48 that debut last October, AKB48 will have another sister group – NMB48, named after the Namba area of Osaka. NMB48 is schedule...

I hope everyone had enjoyed my 3rd anniversary giveaway that had spanned over the past 2 months. Based on your feedback, I’ve given our Nendoroids, Kamen Rider figuarts, Cospa T-shirt and Gunpla kits. Its time to give out the grand prize, which I bel...

What do you bring along as food when you go on short trips to the beach or nearby park? This lovely photo of a cute little girl enjoying her Onigiri 御握り is just so kawaii that I had to feature it for Today’s Japan Photo. This great shot was taken...

As seen on akitakanori’s twitter is these two lovely preview photo of the upcoming second set of Nendoroid Puchi Vocaloid Race Queens. Race Queen Luka is so kawaii that its a must get for me even though it is most probably an exclusive set!!

If you are travelling by air to Kyoto or Osaka, you would probably be landing at Kansai Airport. For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be taking a look at the beautiful night scene of the Kansai Airport 関西国際空港. This lovely shot was taken by PacoAlc...

As you all know, Japan is currently having an election for its upper house. After a month of intense campaigning, Otosan finally manages to scores a victory for his political career as well. LOL It was quite hilarious to see a room full of people sh...

Fashion company f*ing has commissioned the lovely Nozomi Sasaki for their Autumn & Winter collection and she is looking really kawaii in those outfits. My most favorite outfit has gotta be this one below because somehow I think she looks good in blac...