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Han Il Kwan Restaurant

(via www.asianweek.com) 5 days ago

Han Il Kwan Restaurant

Jun Kim, owner of the Korean restaurant Han Il Kwan in the Richmond District, emphasizes the importance of keeping his food authentic. The reasons why can be seen several times each day, when monstrous tour buses pull up...

Tags: korean, korea, asian, visit, food, south korea, tour, train, restaurant, rice, relationship, travel, ban, bi


Shikama Station

(via sleepytako.blogspot.com) 6 days ago

Shikama Station

Shikama station is where the Sanyo Aboshi line splits off from the Sanyo Main line to Himeji. The train heading to Sanyo Aboshi is pictured.

Tags: photo, train, flickr


Japanese Train Line Watch

(via www.oneinchpunch.net) 13 days ago

Japanese Train Line Watch

TokyoMango posted this digital watch, which looks like the signage for the Yamanote train line in Tokyo. The Yamanote line is the green-and-silver train that does a big loop around central Tokyo.nI think it looks quite nice...

Tags: japan, japanese, tokyo, train, designer


Cash Society Japan

(via japundit.com) 16 days ago

I remember my first payday after coming to work as a teacher in Japan, being handed an envelope containing my entire month's salary in cash, which was quite a surprise to me.

Tags: japan, japanese, people, world, home, food, money, train, college, teacher, cell phone


Tokyo Gore Police

(via xorsyst.com) 18 days ago

Tokyo Gore Police

I love a good Japanese horror movie. Half of my movies on Netflix are split between Japanese comedies and horror movies. One of the movies I will have to save and hope it makes it to Netflix soon is Tokyo Gore Police.

Tags: japanese, tokyo, love, asian, movie, film, police, home, family, asia, festival, game, deal, train, movies, wii, film festival, horror


What does Moe mean?

(via otakuinternational.com) 18 days ago

What does Moe mean?

For any Otaku or plain old Anime watcher out there, I am sure you have heard the term "Moe" countless times, but what exactly is Moe? It's one of the most important words in Otaku culture today. Moe is used to describe....

Tags: japanese, people, video, love, girl, anime, games, cute, culture, manga, train, otaku, haruhi, video games, sakura


Individual Fashion Expo IV Report Part 1 - The Lolitas Are Headbanging

(via patrickmacias.blogs.com) 19 days ago

Individual Fashion Expo IV Report Part 1 - The Lolitas Are Headbanging

No time for formatting or HTML links. Doing this as fast as I can. Liveblogging basically, but a day late jetlagged and on a very empty stomach.

Tags: new, people, video, music, love, song, show, group, movie, girl, release, girls, style, fashion, cute, art, concert, band, water, court, train, gold, baby, weird, models, toy, temple, kawaii, pirates


Yamanote line digital watch

(via www.tokyomango.com) 19 days ago

Yamanote line digital watch

I'm not a super train geek or anything, but I do know the Yamanote line pretty well. It's the green-and-silver train that does a big loop around central Tokyo, that takes you from Meguro to Tokyo Station in 19 minutes and from...

Tags: tokyo, school, train, cell phone


Nintendo Captures Lucrative Handbag Rental Market

(via kotaku.com) 21 days ago

Nintendo Captures Lucrative Handbag Rental Market

In a move that once again proves that Nintendo is willing to great lengths to make sure everyone enjoys their products but their hardcore fans, Nintendo has teamed up with handbag rental portal From Bags To Riches to include...

Tags: world, video, 2008, show, popular, fans, visit, girls, women, games, president, free, online, business, fashion, market, united states, female, game, system, train, collection, test, designer, population, video game, nintendo


IPhone selling far less than expected in Japan

(via www.japanprobe.com) 23 days ago

IPhone selling far less than expected in Japan

The Wall Street Journal reports that demand for the iPhone 3G in Japan has fallen to a third of what it was initially and analysts are expecting the downward trend to continue....

Tags: japan, japanese, new, world, tokyo, music, tv, market, internet, train, mobile, models, apple, cellphone


Nagoya Friends at Shooters, September 20th

(via japanvisitor.blogspot.co...) 26 days ago

Nagoya Friends at Shooters, September 20th

Nagoya Friends is holding it's 58th party in Nagoya!

Tags: japan, japanese, people, tokyo, 2008, show, english, food, party, free, female, train, yahoo


Mobile Libraries in Japan

(via japanvisitor.blogspot.co...) 28 days ago

Mobile Libraries in Japan

移動図書館For small, rural towns in Japan with no public library, residents rely on a mobile library service provided by the nearest city with a public library.In Matsushiro, just outside Nagano, the mobile library calls...

Tags: japan, train, yahoo, mobile, rural


Women-only train cars shameful

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 29 days ago

Women-only train cars shameful

When I stayed in the United States, I realized how advanced public transportation is in Japan. But there is one thing about our train system that I am ashamed of: the women-only passenger car. India also has this system...

Tags: japan, india, women, men, united states, system, train, car, problem, cars