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Sasakawa Ryoichi Statues

by Ed | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Dolls and Sculpture | 2 |

I’ve seen these slightly-creepy statues of a guy carrying his mother in various places in...

Green Peas Pachinko Parlor

by Ed | Last updated Feb 27, 2018 | Architecture and interiors, Pop Culture, Technology, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 0 |
Tokyo Vice Book Review

by Ed | Feb 28, 2018 | Other | 7 |
Waiting for the Pachinko Parlor to Open

by Ed | Last updated Feb 27, 2018 | Pop Culture, Street Scenes | 0 |

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Cherry Blossoms vs. Plum Blossoms

by Ed | Last updated Feb 26, 2018 | Nature | 111 |

Yesterday I realized that despite having lived more than 15 years in Japan, I can’t tell the...

Japanese People’s Most-Hated English Words

by Ed | Last updated Jul 30, 2017 | Other | 53 |
The Green Tokyo Gundam Project

by Kame | Last updated Aug 27, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Pop Culture, Technology, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 22 |
Japanese Fortune Telling: Of Cats’ Paw-pads, Penguins, Monsters, and Gundams

by Ed | Last updated Aug 1, 2017 | Pop Culture | 22 |

Sasakawa Ryoichi Statues

by Ed | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Dolls and Sculpture | 2 |

I’ve seen these slightly-creepy statues of a guy carrying his mother in various places in...

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Green Peas Pachinko Parlor

by Ed | Last updated Feb 27, 2018 | Architecture and interiors, Pop Culture, Technology, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 0 |

Last weekend I went on an outing with the Tokyo Cameras photography club. Our theme was...

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Tokyo Vice Book Review

by Ed | Feb 28, 2018 | Other | 7 |

Tokyo Vice is a courageous book written by a very brave man*. It’s the autobiography of Jake...

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Waiting for the Pachinko Parlor to Open

by Ed | Last updated Feb 27, 2018 | Pop Culture, Street Scenes | 0 |

Serious pachinko players often line up in front of a pachinko parlor before they open so they can...

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Vero Logo Fail in Japan

by Tom | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 |

Everyone seems to be talking about Vero, the new social media app aka “new instagram”,...

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How to Win at Pachinko (Japanese Pinball)

by Ed | Last updated Feb 27, 2018 | Japan Blogs and Websites | 0 |

Are you fascinated by bright, shiny, objects? Do you feel that you have been using your brain too...

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