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Kurosawa Film Festival

The Official Website of the University of the Philippines Film Institute The Japan Foundation, Manila will be bringing in original 35MM prints of films of Akira Kurosawa. The best part, screenings are FREE!!Every student of film should not miss this opportunity to see his films in the way they are meant to be, on the [ READ MORE ]

Baumkuchen from Japan

My family was strolling down Ginza last weekend and wondered why there was such a long line and they decided to line up themselves. At the end of the line was this bakery that was selling these freshly baked goodies. According to Wikipedia, the “Baum Kuchen” or King of Cakes, is a kind of layered [ READ MORE ]

Japanese washing machine and bidet

I’ve been able to do my share of laundry and seen all sorts of laundromats during my time but this takes the cake. I can assume that this is a large heavy duty washing machine where you can select the load on the left side and adjust for time and temperature of the water and [ READ MORE ]

Japanese water heater and rice cooker

How hard can it be to heat water in Japan? Which button would you press? ;P Or cook rice?…Sooo which is the rice cooker and which is the water heater? I’m so confused. >&lt[ READ MORE ]

Super sized Nintendo DSi

Nintendo announced a few days ago a new extra large DSi. It will be first released in Japan with other regions to follow in 2010. It is originally meant for “older” gamers who want a bigger screen to read and more space to use the stylus. The DSi LL is about and inch larger than [ READ MORE ]

Ramen in a can

  • September 25th, 2008
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TOKYOMANGO: Instant ramen in a can What will those Japanese think of next? I love vending machines. It provides me with a quick fix of almost anything. Especially in Japan where I can get both hot and cold drinks from it. Lisa Katayama of Tokyo Mango has posted this find of Instant Ramen in a [ READ MORE ]

Things that we will never see

  • May 24th, 2008
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Xbox Live: Japan Can Buy Microsoft Points Over The Phone Xbox Live users in Japan will be able to buy MS points over the phone starting next week. Interesting that MS decides to have this service in the land of the rising sun where the Xbox isn’t really setting anyone on fire. Of course Japan [ READ MORE ]

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