In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan. [ Sumo wrestlers ] A stereoview consists of a pair of nearly identical images that appear three-dimensional when viewed through a stereocscope, because each eye sees a slightly different image.
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Animated stereoviews of old Japan
© 2009 apeescape …This is a conversation between two people after watching the documentary, “The Cove,” a real-life-mission-impossible-mission to film the dolphin slaughter/harvest in a small cove in Taiji, Wakayama.Yank: That was eye-popping, to say the least.Jap: Camouflaged HD cameras, underwater microphones, world-class divers, an espionage under 24H police surveillance …Yank: No, I mean the freaking bloodbath that happens over there at Taiji.Jap: What did you expect?
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An Innocent Chat between a Japanese and an American on the Taiji Dolphins after Watching “The Cove”
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Being a secret Susan Kare fanboy, I like this 8-bit barbecue. But I want my steaks to be 64-bits, thank you very much.
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The 8-Bit Barbecue [Bbq]
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Although the game has been a bit hit in Japan since last April, the rest of the world wasn’t privy to the release of MagnaCarta II until a week ago. Earlier this October, the Softmax-developed and Banpresto-published masterwork finally made its way to North America to be released exclusively on Xbox 360. This is tremendous news for Banpresto and fans of the MagnaCarta role-playing franchise.
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Japan Goes Worldwide
When visiting Japan sampling the cuisine has to be at the top of your list of things to do. There is far more to Japanese food than sushi and unless you have visited an Izakaya you cannot claim to have experienced Japanese eating and drinking culture. Izakaya are a type of pub that also offers a range of tasty dishes to accompany your drinking and good spirits.
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Izakaya Japan – Meet and Eat Japanese Style
Then we walked over to Sannomiya Station area and just strolled around, taking photos, and getting a feel for the town. We stumbled upon the Akasen district, and walked upon and down the main street a couple of times, dipping down into the back alleys just to see what was there; the same as usual: little member’s only bars, cabaret clubs, love hotels, late night noodle shops, and so on. On our way there, we had asked a few hotels if there was any room in the inn and we’re getting a little discou
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Sannomiya Station
As a puny yet honest attempt to show you that I actually read other things than plain economics I thought that I would share this piece with you on declining nomadism amongst Americans; it is written for Newsweek by author Joel Kotkin. I am not quite sure whether he believes the ageing of the population to be the decisive factor contributing to the rise of localism which he speaks about or just a factor among many
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Are Americans Becoming Less Nomadic?
For Marcy and Chris’ Australian Wedding we had a game of Slosh Ball in Centennial Park.
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Slosh Ball
