Saturday, October 04, 2003

Japanese bloggersala plenty :-)

Thursday, October 02, 2003



A great blog from Japan with loads of insightful pictures

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Test to locate kids
with IC tags to begin


Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at 04:22 JST


OSAKA � Two Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) group companies and Dai
Nippon Printing Co said Monday they will launch joint experiments to locate the
whereabouts of children and merchandize by combining integrated circuit (IC) tag
and broadband communications technologies.



The experiments will be carried out at two places � a kindergarten in Wakayama
Prefecture and a factory-warehouse combination facility in Gifu Prefecture � for
three months from October, NTT West Corp, NTT Syscom Corp and Dai Nippon
Printing said. Kindergartners will be given name cards carrying IC tags, which
are tiny computer chips. (Kyodo News)

 


Sunday, September 28, 2003

Loads of Engrish and Japlish !



Anyone fancy a fuzzy navel drink....humm I wonder how it´s processed

Nampa

Nampa, the Japanese art of "girl hunting" may not have the elevated status of the tea-ceremony, calligraphy or Aikido, but picking up girls on the street is something that a surprising number of Japanese men devote themselves to with much the same seriousness as practitioners of more traditional disciplines like Kendo or flower arrangement. Look into this fascinating sub-culture and you may be surprised at how many parallels there are with traditional arts. More than a few pick-up artists think of it as their way of life, and a lot of formerly shy, loveless men feel just as liberated by nampa as the 90-pound weakling who was freed of his bullies by Judo. A truly devoted disciple may have a teacher that he treats with the same reverence as the Karate-ka does his sensei, and practice his art as religiously as the monk does zazen. Nampa has its own "secret" techniques, acknowledged masters, vocabulary, and even fierce rivalries and debates (the eternal "Is it okay to do Nampa on rainy days"question, for example).
JAPAN SAQ (SELDOM ASKED QUESTIONS)


Ever wonder why....

How come Japanese people slurp Japanese and Chinese noodles, but not spaghetti?
What is the difference between sushi and sashimi?
What is the difference between Happoshu and beer?
What do Japanese people wear under their kimonos?
Why do Japanese school girls wear sailor suits?
How do the JR workers get home after the last train has left?
Why do Japanese people say that traffic lights are blue when they are really green?
Why do a lot of the Jizo statues wear 'bibs'?
How come the 'Thousand-armed Buddha' statues only have 42 arms?
Why do people write their names in katakana on restaurant waiting lists?
Where is the rabbit that Japanese people see instead of a 'man in the moon'?
Why do yakuza put pearls in their penises?
What year was I born according to the Japanese calendar?
Why do Japanese people say that their babies are delivered in the tenth month?

The answers to these and loads more are all to be found here...I highly recommend it !!!
In case you missed the Shogi lecture on Saturday I´m posting a link to a human Shogi game..... Now you can be a part of the intrigue ;-P Standing in full apparel for hours whilst strategy plans are made.. can anything possibly beat that ;-) ?




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Using this dialect in public or in the classroom may result in personal injury, expulsion, or arrest.
Dare check it out..? .... ;-)