February 2011

Famous Tokyo Cherry Blossom Sakura Night Viewing Spots

In comments on my previous post, people seemed interested in “Yozakura” or night hanami. Viewing cherry blossoms at night can be a nice evening outing and also a good contrast to cherry blossom viewing in the daytime. There are tons of places, and if you stay in a hotel, I’m sure the staff can guide

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Hiromi Nagasaku Wins Best Actress at California Independent Film Festival

A very familiar face has taken home the best actress honors at the California Independent Film Festival in Moraga, California this year. Hiromi Nagasaku will be familiar to fans of Japanese movies and dramas. She won the award for her role in the film “Cast Me If You Can” in which she stars with Toru

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Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto – Vies for Worst Twitter User Ever

If you are a resident of Osaka and would like to read some opinion papers written by your governor, Toru Hashimoto, you now have the option of reading them at a bite-sized pace. New to twitter, it seems that Hashimoto (whose twitter profile shows he follows no one) jumped in feet first without testing the

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Kobe Love Hotel Employees Arrested for Lending Wii

Employees of the Kobe love hotel “Swing” were arrested in a recent police sting for lending Wii and PlayStation 3 to customers. Yes, they let guests of the hotel use their Wiis for entertainment without permission of copyright holders of games such as Mario Cart and BioHazard 5. With all that may or may not

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