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• Japan, Osaka, Photo

  Lomo Crabs

  09.24.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  Partly inspired by Lomo Love, I recently bought a HOLGA Lomo film camera and have been having lots of fun around Osaka with it. Its lens is made of plastic which means pictures can suffer from poor focus or darkening around the edges (known as vignetting. What it also means is you can take any [...]

• Blogging, English, Misc

  Hanzi Smatter

  09.23.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  I found an amazing blog called hanzismatter.com via pixelscribbles. It says it is, “dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in Western culture” and predominantly features pictures of upside-down or incorrect kanji tatoos (like an Eastern version of engrish.com) such as the man who got eunuch tatooed on his arm. Of course I can`t tell [...]

• Japan, Misc

  10 Things You Must Do In Japan

  09.21.05 | Permalink | 31 Comments

  Whether you are here in Japan on holiday or you are working, there are some things you should definitely experience. I`ve tried to make these 10 points irrelevent of location so these can all be enjoyed whether you are amongst the bright lights of Tokyo or in the middle of nowhere. 1: Visit an onsen [...]

• Engrish, Japan, Photo

  Kitchen Living

  09.21.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  Found next to the Living To Fuku (pronounced Fookoo) sign. Technorati Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, Engrish

• Culture Shock, Japan

  Drugs

  09.20.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  Thanks to the excesses of last week`s many festivals, short sleep, beers in the evening and coffees in the morning and not excluding young school children demanding I shake their dirty sweaty hands, I have come down with a bout of influenza. This has warranted a trip to the hospital for the first time today. [...]

• 100 yen shop, Engrish, Odd, Photo

  The 100 yen shop sign

  09.19.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  I had misgivings about posting this picture. I don`t like furthering the myth that the Japanese are a funny race to be mocked. On the other hand I almost killed mysef laughing when I first saw this sign. I`m a hypocrite and I admit it. It`s a sign for a 100 yen shop meaning that [...]

• Japan, Japanese Festival, Osaka, Photo

  Futon Taiko and Danjiri

  09.18.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  The danjiri festival was very fun. It was also very surreal when you think that the reason you are unable to walk down a particular street is because 500 Kishiwadans are pulling a 4 tonne wooden float down it. I`ve got a Flickr photoset of the danjiri festival up. The picture above is a danjiri [...]

• Japan, Japanese Festival, Osaka, Photo

  Minnie Driver?

  09.17.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  A mini danjiri puller. Technorati Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English

• Japan, Japanese Festival, Osaka, Photo

  Glasses

  09.16.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  Some danjiri pullers sporting novel accessories. Technorati Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English

• Japan, Japanese Festival, Photo

  Traffic light danjiri

  09.14.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  This was a shot taken from the festival. You may be gaily coloured and you may be pulling a heavy wooden danjiri on your big day but you still have to wait to cross the road. Technorati Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English

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