Category Archives: fun links

Resources / Fun Links: Flying

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Travis

I am no wizard at finding special deals on flights. Just a regular guy. There are dozens of articles and blog posts online purporting to offer tips on “The Cheapest Days to Fly and Best Time to Buy Airline Tickets” … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: A History of the World in 100 Objects

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Travis

Back in 2010, the British Museum put out a series of 100 short podcasts, using objects from their vast collection to highlight episodes or thematic aspects in world history. Right: A helmet from Sutton Hoo, one of the most famous … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Samurai Problems on Twitter

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Travis

This July, a new Twitter account appeared, and began tweeting out incredible small-scale, everyday, “truth is stranger than fiction” sort of stories about life in Edo period Japan. https://twitter.com/samuraiproblem/status/748925092445491200 Just precisely which graduate student or professor is behind the account … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: kayakowithtoshio Instagram

Posted on July 9, 2016 by LM

In the tradition of Freddy vs. Jason and Alien vs Predator, Sadako vs. Kayako, which debuted on June 18, features Sadako from Ringu and Kayako from Ju-On: The Grudge facing off in a cross-over film. Regardless of what you think of the film, you may enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Learning Japanese through Instagram Flashcards

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Paula

Using flashcards with words on them is one thing, but they don’t always give you the kind of vocabulary you may need when you actually hit the ground in Japan: visual. If you’re looking for a fun new way to … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Spider battles

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Paula

If the humidity of the rainy season hasn’t given you enough of a reason to feel the creepy-crawlies, you might be interested in learning more about the folk tradition of Kajiki Kumo Gassen, or the spider-fighting battles of Aira in Kagoshima. … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The Oldest Sake Shop in Tokyo

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Paula

What a week it has been. In all the chaos of the news, I barely remembered to look up a Fun Link Friday this week. But in the end, what we could all use is a drink (if that’s your … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Hatching eggs outside of shells

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Paula

A quickie fun link this week– recently Japanese high schoolers demonstrated a fascinating technique of hatching chickens from eggs without the shells. This special kind of incubation allows students (and scientists!) the ability to watch the progression of the embryonic … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japan’s Plushies Tormented in the Wash

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Paula

Sorry for the lack of Fun Link Fridays lately, research/travel insanity has taken over! In the spirit of my tormented state of academic mind, this week we bring you a quickie fun link from Rocket News 24, which wrote earlier this … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Photographs of Japan from 1908

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Paula

I love early photographs of Japan, as one can probably tell from many of our previous Fun Link Fridays. Here’s some shots from 1908, from the Library of Congress’ collection by Arnold Genthe (1869-1942). As My Modern Met describes: These rare … Continue reading →

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