Category Archives: fun links

Fun Link Friday: Banana Peel Tattoos

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Paula

It seems like every time I flip through my articles of the day I find something neat semi-related to a previous Fun Link Friday we’ve done. Much like the banana art that was all about carving out the insides of … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Inakadate Rice Field Art

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Paula

Have you guys seen the latest rice field art this year? It looks spectacular! It takes about 1,200 people from the community to bring projects like this together every year, but man, what a fantastic payoff! I love seeing the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Superheroes in the Subway

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Paula

With all the buzz in the last few years about real-life people putting on costumes and declaring themselves superheroes (they even have their own Wiki page these days), it was interesting to stumble across this NTDV report on a local … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Around Japan in 47 Curries

Posted on August 30, 2013 by LM

One of the things I love about Japan is the sense of regional speciality items and food. Tokyo-based writer Tom Baker is on a culinary mission to sample omiyage curries from every prefecture in Japan. All the posts have a good discussion … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Musical Kitchenware

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Paula

Maybe this fascinated me even more because it was so late at night when I stumbled across it, but these guys Sou and Kumama in Tokyo are making music with everyday kitchenware like spoons and cheapo dishes, and it is … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Suica Stickers

Posted on August 9, 2013 by LM

If you’ve traveled in Tokyo, you’ve likely used a Suica card to make train and subway trips simpler. Today’s fun link over at the Japanese design blog Spoon & Tamago showcases stickers to personalize your Suica penguin, from astronauts to, I … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday Reblog: Body Tattoo Marketing

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Paula

Just a quickie FLF this week with some links, as I’m still drowning in a sea of kanbun getting my medieval on this month at a workshop! Several articles have been floating around my Facebook these past couple weeks since The Guardian put … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Nihonoranda.com

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Travis

For today’s Fun Link Friday, Nihonoranda.com, a beautiful website centered on a map of nearly 191 Dutch-related sites, events, and organizations in Japan. Organized by the Embassy & Consulates of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan, the site integrates … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Monsters from the Kaibutsu Ehon

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Paula

We’ve already had a few posts on ghosts and monsters, particularly because late summer is the time for haunted houses (or trains), but maybe you’ve got more monsters on the mind from going to go see Pacific Rim. So here’s … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: War Kimono

Posted on July 12, 2013 by LM

Cranes, carp, cherry blossoms…Zero fighters? I guarantee you haven’t seen kimono motifs like these before! Wolfgang Ruf of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, collects rare wartime kimono from roughly 1894-1942 with soliders, weapons, and military vehicles. Today’s fun link, “Kimonos reveal Japanese … Continue reading →

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