Category Archives: fun links

Fun Link Friday: Beer-Can Takatori Castle

Posted on November 9, 2012 by LM

NPOs Hojin Juminno Chikara, Amanokawa Jikkoiinkai and Takatoricho Ikku Jichikai have taken the Guinness World Record for largest aluminum can sculpture with their beer-can replica of Nara’s Takatori Castle. Construction began in January 2012 and was completed on August 28, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Apple Stencils

Posted on November 2, 2012 by LM

It’s autumn in Japan, which means the apple crop is in! The large size of Japanese apples is famous among those who have lived here, but how many of you have seen a designer apple? About four years ago, there … Continue reading →

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Resource: The Obakemono Project

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Paula

Happy Halloween, everyone! You’re probably working on a costume for some party this weekend, so we’ll keep today’s resource brief. The Obakemono Project! Okay, so this isn’t a traditional resource per se, but it’s a really fun site having to … Continue reading →

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Fun Link(s) Friday: Halloween Bento Roundup 2012

Posted on October 26, 2012 by LM

Add a bit of spooky fun to your lunch this October with some of these Halloween-themed bentos from around the web! Neatorama has two collections of Halloween bento this year: “Delightful Halloween Bento Boxes” and “More Halloween Bento Boxes.” Wendy … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Halloween at Baskin Robbins, Japan

Posted on October 19, 2012 by LM

Documenting of the evolution of Halloween in Japan is one of my favorite visual anthropology side projects. Unfortunately, I don’t live as close to a Baskin Robbins, one of the original Halloween taste-makers, as I did in my study-abroad days, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Alex Mitchell’s Sengoku Avengers

Posted on October 12, 2012 by LM

As seen on The Mary Sue: Project: Rooftop, a superhero costume-redesign tribute site, featured artist Alex Mitchell’s redesign of the Avengers as heroes of the Sengoku/Warring States Period (15-16th c.) on today’s fun link. Mitchell explains, I was wanting to … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 5, 2012 by Paula

Originally posted on nonsolusblog:
Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 (Tales of Ise). Kyoto-fu (Saga): Suminokura Soan, with Nakanoin Michikatsu and Hon’ami Kōetsu, 1608. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has added its 13-millionth book, maintaining our status as the largest public university library in…

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Fun Link Friday: Complaint Choir of Tokyo

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Nyssa

As midterm season approaches, many of us learning and teaching alike may be feeling frustrations and pressure from that huge pile of papers. Not to mention it’s the season for job seekers. Why not take a break and have a … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japanese street fashion

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Paula

Being a girl of neither the height nor shape for clothing in Japan, I have never known much of anything about contemporary fashion there, not even the everyday looks. And the more extreme things? Well, I’m not one for standing … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: “A Fabulous Experience” Rotary Youth Exchange

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Nyssa

This week’s fun link is about Rotary International Youth Exchange. This year, they are celebrating 50 years of the program in Japan which began with exchanges to Australia. Watch a short video on vimeo as Yoko Sekimoto recalls her “fabulous … Continue reading →

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