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Tag Archives: fun link friday
Fun Link Friday: Japanese currency redesigns
What’s on your country’s money? After traveling overseas, I always come back to the US thinking about how boring our own bills seem! And it appears that Japan is putting even more thought into new and exciting illustrations for their … Continue reading
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Tagged currency, fun link friday, history, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese history, money
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Fun Link Friday: Super-sized Sushi 🍣
Are you a hungry sushi enthusiast? Are you ready to tackle an 11 pound “Generous Roll”? Check out our quickie fun link Friday today, a video by Great Big Story on Hiromu Inagaki, who makes massive (and tiny!) sushi! Click … Continue reading
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Tagged food, food culture, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese food, sushi
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Fun Link Friday: Newspaper Sculptures by Atsushi Adachi
The holidays are upon us, so it’s a quick Fun Link Friday this week! This article by Spoon & Tamago caught my eye a couple weeks ago– a report about an upcoming exhibit by artist Atsushi Adachi, who plays with the theme … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fun link friday, Japanese art, media, newspaper, visual arts
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Fun Link Friday: Ukiyo-e project and modern prints
We’ve covered modern takes on and uses of ukiyo-e prints from early modern Japan a handful of times for our Fun Link Fridays here at Shinpai Deshou. The latest way in which ukiyo-e can be seen persisting in the cultural imaginary is … Continue reading
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Tagged art, early modern art, fun link friday, Japanese art, Japanese culture, media, pop culture, popular culture, Tokugawa Japan, ukiyo-e
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Fun Link Friday: Is Japanese the most difficult language?
The Language Nerds blog recently posted an article summarizing reports from The Foreign Service Institute of the US Department of State, categorizing world languages and their difficulty (namely, the amount of time officials have to spend learning them). The categories … Continue reading
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Tagged foreign language, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese, language
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Fun Link Friday: Eiji Ohashi’s lonely vending machines
This week is just a quick fun link– a CNN feature on the photographer Eiji Ohashi, who has spent years photographing vending machines that often stand alone in Japan’s most isolated places. Travelers unfamiliar with Japan are often shocked by … Continue reading
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Tagged fun link friday, fun links, Japan, photography, photos, vending machines
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Fun Link Friday: Small Worlds Tokyo
If lately you’ve just been feeling insignificant compared to the vastness of the universe, maybe you need to plan on booking a trip to Small Worlds Tokyo, which is set to open next spring. Planned as the world’s largest diorama … Continue reading
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Tagged fun link friday, fun links, Japan, miniatures, Tokyo
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