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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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Fun Link Friday: Send Your Haiku to Mars!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Paula

Check out this announcement from NASA, released at the beginning of May. Ever stop and think, ‘Man, would I love to send a haiku to Mars!’ Yeah, me too, every day. We all do, amirite? Sadly the deadline to submit … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Google Street View of Gunkanjima

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Paula

Just a quickie FLF today, folks! You may remember a fun link from last year brought to us by Nyssa on photography of abandoned sites in Japan (haikyo), a prominent subject of which was Gunkanjima 軍艦島, or “battleship island.” This island … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: 400th Anniversary of Japan-British Relations

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Paula

Although 2013 is already half over, the history nerd in me still feels the need to promote this fabulous factoid and fun link, which came to me earlier this year as a website announcement: 2013 marks the 400th anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Bag End Bonsai Trayscape

Posted on June 14, 2013 by LM

地面の穴のなかに、ひとりのホビットが住んでいました。 Bag End meets bonsai: English artist Chris Guise has recreated the Baggins’ home in the Shire in (even more) miniature through the Japanese craft of bonsai. See the full set and more about the process at his Flickr page or … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Cockatiel Sings Theme to My Neighbor Totoro

Posted on June 7, 2013 by LM

YouTube user pokomarichard’s pet cockatiel sings the My Neighbor Totoro theme with piano accompaniment. The original video is on YouTube. Via BuzzFeed.

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