Category Archives: Japan
The Technology Matsuri
Here are the entries for this December Blog Matsuri. This was a lot of fun and I learned a lot. I definitely think you should check each of them out.
Joshua Zimmerman
Entry: Robot School Girl Horror
Description: This one creeped me out and got me excited, not that way, at the same time. I love robots and [...]
Rangaku Learning About the West
Rangaku is the term used for “Dutch Learning” and started the Japaneses curiosity about the west from finding an anatomy book. From there it moved to all sorts of subjects some examples are: Political Science, Astronomy, Medicine, Physical Science and Cooking, and many more.
The Dutch were the first westerners to find Japan and they had [...]
Top 10 Japanese Names
Japan has a lot of family names and it kind of makes it hard to remember names because I haven’t grown up with them. However, it is important to start learning names to better remember names and get along using the language. The Japan Times released an article with the top 100 most common family [...]
Who are the Ainu?
The Ainu are considered the natives to Japan, similar to Native Americans being the original peoples to the United States. They are actually very similar to the Native Americans because their culture/economy was based around farming, hunting, fishing and gathering; along with having their own language, culture, and religious distinctions.
The Ainu were originally concentrated throughout [...]
Godzilla Fest Schedule
Here is the Schedule for Godzilla Fest. I just wanted to post it up so that others could see it. I am very excited. While I wont be able to participate fully because I am helping man a booth for a Japanese Language club. I am excited that we are having this in Tulsa to [...]
TV Asahi and TBS Now on YouTube
Yesterday, there was announcement that TV Asahi and TBS are going to YouTube to stream their video content to users. They are wanting to use the popularity and the backbone of YouTube to offer quality service to viewers. However, I am not sure if something is getting lost in translation or not because what I [...]
Most of Japan doesn’t have Infrastructure for Cyclists
When I think of transportation in Japan I think Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift and bicycles. I think bicycles because I see pictures all the time when I see pictures of Japan. So to me it is amazing that they don’t have an infrastructure for cyclists when my area spends millions of dollars on it [...]
Honda U3-X or The Ultimate in Unicycle Technology
Not much of a unicyclist, but this is really cool. Would be very interesting to see this mass produced, though I don’t actually think it would be to very viable as even in the video demonstration it is a bit odd to use and not very predictable without a good amount of practice.
What seems [...]
74 Year Old Japanese Man Wins Bodybuilding Competition
And you thought all old people sat in wheelchairs all day. This is interesting and proves something I have thought and consider true. No matter the age if you take care of yourself you can do anything you want.
Japanese weightlifter Tsutomu Tosuka won first place in the seniours above 70 category in the 21st anneversary [...]
Tochigi
Note/Disclaimer: This is a post that is meant to give a quick overview of some of Tochigi and not full detail of everything. Tochigi is much like a state in the US with a rich past, present, and future to come. I can’t possibly cover everything and getting the tip of everything would be a [...]
