A Hopeless Romantic's Adventures in Japan

Peccadilloes in Nippon and in Nipponese with a Quixotic Perspective. Coming at you from Yokohama, near Tokyo.

December 10, 2019

Jun Togawa's Radar Man

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June 17, 2019

『妖怪ハンター ヒルコ』(1991) PANDORATV

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May 14, 2016

Yamasa Soy Sauce: What's in a logo?

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So, 屋号 (yagou) are symbols that some companies have. There are a few common elements floating around . The most common is probably the roofl...
January 18, 2015

Upside down luck at Chinese restaurants

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There are lots of Chinese restraunts here in Japan. Of course, the food is different than what is passed off in other countries ( I prefer A...
December 3, 2014

Planet of the Apes Hachimaki

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I and my girlfriend laughed a lot at this episode of MST3K, which I remember watching as a teen, but the funniest part for us was seeing a ...
November 4, 2014

Who drew Howard and Nester? Shuji Imai did.

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If you're a child of the Nintendo Power generation and a manga aficionado to boot, you might have occasionally wondered who drew How...
October 28, 2014

Karate will see you through this disaster

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Sign says: 女性 women 中高生 middle and highschoolers 病弱者 weak and sickly dudes かんげい welcome gloss: We welcome, women, childr...
October 23, 2014

Anyways, Just Try It Once

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Thought this an interesting way of using 兎に角 (tonikaku, anyway) that we probably wouldn't do in an English ad. It translates pretty...
February 19, 2014

MOTHER OF MERCY I DON'T SPEAK JAPANESE! Japanese Game Show (SNL)

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I remember watching this one as a kid. I had no idea they were trying to speak actual Japanese. They fall far from the mark on pronunciation...
August 15, 2013

GReeeeN - 愛し君へ

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I've been known to sing a GReeeeeN song or two at karaoke. Anyways, this video will tickle nostalgia bones, and has a very funny cameo b...
July 18, 2013

Karaoke: Charisma.com 『GEORGE』

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Level: Hard. Charaismadotcom is a new favorite duo for me. I guess they are rappers? Japanese Study Links Sign/Ad J | J Slang | J News...
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July 7, 2013

Yoda Rakugo

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This is an image that happens to please me a lot: Yoda as a Rakugo storyteller. GF made out the name paper as saying maybe Taitei Yoda-yu. ...
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