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Are you living the life of others?
You know, people often ask me:-Danny, danny, danny. You are a grown man for christ sake - why on earth do you play with dolls?! Not only are you too old to play with dolls - you are a man!I laugh at...
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Free Return Ticket to Japan - Winner
Before I start, I want to ask your forgiveness if I did not choose you for the Mirai Suenaga Nendoroid Free Return Ticket to Japan Giveaway. If I had the cash then I'd pay for all of you to come to...
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LINE Official Accounts
Just to let you know that LINE gave me an official account to help me keep in contact with comrades around the world. For those who are not familiar, LINE is a free app that lets you chat and make free...
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Why I'm sticking with Android
A recent survey shows that nearly 80% of Japanese folks who have used both Android and iPhone would recommend iPhone to others. The survey also revealed that 54% of current Android users would...
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Japanese School Girl Skirts
Was at a comrades place yesterday who is currently studying a most interesting subject - Japanese school girls ^^; He had these up on his wall - posters which are being used in the Niigata prefecture...
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Yoshikawa Chinatsu Figure
The manga and anime series Yuru Yuri revolves around the daily life of the Amusement Club's members. Yoshikawa Chinatsu [吉川 ちなつ] is one of those members who is going to get the figurization treatment...
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Japan Hay Fever
Japan's 4 seasons are beautiful and distinct. And then there is the 5th season - Hay Fever Season. This is the worst time to be in Japan for hay fever sufferers. I didn't suffer from hay fever while I...
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Haruno Shiozaki
Did you get round to watching the anime One Off [わんおふ] - the Honda one? If you did then you may be interested in this most cutesome figure of Haruno Shiozaki [汐崎 春乃] due out in May by Kotobukiya....
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Japan Earthquake Anniversary
Exactly 2 years ago to this day on 2011 March 11th, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck the east coast of Japan at 14:46. It was the most powerful earthquake to have ever hit Japan. The quake triggered a...
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The Garden of Words
The Garden of Words or Kotonoha no Niwa[言の葉の庭] is an upcoming anime film directed by Shinkai Makoto [新海誠] (Voices of a Distant Star, 5 Centimeters Per Second, Children Who Chase Lost Voices) with...
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Japanese School Boys
One for the ladies - photos of the lads taken this week when filming for Culture Japan at Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School. They are all wearing a coat called Tokkou Fuku [特攻服] with the kanji...
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Koizumi Amane
For many years I've been a fan of Japanese illustrator Koizumi Amane-sensei [恋泉天音]. I didn't think it would be possible for her to illustrate our Mirai Suenaga for us as she is not a freelancer like...
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Narita Airport Shops
About to leave Japan from a most awesome trip? Suddenly realise that you didn't pick up that certain anime goodie and then its starting to be a not so awesome trip? Devil No Cry! Recently opened at...
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Tokyo Photos 4
The fourth part of the Tokyo Photo series where I aggregate all the latest photos I've been posting to my Instagram account ( http://instagram.com/dannychoo ). While this series is called Tokyo Photos,...
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Japan White Day
Every March the 14th is "White Day" which is today. To make more monies from Valentines day, the Japanese invented "White Day" as an excuse for men to buy candy to give to women in return for the...
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Worldwide Mobile Home Screens
My mobile home screen - I've kept it simple so that I can see our lovely Mirai-chan keeping the icons to a minimum and placing them so that I can see both sets of her eyes ^^;The weather widget is by...
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Anime Conventions
On the 5th of January 2013, we held the very first Culture Japan Night in Penang Malaysia. It was held just after CJ Night Kuala Lumpur so I didn't expect that many to come - maybe about 25 people? How...
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Yokohama in the Winter
The freezing Winter has pretty much come to a close but still have a few photo walk posts from the Japan in the Winter series. Today we take a gander around the Yokohama area which is only 30 mins or...
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C3 HK 2013
The ACG (Anime Comic Games) event C3 Hong Kong took place recently and our resident comrade Stepswalker went along to take some photos for us. As with previous C3's, they had a load of cosplay, figure...
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Learning Japanese
712 people registered to participate in the talk that I gave at Jurong Regional Library on the subject of learning Japanese. Many could not make it because of the here-comes-atlantis torrential rain...
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