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Malaysian Food
Pretty much took photos of just about *everything* I ate for the few days that I spent in Malaysia in May. My fave is Prawn Mee (noodles), Poh Piah, Rojack, Char Siew Rice, Wonton Mee and Teh Tarik....
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Otaku Shopping
Comrade Rin gets to spend hard earned moolah in Japan this year - 670,000 yen including shipping back to Canada. Photos posted on the figure and doll photo sharing community figure.fm with more details...
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Anime Bento
A collection of anime inspired bento boxes (lunch boxes) found on the Internets. How many of these do you recognize? Can you bring yourself to eat these? I had a hard time eating the bento that I was...
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Karate Girl
Yuka Kobayashi is a cutie and a karate girl - enough reason to post some cool vids of her doing her thang. The Casio FC100 looks like a nifty camera that takes high speed videos. How many of you...
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AmiAmi BBQ
Back from a lovely evening having some BBQ shenanigans with comrades at AmiAmi on their rooftop. After the party, was unexpectedly taken to somewhere near Akihabara to further our conversation of...
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Eroge Room
Some recent eroge room photos found in the Internets. Eroge themed rooms have to be the most interesting rooms to look at - filled with gorgeous girls absolutely everywhere. Who said that otaku cant...
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Xecty Giveaway
Looks like its time for another giveaway - this time its going to be the recently released Xecty (girl with the brown hair) by Kotobukiya. Shes a big heavy girl too and retails for 9,240 yen. But you...
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Omikoshi
Tis approaching the end of the Summer meaning Matsuri [ç¥ã‚Š] or festival time in Japan. Many shrines have events and food stalls set up and the streets are lined with lanterns. Along those streets one...
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Japan Safety
iPad spotted outside an estate agents where folks are free to browse floor plans. There is a chain but its chained to the base and not the iPad. And there is nobody outside watching either.This is one...
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Desk Diary 2010/09/10
Most of my time of late has been taken up by research on plastic manufacturing and also looking into how 3D is replacing traditional hand sculpting. Learning loads and meeting many folks in the...
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Recent Print Coverage
Been invited to speak at a conference by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and was asked to update my profile - going to bore you with the recent and not so recent print stuff.First...
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Tokyo CGM Night 8
Better late than never - coverage of Tokyo CGM Night 8. Thought I'd upload before Tokyo CGM Night 9 and Singapore CGM Night this November.Tokyo CGM Night is an event which I host to bring together...
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Afternoon in Tokyo
Saturday afternoon preparing the conference talks, filming, overseas trips and local projects for the next 3 months - with the help of some MrDonuts which I just skated out to get. Was cool a few days...
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Kira Kira Asia
Mentioned it here n there but didn't get round to writing up a post on this. Am presenting on another TV show called Kira Kira Asia - A program which introduces Japanese Pop Culture to Asia. Tis...
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NEX-5
The editor for OTACOOL was in the office the other day and brought along a new his new toy - the Sony NEX-5. I like shiny metal things so I took a closer look - all these photos taken with the Lumix...
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Sakana Sashimi
OK - press event for AFA took place today so I can announce who she is - Sakana Sashimi who you may recognize from Otacool 2. She also came along to the meetup that we had in Malaysia too. If you want...
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AR.Drone GET
Not out until the 16th in Japan but for some reason 2 AR.Drones just arrived on doorstep. Charging up now. I'm not going to get any work done today ^^; Oh wait - this is work ^^; And for those of you...
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Anime Festival Asia X
A press event was held this morning in Singapore to announce and go over the details of Asia's biggest anime convention - the Anime Festival Asia which was attended by about 55,000 last year. This...
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Anime Voice Actress Kidnap
Just kidnapped an anime seiyuu - can you guess who she is? ^^; I've asked her to appear on Culture Japan and also help me sort out my photos. She kind of misses home a bit but I want to keep her for a...
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View of Japan from AR.Drone
Filming Culture Japan while having fun at the same time with the AR.Drone - these photos taken today. This will be "View of Japan from AR.Drone - part 1" ^^; More Japan from the Drone soon. I need more...
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