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Okamikakushi! Konami’s new game for PSP!

07 05 2009 - 00:00
Author: Mika^-^
Japan
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Saturday 18th April, 2009, Konami, the famous Japanese house production of some of the most popular video games announced that a new game called "Ōkamikakushi" is in production, which is a story of mistery and adventure, only for the console Sony PSP!

The game has been created by Ryukishi07 (famous for the visual novel Higurashi: When They Cry and Higurashi: no Naku Koro ni) and the character design by Peach-Pit (the famous designers of Rozen Maiden, Shugo Chara!, DearS and Zombie Loan). The gameplay will be like a Visual Novel, where the player will read how the events proceed and will be asked to take important decisions in various points of... [Continue...]

Hanami - The flower bloom feast in Japan during the Spring. See the magic!

31 03 2009 - 00:00
Author: Inuchan
Japan
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Who has never wished to go to Japan during Hanami feast, the cherry tree blooming, to assist this show?

If you are saying "me", I won't believe you :P If you want to travel to Japan during this cherry tree blooming period in spring, I suggest you to go and see them! Especially if you are romantic! Usually tree flowers bloom around April, and they are at their maximum beauty for one or two days, and they will slowly decade until the end of the month. In this period, the Japanese will gather with... [Continue...]

The Japanese University of Tokyo plans the opening of a museum for anime and manga!!

16 03 2009 - 00:00
Author: Inuchan
Japan
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The biggest and most ancient university in Tokyo, and Japan, Meiji University, has announced a possible opening for the biggest museum of world only dedicated to the anime and manga!

Too good to be true? In 2006, Kyoto Seika University, another Japanese university, had opened, in turn, a similar museum which was visited by 30,000 foreign tourists during its first year after opening. Here we can see an external image of the museum: However, the Meiji University's, museum, is planning on opening another museum even bigger than the one above. Well, the biggest... [Continue...]

Japanese Crafts: Inro and Netsuke, the small masterpieces

13 02 2009 - 00:00
Author: Yuki Sakuma
Japan
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Inro 印籠 are the little masterpieces of Japanese craftsmen. These precious items were born in in the Edo period (1600 - 1868), in order to carry little things like: tobacco, identity seals and medicines.

n the Edo period, pockets didn`t exist in japan, so all those little things were carried around by hanging them from the obi, sash and kimono sleeves. Inro are small boxes which are made by a stack of one or more of some tiny, nested boxes. A small rope is used to close up the nests, and at the and of the rope there is a Netsuke, a sort of button used to tie the Inro onto the ObiSo the Inro... [Continue...]

Japanese emoticons part 2: new 40 japanese emoticon

22 01 2009 - 00:00
Author: Yuki Sakuma
Japan
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Here we are with a new collection of japanese emoticons!

the previous article talking about japanese emoticons was really apprecciated, so i collected 40 more japanese emoticons for your chat ~~~ヾ(＾∇＾)おはよー♪ Good Morning! (Hiragana on the right side are readed Ohayou!, that means Good morning!) (^-^*)/ｺﾝﾁｬ! Hi! (Hiragana on the right side are readed Koncha!, a short version of konnichiwa! meaning... [Continue...]