Awesome waterfall from Japan:

BBC’s Japanorama on the fantastic phenomenon of Otaku, maids, cosplay ect. I want to get the mega gozilla too!!!

We’ve all seen it in many versions, but this is my favorite. The English sucks but its an A+ from really funny self irony.

Interesting documentary about the intimate journey into the worlds of four young women working as hostesses in exclusive nightclubs in Tokyo.

Francesco Jodice’s documentary explores some aspects of the Japanese youth’s social behaviors namely the two phenomena known as “otaku”: geek, nerd, enthusiast, and “hikikomori”: someone who is completely locked up in their shell. Some statistics claim there are about one million hikikomori in Japan. These young people choose voluntary reclusion pursuing the complete annihilation [...]

“Ez egy kÅ‘kemény társadalom. Nem a törvény az, ami szankcionál, hanem a kiközösítés, ami ezerszer erÅ‘sebb. Ha elfogy a levegÅ‘ körülötted, mert nem azt csinálod, nem azt gondolod, amit a többi, akkor véged van.”
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A felkelő nap árnyéka című könyv kapcsán volt egy kimerítő és roppant érdekes interjú a Tilos Rádió Haza és Haladás című [...]

Haven’t posted in over two weeks. Well that is because I was out of the country visiting my Dad and travelling around in Japan, land of the rising sun, place of my childhood tribulations, domain of fantastic food and an unlimited supply of Hello Kitties. To be honest I had my reservations about this little [...]