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Photos: Super cheap hotel in Osaka – 800 yen ($8) per night | Japan Probe
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Photos: Super cheap hotel in Osaka – 800 yen ($8) per night. Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. A Japanese 2channel user recently posted. Some photo highlighting his experience staying at Osaka’s Hotel Diamond, which offers some of the cheapest rates in Japan. The receipt, stamped by a hotel staff person, shows that it did indeed cost a mere 800 yen for a single night’s stay. The photos in this post don’t look so bad, but some guests have had bad experiences with the hotel in questio...
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New Year’s Shrine Visitors = Vile Sinners Who Must Repent | Japan Probe
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New Year’s Shrine Visitors = Vile Sinners Who Must Repent. Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. Ju2tin and moufestaphio have made some interesting posts. About groups of Christians who gather outside major shrines in Tokyo and warn people making New Year’s shrine visits about the hellfire that awaits them if they do not accept Jesus Christ as their savior:. I got a few pics I’ll post in a minute.”. 8211; Gadgetry from Japan ( Subscribe. 8211; Your portal to Japan ( Subscribe. Oh and I don...
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Discussion Policy | Japan Probe
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Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. Our comments policy is pretty simple:. No racist comments or racial slurs. [That includes: Jap. 毛唐, etc.]. No personal attacks on other posters in the comment threads. If you disagree with somebody, go after their argument instead of attacking the person who wrote it. No use of generic handles like “Anon” / “Anonymous” / “gaijin” / “Japanese person”. No comments that are totally off topic. No use of multiple names for the same user. [ Sockpuppetry. Incred...
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Russian political cartoon: Putin & the slant-eyed Japanese | Japan Probe
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Russian political cartoon: Putin & the slant-eyed Japanese. Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. A Russian-speaking friend let me know about the following political cartoon by Sergey Elkin. Which has appeared on the popular news site. President Vladimir Putin is shown trying to grab Crimea, while off to the side a couple racial caricatures of Japanese people are standing by the Kuril Islands (known as the “Northern Territories”. The conflict in Crimea puts Japan is a tricky situation. Http:/...
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New anime film highlights Soviet ethnic-cleansing of Kuril islands | Japan Probe
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New anime film highlights Soviet ethnic-cleansing of Kuril islands. Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. A new anime film called Giovanni’s Island. ジョバンニの島) will hit theaters across Japan tomorrow. Here is the Japanese language trailer:. And here is an English language description of the movie, from the website of the New York International Children’s Film Festival. Japan, Mizuho Nishikubo, 2014, 102 min. Recommended Ages: 12 to Adult (Subtitled). Judging from the trailer, it looks like it w...
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Korean man fined after throwing feces at Japanese embassy in Seoul | Japan Probe
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Korean man fined after throwing feces at Japanese embassy in Seoul. Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. On Wednesday morning, a 69-year-old Korean man threw a bag of feces at the Japanese embassy in Seoul. According to Jiji press. The man had been shouting “Dokdo belongs to Korea! 8221; as he threw the bag. The man was a former ward assemblyman for the Gangdong District. He allegedly said he did it as a warning to Japan. He wanted Japan to know that both the Liancourt Rocks. Http:/ japedant...
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Top 100 Anime List | Japan Probe
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Top 100 Anime List. Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. Dark Diamond Network has posted a Top 100 Anime list compiled by TV Asahi. I guess most of them are pretty recent, since I haven’t heard of a good portion of the titles:. 2 Neon Genesis Evangelion. 3 Pani Poni Dash! 4 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. 5 Negima: Box Set. 6 Mobile Suit Gundam. 8 Prince of Tennis. 13 Vol. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. 15 Yu Yu Hakusho. 16 Overman King Gainer. 19 Kyo Kara Maoh. 27 The Law of Ueki. If you s...
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Dramatic Prairie Dog meme reaches Super Bowl commercial status | Japan Probe
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Dramatic Prairie Dog meme reaches Super Bowl commercial status. Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. The famous “ dramatic chipmunk. 8221; internet meme has been used in a CarMax commercial that aired during the Super Bowl:. In case you were wondering what this has to do with Japan: The footage of the prairie dog that became the “chipmunk” of internet legend was from an episode of the Japanese TV show ” Hello! 8211; Gadgetry from Japan ( Subscribe. 8211; Your portal to Japan ( Subscribe.
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Will the Public Ever See the Senkaku Boat Collision Video? | Japan Probe
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Will the Public Ever See the Senkaku Boat Collision Video? Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. The DPJ government is facing a lot of pressure. From opposition parties over their decision to withhold the video footage of the September collision. Between a Chinese trawler and Japanese coast guard patrol ships near the Japanese-held Senkaku islands. 8220;It’s important to inform the public of the facts,” LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara said. The party leadership is lukewarm on the idea...
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The Great Happiness Space: A Documentary About Host Clubs | Japan Probe
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The Great Happiness Space: A Documentary About Host Clubs. Profiles of the Day. More at Japan Probe Friends. The The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief. Which one the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival, has finally made its way onto Google Video. Here’s a synopsis from the film’s creators:. The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief. Watch It Online Here! What do you think? Posted by James - May 20, 2007 at 2:32 pm. Pingback: Japan...
