I never expected to see much Swedish stuff in Japan, so I was positively surprised every time when I stumbled upon something with a Swedish flag on it (happened a few times). Even less expected is see...

I decided to pick up some stickers to put on my MacBook and iPhone in Harajuku and Akihabara. But so far I’ve only put two “亀” (kame, turtle) stickers on them, and I think I’m gonna put a fu...

I bought these wasabi nuts in Japan, didn’t open it until I got home. So far I’ve had two and given one to a friend… yeah, they’re not that good.I expected them to taste better to be honest, b...

I’m crazy in love with old (70’s-90’s) Japanese music, actually not just Japanese music, I find myself listening to some good old Earth, Wind & Fire and Minnie Riperton songs now and then as wel...

Takayuki Haranishi from the comedy duo FUJIWARA doing his one-liner gags, all in a row. I saw a lot of him on TV when I was in Japan, he’s a really funny guy. Some of his gags are super lame, but a ...

I promise, this will be the last blog I will announce at least for a while… haha. IDOL WANTED is basically a Long Live Kameism blog but for all Japanese idols (not AV or gravure though). It’ll be ...

For some reason when I was in Ginza, I decided to walk off the main street. The main street was kind of all the same thing wherever you were so it got boring rather quickly. And just next to it, stree...

Kirsten Dunst teamed up with the famous Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and made a cover of Vapor’s “Turning Japanese”, and “Akihabara Majokko Princess” is the result.So far it has mainly...

Some of you probably know about the fashion blog I used to run on higashifashion.com. It didn’t last long because it was too much work for me to keep two self-hosted WordPress blogs up and running a...

As I’ve only been watching idol-filled dramas as of late, I decided to go with something different when I got home from Tokyo in February. Ashita no Kita Yoshio (Kita Yoshio’s Tomorrow; The World...

Yet again I have Tumblr to thank for my findings. This time I’ve found KillDisco a.k.a. Fakevox who makes remixes of J-pop/anime and other Japanese music. And perhaps most importantly, besides them ...

We’ve been seeing more and more official Japanese channels popping up on YouTube lately, and this time it’s Up-Front that has realized what they’ve been missing out on. At the time I’m writing...

Rikaichan is a plugin for Firefox that lets you translate Japanese by hovering over words. When you hover a word you’ll get translations and readings, and if you hover a kanji and click enter, you...

Just what kind of information center is this?Would you go in there? I’m sure they could answer all your questions, but I don’t think it would feel… right, to go in there, haha.Related posts:Shib...

Just two days ago I announced my new Japanese blog where I’m supposed to write in Japanese on a daily basis for practice. But, when you’re using Tumblr, it’s really difficult to keep yourself fr...

This post is a Japan Blog Matsuri submission. The theme of February 2010’s Matsuri is Japan Top Lists, hosted by Muza-chan. Check out this page to participate, the deadline is Tuesday, February 23rd...

That’s right, I’ve finally relaunched my Japanese blog, this time in a less official fashion. Last time I used a Japanese installation of WordPress together with an old theme that I translated. Bu...

Of course I also had to visit Ginza during my month in Tokyo. I decided to go on a Sunday since they close the main street down for traffic on weekends (thanks Chris for letting me know!).Ginza is pre...

When I started studying Japanese at the University of Gothenburg in Autumn 2008, we started using a book called Basic Kanji Book Vol.1 which probably is a well-used book in other schools as well. And ...

Yesterday when I was out in the field looking for some new iPhone apps to play with, I stumbled upon the NHK World app when searching for ways to stream Japanese TV to your iPhone. Although NHK World ...