Bijin Tokei Cute Japanese Clock Gadgets
Bijin Tokei is a company that show Randomize cute japanese Clock Gadget and which shows random Japanese girls holding up a sign that displays the current time (see the pictures below for examples). So every time you look at the gadget, you will know what time it is and get to see pretty girls simultaneously. This is pure genius ,Bijin Tokei is developed by PHIRIA DESIGN ,lets make your own japanese girls Gadgets

Design Festa at Tokyo Harajuku
Design Festa Gallery will be holding Creative Live! from Jan. 23-29. The event will feature art, music, workshops and live graffiti shows both inside and out. Design Festa Gallery, hidden in a back alley of Tokyo’s Harajuku district, has become a mecca for aspiring young artists in Japan. The building itself is an old apartment complex renovated to provide exhibition spaces. The gallery provides affordable spaces ranging from a 1 1/2-sq. meter-bathroom to a larger tatami room. Artist applications are still being accepted.
Creative Live! will be held from 11 a.m. till 8 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call (03) 3479-1433 or visit the Web site at
lucky bags Tokyo Shoppers in rush
Major department stores across the Japan began business in 2010 on Saturday, with “lucky bags” at low prices gaining in popularity as consumers seek out bargains among the economic downturn.
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Bargain hunting: Shoppers snap up “lucky bags” with various products much cheaper than the original prices at Mitsukoshi department store in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday. KYODO PHOTO
Mitsukoshi Ltd. ’s flagship store in Tokyo Nihonbashi district in Chuo Ward is at 9.45 clock, 15 minutes earlier than scheduled, as were about 8,000 people lined up in front of the store.
The Mitsukoshi store, said she prepared a total of 50,000 lucky bags. Among them, the bags were sold for 10,500 yen, were particularly popular. Each bag contains a down coat, a sweater and other items, and most of the 1,200 bags sold out in the morning, said Mitsukoshi.
“I’m usually cautious money, are so inexpensive grab bag with products that are in good quality, helpful,” said a 50-year-old housewife who was shopping at the store.
Save to Takashimaya Co. ’s flagship Nihonbashi, some customers lined up before dawn and rushed to the lucky bags on the floor to buy food after the store opened.
“Practical lucky bags and products are very popular, a Takashimaya official said. “Consumers are likely to continue to restrict their budgets.
Zero no Shoten Beauty of the rebel woman
Mystery writer Seicho Matsumoto (1909-1992) has long been on the Japanese entertainment industry, what Stephen King in Hollywood – a one-man fiction factory, provided the material for dozens of films and TV dramas.
Zero no Shoten
Mysterious beauties: Ryoko Hirosue Miki Nakatani, and in “Zero no Shoten” © 2009 “Zero no Shoten” Seisaku iinkai
Director: Isshin Inudo
Runtime: 131 minutes
Language: Japanese
Opens 14th November 2009
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One of his most famous novels, “Zero no Shoten” ( “Zero Focus”), was made in 1961, a film by Yoshitaro Nomura. Now Isshin Inudo a new version is aimed, seem very true to Matsumoto’s novel – unread by me.
Since his feature film debut in 1995 with “Futari ga Shabetteru” ( “Two People Talking”), has Inudo from a mixture of indie and commercial projects. What both types of films often share, but are strong female characters and a visual richness, even on an indie budget. Read more
Japanese Man Married A popular video Game Character
A Japanese man has married a character in a popular video game, she took – and its handheld console – on an overseas honeymoon.
The man who prefers his nickname to use online SAL9000 meets Nene Anegasaki character during the game from CD-ROM game, “Love Plus.”
They married a few weeks ago, broadcasting their ceremony on Japan version of live video-sharing website Youtube.
SAL9000 who did not want to be misunderstood his real name for fear of betraying admits, obsessed with an “otaku”, a breed of Japanese youth playing video games, computers and fantasy worlds.
“In the Japanese otaku, or nerd-culture, there is a tradition of calling a sign of my wife and I thought that kind of Nene, as my wife. So I called her that I thought we would get married, only then, he told Reuters Television.
“If more people find ways to express themselves like this, I think it is the company a little more interesting.”
The young couple who went on a honeymoon to Guam, now go on dates around Tokyo, with shots by Nene SAL9000 installed in its Nintendo DS, in the famous sights and then post them on social networking sites.
Since the game has “Love Plus” speech recognition software, said SAL9000 it is possible, a kind of conversation with Nene or even play simple games, such as have rock, paper, scissors.
He has promised to have and to hold, for better or for worse, even if another, updated version of the game is released.
“Cheat” I think I’ll probably continue to play Love Plus. I do not, “said SAL9000.
Morimoto Shintaro Crayon Shin-chan
Johnny’s Jr. member Morimoto Shintaro first time play a major role in the movie ‘スノープリンス 禁じ られた 恋 の メロディ / Snow Prince Kinjirareta Koi no Melody [lit. 'Snow Princess Melody of Forbidden Love'] ‘. To celebrate the premiere Morimoto will make appear as a guest star on the popular anime TV Asahi ‘クレヨンしんちゃん / Crayon Shin-chan’. She will star in the anime as Sota, the main character of the ‘Snow Prince’. Dubbing session which was conducted in front of reporters at a studio in Tokyo!
He is set to appear in an episode entitled ‘スノープリンス だ ゾ / Snow Prince dazo [lit. "This is Snow Princess'], ‘which will be part of a special program’ オラ 泣い ちゃうゾ! 感動 の 映画 スペシャル / Ora Nai-chau-zo no Eiga Special Kando [lit." Tear Film Special persuade ']‘ which will be broadcast on December 18. Shin-Chan [anime main character] and Shiro pet dog is watching a commercial of ‘Snow Prince’, but Read more
Love Exposure Review
Bottom Line: a dizzying farce of sex and perversion of religion – Japanese style.
TOKYO – Embarks son of a priest on the path of sin and photography panty motivated by compulsion in religion “Love Exposure.” Each type is put through the blender in the pot-pourri of references to Japanese pop culture and half-baked ideas of guilt Christian brainwashing institutional transvestism, voyeurism, sex and violence. Improbable twists, but joyous to the duration of the marathon (3 hours, 57 minutes) by fly like a roller-coaster ride.
Since its first edition in Tokyo FILMEX poet became director Shion Sono hit jackpot festival, pinning several awards. Although its length is an obstacle to market projections, long exposure DVD is assured.
Sono, whose portfolio grab-bag ( “Strange Circus”, “Noriko’s Dining Table”, “Exte”) is alternately kitschy, pseudo-intellectual and often sublime, these traits carried to extremes in “Love” obtaining instant cult status. Although self-indulgent, his strange reason is powered by the distributors who never misses a step, while treading the line between parody and pathos.
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Anna Tsuchiya Best Dressers
Congratulation the winner of Best Dressers Award: Anna Tsuchiya, Katsunori Takahashi
The award ceremony for the 38th Best Dresser Awards took place on Thursday. This year, the two winners were in the category of entertainment model and singer Anna Tsuchiya (25), who is currently five months pregnant and actor Katsunori Takahashi (44).
Movie director Yojiro Takita (53) received the award in the category of culture. The other two winners were Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (63) in the category of politics and conductor Tomomi Nishimura in the international category.
Big Bang Fuji TV FNS Music Festival
Fuji TV has been revealed to be holding their ‘2009 FNS Music Festival this December 2nd. A list of 23 artists. Big Bang was added to the list and TVXQ. Some others are on the list, V6, Kinki Kids, Hirai Ken, Arashi , EXILE, Koda Kumi, Ayaka, Aoyama teru, speed, etc.
On 26 November Big Bang is also in the “Best Hits Song Festival, which will be broadcast by Nippon TV.
Big Bang, which officially debuted on 24 June with its debut single, “My Heaven” and went to number 2 on the Oricon charts. Then they released their second single. Gara Gara GO! “The place went up to 3rd With this, they proved they are a hot favorite in Japan.
Their third single on 2 Released in November, “Let Me Hear Your Voice” was on the daily Oricon charts at a peak point 3 “Was” Let Me Hear Your Voice “is also used as the theme song for TBS drama” One PESON. The song is always more popular with people of all ages
Astro Boy as Oscar Nomination
The Astro Boy the Osamu Tezuka’s adaption comics ,and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that a record 20 films have been submitted for possible Oscar nominations in the Best Animated Feature category of the 82nd Academy Awards. Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo anime film and David Bowers and IMAGI’s computer-animated adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy manga are among the submitted films:
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
* Astro Boy
* Battle for Terra
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
* Coraline
* Disney’s A Christmas Carol
* The Dolphin – Story of a Dreamer Read more

