Month: September 2003

  • Taishouken

    As I moblogged the other day, I finally had a chance to have a bowl of ramen at the new Taishouken shop, and well, I was very, very disapointed. The noodles were tasty (they make them on the premises), but the soup was average (I must mention here that it was a fish based soup,…

  • Oh! Mikey DVDs

    I’ve mentioned the hilarious OH! MIKEY series a few times, and now I’ve been informed that you can order all of the DVDs (as well as some other OH! MIKEY goods) at the J-List online store. The DVDs are all region 2, meaning unless you have a region-free DVD player (which is a must if…

  • Another Award

    Canadians have taken to ZATOICHI also (from Japan Today): Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano’s “Zatoichi,” the story of a mythical blind swordsman, grabbed one of the top awards at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. The Japanese film won the People’s Choice award at the Sept 4-13 event, one of the world’s most prestigious film…

  • My Sassy Girl

    Last night I switched over to Korea for my nightly movie viewing and watched the comedy MY SASSY GIRL. This film was a big hit in Korea, and has also become quite popular as an export as its being released in quite a few countries (above is the cover for the Japanese edition). I ended…

  • Strangers

    A while back I mentioned the new company Vertical, publisher of translations of popular Japanese fiction, and in today’s DAILY YOMIURI there’s a review of Taichi Yamada’s STRANGERS.

  • Organized Crime

    From today’s DAILY YOMIURI: The body of a man who had written a book on Chinese organized crime groups in Shinjuku, Tokyo, was found floating Friday morning near a pier in Koto Ward, Tokyo, off Tokyo Bay. Police identified the man as Satoru Someya, a 38-year-old freelance journalist from Toshima Ward, Tokyo. Someya’s body was…

  • Freak

    I really like this music video directed by Daniel Levi for the single “Freak” by Warp Record‘s LFO. Dig the Chinese schoolgirls as they get all freaked out. Link via Jesper.

  • DVDZOO

    Mail order DVD rentals come to Japan, and with service in English, with the arrival of DVDZOO. You pay 3000 yen a month and can rent as many DVDs as you want, 2 at a time, and the shipping both ways is free (with same-day delivery in Tokyo). Sounds like a nice service.