I imagine there are a few of you out there that, for one reason or another, put up with the monotonous and wearisome preparation required for making instant ramen. Pouring hot water, only to have to wait patiently for three minutes before eating just goes to show that this practice is indeed an ancient one, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 7, 2011
It seems the Internet police are hard at work in Japan, as 46-year-old Kenji Igarashi is threatened with a one year jail sentence. He landed himself in hot water by picking an the advance sale copy of the third volume of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and uploading it to good old Nico Nico Douga. He [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Wow, talk about blast from the past! Rumiko Takahashi’s classic sensation Ranma 1/2 is going to be made into a two hour drama, to be aired on NHK in December. I’m pretty excited to see some sex changing, animal changing, hot water tossing, kung-fu battles! I’m a bit worried about the category ”drama”, as there may be some liberal editing to get [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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Continue reading...Thursday, December 23, 2010
High end Szechwan cuisine and prices to match, at least at dinner, in good old (new?) Shin Marubiru. The service lunch is 1500 yen, I chose the large bowl of suratanmen but they also have mapo tofu etc. which is good. The 8-treasure tea is interesting with the guy in the yellow Chinese jumpsuit [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 29, 2010
I wrote before about the Owakudani crater and the volcanic activity going on, with the sulfur vents, hot springs and hot ponds… This is one of the hot ponds along the walking trail, where from time to time a burst of hot water indicates the underground boiling. I enjoy photographing the bursts of water, but [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 18, 2010
Rescuers found Monday the body of a man who went missing after hot water spewed from underground through a hole at a geothermal power plant in northeastern Japan the previous day. Kuniaki Ito, 63, was confirmed dead after his body was discovered from under layers of sand and dirt that gushed out as the underground [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The Soul Reapers find themselves in hot water against Fura and Wonderweiss when the Visoreds, led by Shinji Hirako, make their appearance Used in Aizen’s Hollowfication experiment 101 years ago, the Visoreds have since lived in hiding in the World of the Living Believing that now is the time to defeat Aizen, the Visoreds have [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
Troubled sumo grand champion Asashoryu announced his retirement from the ancient sport at a tear-filled news conference on Thursday, following a probe into reports of a drunken scuffle in Tokyo last month. “I have caused great trouble to everyone, as well as to the Japan Sumo Association,” the 29-year-old said, dabbing his eyes at times. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 25, 2009
When the mercury plummets in Japan, hot water is sprayed onto the bullet train’s tracks — one of several measures to ensure snow does not disrupt the high-speed services, famed for their punctuality. In contrast to the three-day shutdown of the Eurostar in the tunnel under the English Channel due to ‘fluffier’ than expected snow, [...]
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