09.05.09
Posted in Images, Videos, & Mp3s, Japan & Japanese at 1:55 pm by Yumeka
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Famous manga artist Koge-Donbo is best known for her “cute” character designs, especially in her popular series Di Gi Charat, Kamichama Karin, Pita Ten, and others. It’s also well known that she’s a Harry Potter fan. About nine years ago I came across some of her Harry Potter illustrations and saved them to my computer. And now, since I recently saw the new HP movie and am currently reading the final book, I decided to look back at these old, but still pretty, drawings of Koge-Donbo’s…
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08.20.09
Posted in Images, Videos, & Mp3s, Japan & Japanese at 4:30 pm by Yumeka
Japanese karaoke booths will be dearly missed
For the past few days I’ve been working on uploading photos and videos, and writing coverage of the 3-week sightseeing trip to Japan I recently took. I finally finished everything today and posted it on the main site…
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08.17.09
Posted in Essays and Rants, Japan & Japanese at 4:18 pm by Yumeka
Unlike Haruka, I didn’t hide my hobby in the least
During my trip to Japan a few weeks ago, I spent most of my time with Japanese college students (between the ages of 18 and 23) who I stayed with at the dorms and who took us out during our sightseeing. I was curious how Japanese people my age would feel about an American female anime fan like me…
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08.11.09
Posted in Anime Products, Japan & Japanese at 3:19 pm by Yumeka
Me in front of a big K-ON! poster ad in Akihabara
I got back from my 3-week stay in Japan a couple of days ago. To say the least, I had an awesome time but it’ll take me a while to gather all the photos and write complete coverage of my trip. So for now, I decided to simply share photos and info about the anime goodies I bought while I was there, particularly at the anime center of the world, Akihabara.
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07.16.09
Posted in Japan & Japanese, Site News at 10:28 am by Yumeka
At 1:30 am tonight (technically tomorrow), I’ll be catching a nighttime flight to Japan and arriving in Osaka for a 3-week, all expenses paid cultural/travel program…
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06.14.09
Posted in Japan & Japanese, Site News at 3:18 pm by Yumeka
Well, I finally hit the big crossroad in life that most of us get to eventually; graduating college and figuring out what to do afterward…
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12.26.08
Posted in Japan & Japanese, Video Games at 8:04 pm by Yumeka
Although this is technically not an actual game, for anyone who’s trying to learn Japanese and who doesn’t have $200+ to spend on a real electronic Japanese dictionary, this “Japanese dictionary on a DS cartridge” is a great substitute. Sure, it doesn’t have quite as much as a real electronic dictionary, but until you’ve gone past at least an advanced level of Japanese, this little DS cartridge will definitely be a major help…
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08.28.08
Posted in Essays and Rants, Japan & Japanese at 3:50 pm by Yumeka
Taken in Osaka; Japan appreciates Stitch more than America XD
For some time I’ve been puzzled about the difference between “fandom” in America and “fandom” in Japan, not just anime fandom but fandom in general. It seems to me that the Japanese place more emphasis on having people become totally immersed and supporting fans of anime and other entertainment, while America doesn’t really offer the same kind of hard-core immersion in its shows and movies. I’ll illustrate my points further in this post, and I’d also like to hear your opinion as well…
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04.08.07
Posted in Japan & Japanese, Site News at 6:34 pm by Yumeka
It was a pretty normal day for me this past Friday, until the above arrived in my mailbox ^^
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02.27.07
Posted in Images, Videos, & Mp3s, Japan & Japanese at 4:30 am by Yumeka
While randomly searching around the Internet not too long ago, I stumbled across just that…Disney songs in Japanese. For someone who loves Japanese (and is also a veteran Disney fan), this was quite an interesting find (BTW, in Japan, Disney and all other forms of animation are considered “anime”. It’s only in America and other countries that “anime” refers to Japanese animation only ^^)
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