IT'S ALIVE!!! The Life Sized Gundam moves ...

Ever closer to completion, now the lights, sound and steam is on for the Odaiba Gundam ...

Now all we need are rules for movement and combat ...

photos via Danny Choo, btw)

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The Ramen Girl

Word of this movie has been spreading through the American ex-pat community so I watched the trailer. Some of the word has been disparaging, people knocking it for being schlocky, unrealistic, etc.

An American girl gets dumped by her boyfriend in Tokyo. She searches for a meaning in her life while struggling with the culture clash and decides to try her hand at making ramen. The grumpy chef who trains her reminds me of Pat Morita in the Karate Kid for some reason.

I figured I would at least give in a try, it looks watchable (and since when have Hollywood script writers cared at all about realism?).

I have a tendency to like movies other people trash.

Trailer is linked below:

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Kevin Cooney on Japanese Baseball

From TokyoCooney's YouTube blog Life in Tokyo

Life in Tokyo #59: Baseball

the look on Cooney's face after the insane cheering japanese fan says it all:

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The Week in Tokyo series

A Week in Tokyo 32

I have been absolutely enamored of Danny Choo's blog lately at dannychoo.com.

Especially good is his Week in Tokyo picture blogs. Danny is an otaku and web designer who runs a web company in Tokyo. He does a picture blog of daily life which is absolutely fascinating stuff. The pictures of Tokyo blow me away.

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