Vintage Japanese Postcards

Here is an example of three Japanese postcards circa 1920's...love the designs!

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Crazy Crimers 2 Show In Osaka

Crazy Crimers 2 is Japan's biggest graffiti show and showcases work for most of Japan's best writers: Zenone, OBS, Casper, Joe, Kress, Keone, Eater, Veryone, Titifreak, Suiko, Emar, Wanto & many more...

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Mostly True Flatland BMX Video

My BMX buddy, Nao Yoshida is featured in this new slick-looking Flatland BMX video being released in the first quarter of 2011....

Weird McDonald's Adverts

Not sure what to say about these Japanese McDonald's adverts... one more reason to be scared of clowns!!

Japanese Machine Gun Camera

A 35mm WW2 Japanese Type 89 “Rokuoh-Sha” (made by Konica) Air force Machine Gun Movie Camera that they used for Training Machine Gunners. This could be mounted on the wing and controlled remotely (by the wires in the case) or mounted in the Waist Gunner’s position for hands on target practice.

See that yellow plastic like dome ? That would hold a stop watch which would be activated when the Trigger was pulled and because of a prism mounted near the end , the face of the watch would also be shown in the “Movie” it was shooting. This way a Gunner could be shown how long his bursts were and taught how to better handle the weapon.

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ASIMO Turns 10!!

The world's most advanced robot has turned 10!
To celebrate, Honda is releasing a free app for iPhone and Android called Run With Asimo. Take a walk through Asimo's history and control him too!
Check out the video below which features the robot on a madcap dash through its own history.
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Searching For Paradise By Shuichi Nakano

Shuichi Nakano has produced a series of paintings depicting giant-sized animals chilling and grazing amongst Japan's urban sprawl. A very cool concept and a refreshing take on the monster-theme methinks.




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Japanese Synchronised Marching

When I first saw this, I thought it was some form of new training for the 'SalaryMan' in Japan. Apaprently, the truth of the matter is that this a showcase march by a bunch of kids from a Sports Academy...thank god for that, cos I truly thought for a hot minute that Japan had lost the plot..oh and btw, these kids are good! Hold tight til 1:30, thats whn it starts to really kick off!
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Gojin Ishihara Book Art

Gojin Ishihara is a Japanese artist who specialised in macabre, scary and downright disturbed imagery for mainly childrens books in Japan during the 70's and 80's. If I was a child seeing this, I think that this artist would have given me nightmares for years to come! His illustrations are both grotesque & fascinating and had me actually thinking of trying to buy some of the publications he has worked on...

Kappa (river imp), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972

Jorōgumo (lit. "whore spider"), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972

Tenjō-sagari (ceiling dweller), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972

Burning Hell (Illustrated Book of Hell, 1975)

Demons of the Orient (The Complete Book of Demons, 1974)

Kaiketsu Lion-Maru (sonosheet book, 1972)

Kaiketsu Lion-Maru (sonosheet book, 1972)

The secretary who spied for 18 years (from Spy Wars)

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Kotobukiya S-Frame Arms Mecha Series

The Type 38-1 Ryurai-Kai plastic model is a heavily armored model that comes equipped with several weapons options, including a dual shoulder cannon. Due to the light colour of this version, you can customise it to your hearts content! Available from approx $35 USD HERE.




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Japanese farmers use rice fields to express their art

Under 23 BMX Flatland Competition 2010

My good friend in Japan, pro-rider Nao Yoshida organised the Under23 BMX Flatland Comp in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo over this weekend and holy s**t the quality of the riders was incredible!!! Check out Nao, who came 3rd and 2nd place Takahiro Ikeda, who imho should have won....

Alien Vs Ninja

This is the awesome trailer for Sushi Typhoon's new indie flick from Japan: "Alien vs Ninja" Bring on the blood spurts, Ninja graphics and crap dialogue...
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Zain7 Art

Zain7 is an illustrator from Japan who specialises in traditional manga-style art with a mystic/psychedelic twist....





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