Ever since I read the James Clavell novel Shogun and subsequently watched the TV mini-series, I’ve had a strong interest in the real man these works were based on. And while fiction takes a lot of license with the true-life story, there are plenty of interesting similarities between William Adams and the man known as Anjin-san in Clavell’s book.
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It’s somewhat of a joke in Hollywood that if you want to make big cash then you should appear in at least one crazy Japanese commercial.
I guess stars seem to think that if there is a high chance that no one from the English speaking world is ever going to see them, they why not take the money and act completely ridiculous.
Well, thanks to YouTube, they can’t hide anymore…
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Well it didn’t take us long to to book the trip to Japan. Once I found out we had Flight Centre here in Canada now, I went over and tossed them my tentative travel plans to price out. It turned out not to be such a bad price.
However, it looks like to get the best deal and fly on a top airline, we’re going to end up flying almost around the world.
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It’s time for another Japan roundup featuring all that’s new and wacky from Japan!
Among other things, we’ll take a close up look at the samurai sword and take a peek at one crazy Kung Fu bear.
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Well, it’s official. We just booked our tickets for our two month stay in Japan next year!
It’s all pretty exciting, but it also means we’ll have to be doing a lot of research for such a long visit.
Since I can work remotely for all of my clients, I can pretty much survive with a laptop and an Internet connection. But staying in touch with a local cell phone is a bigger problem.
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It’s been about three years since we’ve visited Japan, and it was always part of my plan to go back for a longer visit next time. But as with mice and men, schemes rarely come together without a whole lot of planning and effort.
So this month I’ve decided to write down what needs to be done to make our next trip possible as well as useful.
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Wide Island View is once again giving you the opportunity to share the beauty of Japan with millions of people all over the world, as well as have a chance to win some really cool prizes.
If you have some spring pictures from Japan, be sure to head over and enter them in the contest.
Contest ends May 15.
With the winter Olympics upon us, one gets the urge to try out some winter sports.
Although skiing is not the first thing I think of when I think of Japan, there are plenty of outstanding ski slopes in northern Japan.
Hakuba is a long valley floor connecting no fewer than ten ski resorts in the Japanese Alps. Some of them have provided recreational skiing for more than 70 years, some have hosted major Winter Olympics events as recently as 1998, many still host World Cup ski races and the region boasts more annual snowfall (32ft to 48ft) than most of western Canada.
Be sure to check out Mail Online for this article on Hakuba, one of Japan’s best kept ski secrets.
Photo Credits: Hakuba monkey by – : : smallfish : :
The latest in Tokyo chic is heading in for a personal vitamin injection. I guess pills are too tough to swallow these days?
These intravenous vitamin “drips” are part of the latest quick-fix, health fad catching on in Japan: the IV cafe.
Each drip pack contains saline solution and specific vitamins and minerals to target a particular health ailment or beauty concern.
Uhh…placenta pack??
Leave it to Japan to create a supermodel robot.
Scientists from Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology reportedly designed the 5-foot (ish), dark-haired creation to look like an average Japanese woman between the ages of 19 and 29. Unlike the average Japanese woman, however, HRP-4C has 30 motors in her body that allow her to walk and move its arms (somewhat loudly and awkwardly, if the video below is any indication) and 8 facial motors for blinking, smiling, and expressing emotions akin to anger and surprise.
Maybe she could date Robocop? Dead or alive…you’re coming out to dinner with me.
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