Bizarre Japan – Teeth Tattoos

Sometimes things come out of Japan that make you sit back and say “What were you thinking?” And since we already have Stacey handling everything that’s cute in Japan, why shouldn’t I look after everything that’s bizarre?

Today we’re going to talk about teeth tattoos (!)
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Japan Crafting: Magazine Review

Other keepsakes I brought back from Japan were a few copies of a magazine named Stitch Ideas. (ｽﾃｯｷ idees). Magazines and books are really some of my favourite keepsakes from our visit to Japan. I find them so lovely to review and then to make something from them is another way to have a little keepsake of Japan.
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Breaking the Myth: Japan is not that Expensive

Photo by Sprengben on Flickr

I was in a conversation today about the cost of living in different cities of the world. The general consensus was that most statistics we see about how expensive cities are can be way off the mark. Especially for people who actually live there.

Here’s my take on why I believe Japan is not nearly as expensive as we are led to believe.
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Cute Stuff: My First Bento Part 3

A few weeks ago, I made my first bento with my friend Yuka. It was a great success. Here I will review a few of the items I purchased in Japan for a bento lunch.
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Japan Craft: Hat Making Book Review

Once again, Japan fills a niche that I found lacking back home. I love hats….pretty much any style, or colour of hat. However, in Canada I have always felt like making a hat, is way beyond the skills of the average person. And only professionals could be capable of making hats. In Japan though, I found a book that made me believe that I too could make a hat.
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More Funny Japanese Commercials

It’s been awhile since I did a funny Japanese commercial rundown. So here we go!
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High Tech Japanese Vending Machines

I was recently reading in a back issue of Hiragana Times about some high tech vending machines that have started showing up around Tokyo.
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How to Talk like a Samurai

I found this post over at Tofugu on how to talk like a samurai. I got a kick out of it and decided to try it out with our Japanese friend who was visiting.
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Cute Stuff From Japan: My First Bento Part 2

Photo by Sakurako Kitsa on Flickr

A visiting friend from Japan recently helped me make my first bento. (see part 1 here). Here is the rest of what we put in the bento.
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Our Fujiya Hotel Video

I was finally able to upload our short video we took from the Fujiya Hotel in Hakone Japan. For our full review click here.