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10/30/2009

Warrior of the Japanese kitchen

My favorite blogger-megababe, Geisha Asobi (aka geisha fun), has a great photo of herself decked as a samuri warrior of the Japanese kitchen. (Since Japanese junk kitchens are the worst in the developed world it is no wonder she has to be a warrior just to survive.)
geisha-asobi
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Starting from the top and moving clockwise, the Japanese kitchen gagets she is wearing are:

  • Dual pizza cutters mounted on a samuri helmet made of a wok and spatulas
  • Shoulder guard made of a long-handled tempura sieve
  • Arm armor made from the bambo rolling mats for making maki type sushi
  • A wrist guard made of a green-handled spatula
  • Waist armor made of baking sheet for shell-shaped madeleine cookies
  • A dagger that is really a bambo wisk for making green tea
  • And, flat-breast plate made from a steel steamer over another bambo rolling mat

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    10/29/2009

    Snow like Tokyo never has anymore

    evil-snow-pumpkin in Bear Creek

    The 3Yen’s 30-day “REAL WORLD” ROAD TOUR is presently snowbound in Bear Creek, Colorado USA where it has not stopped snowing for two days. It’s almost Japanese snow, that is wet, heavy snow…about 80 cm has fallen so far…which thanks to our Globally Warmer World never falls anymore in Tokyo (20 years ago Tokyo would have at least a couple of snow storms each winter, which would melt in a day or two).

    I think my getting “cabin fever” and they are going to strangle each other… but my dogs love it.
    colorardo snow dog 30 cm snow

    I think I will throw my black Halloweenesque cat out of the backdoor and into a 1.5 m snow drift to see how much he “appreciates” the snow, muhahaha.


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    10/25/2009

    Greetings from the ‘Real World’

    The 3Yen is on a road trip from now till the end of November…

    …I’m already halfway around the world and still going.

    Hi from LAX leg pen


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    10/15/2009

    Sour Japan

    I wasn’t really hip to this Japanese band, “Sour,” but this music video of their song “Hibi no Neiro” that they created from webcam clips submitted by their fanbase* is fun in its own funky aesthetic.

    Idea thanks to Mathias Crawford and Boing2.

    I really can’t endorse Sour’s music as much as I can praise the creativity of their video.

    *Apologies for the hideously ugly
    Wapanese girl in the video.


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    10/14/2009

    Japanese flying panties

    For your enjoyment, Japanese flying panties, tastefully done of course.


    Link thanks to Mulboyne.
    flying japanese panties
    The video
    is the ED theme to Sora no Otoshimono episode 2, Misaki Meguri by Sohara Mitsuki’s seiyuu Mina. If you want to learn the “secret” of flying pantsu, start at episode 1 on Youtube (English subtitles).


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    10/8/2009

    ‘Girls Love’ prohibited on the Tokyo Metro

    Following the tradition here on the 3Yen of the past 12 months of Tokyo Metro Manners posters, please enjoy the creative efforts of AK47.tumblr.com.
    yuri japanese lesbian play
    Click to view full-size version on AK47.tumblr.com

    –Further explanation about “Yuri play (Wiki)”


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    10/3/2009

    Funky legs by Japanese designer…

    bad-hose leggings japan

    Here’s an outfit by Japanese designer Dai Fujiwara for Issey Miyake fashion house that sadly I am sure to see many times on the streets of Tokyo in the coming months, meh.

    via Yahoo! News Photos Oct. 2, 2009.


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    10/2/2009

    Soy sauce soda … ‘Oishi’*?

    The always charming Mari diary (blog) is something, “worse than Azuki Pepsi(red bean Pepsi), SOY SAUCE SODA.”

    *‘Oishi’ aka “delicious” is a delightfully trite expression Japanese use every five minutes in order to drive gaijin/foriegners crazy when they are offered Surging Eel soda (3Yen).


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    10/2/2009

    Japanese dog beer and sake

    Over on the A Rinkya Blog, I noticed they are selling “brewski” for dogs.
    See for yourself more

    dog beer japan
    dog sake of japan

    If you look carefully at the labels, they read “wan-wan” (Japanese for ‘bow-wow’). As for other languages…


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    9/29/2009

    Sick Kitty

    Hello Kitty is one sick cat.

    Embiggen to 573×469
    x-rayed-hello-kitty

    Via the AP’s Weird New Photos.


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