This is what you would expect:
And this is what you actually get:
posted by
banzaitokyo
| 9 years, 11 months ago |
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Religion may play an ambiguous role in Japanese life but the arduous pilgrimage remains popular with walkers, cyclists and coachloads.
Today, the pilgrimages 850 miles no longer thre…
posted by
banzaitokyo
| 9 years, 11 months ago |
1 comment
It is an interesting article from Wikimedia blog (I didn't know that wikipedia did such interesting studies! that talks about popolarity of Olympic athletes in different countries:
On Wikipedia, O…
posted by
banzaitokyo
| 9 years, 11 months ago |
3 comments
Japan home to 541,000 young recluses, survey finds
An estimated 541,000 people aged between 15 and 39 in Japan avoid social contact and shut themselves in their homes, according to a government s…
posted by
banzaitokyo
| 9 years, 11 months ago |
3 comments
Everyone knows the mainstream manga, but there should be others that are less known and more interesting.
My favourite is Saint Oniisan, which features Budha and Jesus sharing an apartment in Tokyo…
posted by
Yubi
| 9 years, 11 months ago |
3 comments
Japanese English can be very funny, but this example is quite extraordinary because with just the quotation marks the author expressed quite the opposite from what she wanted to say :)
posted by
banzaitokyo
| 9 years, 12 months ago |
1 comment
I know it is a showcase marketing article from Google (the author of Tensor Flow framework) and it is very specialized subject which is not meant for general public. It is still fun and I couldn't …
posted by
banzaitokyo
| 9 years, 12 months ago |
1 comment
There is Akihabara station, there are iconic shops and buildings that we all know but what are the limits of the Akihabara electric town?
posted by
banzaitokyo
| 9 years, 12 months ago |
1 comment
Dried bonito, called katsuo bushi, is a common ingredient in Japanese dishes. This is the first food seasoning that Japanese babies get to taste.
Apparently, a Japanese company setup a dried bonito …
posted by
Tanuki
| 9 years, 12 months ago |
2 comments
I just read about this coffee machine that can be controlled by an app to both make coffee and monitor coffee usage.
Are such gadgets popular in ordinary households?
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