Archive for February, 2010

Build your own Japanese aircraft carrier

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    Building a model Zero is pretty cool, but some might prefer creating a model of an aircraft carrier instead:

    Like the Zero, this is a DeAgostini model set released in weekly sets, each costing about 1,390 yen. Once one obtains and completes the instructions for all 100 sets, you will have a 1/250 scale model of the Akagi, an aircraft carrier that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor and was later sunk at the battle of Midway..

    36 comments - What do you think?  Posted by James - February 28, 2010 at 9:02 am

    Categories: General Japan

    Foreigners shop at Seiyu


    A commercial for Seiyu (Japanese Walmart) reminds you that it sells cheap stuff for your house, like curtains to give yourself some privacy:

    50 comments - What do you think?  Posted by James - at 9:02 am

    Categories: General Japan

    Highball in an aluminum can


    Nothing says canned highball like singing sailors:

    9 comments - What do you think?  Posted by James - February 27, 2010 at 9:04 am

    Categories: General Japan

    Massage your face with a plastic bottle


    The key to looking young, dear readers, is to take a plastic bottle and mash it against your face for several minutes each day. Just follow the simple steps in this clip from “Professor Ochanomizu”:

    10 comments - What do you think?  Posted by James - at 8:59 am

    Categories: Odd / Strange

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