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03/31/2008
What happened to Yahoo Japan????
Today, when I checked Yahoo Japan, I noticed something was going on. Something unexpected...
It is totally the invasion of the alien !!
(Japan is ahead of us, yeah it's already April 1st. over there)
Happy set - Mcdonald's in Japan
Right now, Happy Meal toys at Mcdonald's in Japan are "Naruto" and "Angel Blue".
Check the site, you may find some fun games and stuffs too. (even good for learning Japanese, I think, why not?)
Pen Spinning
Right now, the trend is "Pen Spinning." If you type it up on youtube, you will get more than 6,000 results.
There are even organizations and competitions for pen spinning. A company for school supplies noticed the trend and created a line of pens called "PEN'Z GEAR," which is specifically for spinning.
Hot Dog USB
Green House presents a USB cord that is shaped like a hot dog. you can get this cute gadget for ￥4138 ($40).
03/29/2008
No more " where's the remote??" fighting
Big remote control "ELENIC". Okay, this is big enough. It's not gonna be lost anymore and no more fighting with your wife.
This can support most of AV's
You may buy this from Rakuten.
03/27/2008
Japanese oldest anime discovered
Japanese oldest anime (one-frame shooting technique to exist-type cartoon film) "Namakura Katana - The dull sword" is discovered, and it is shown at "Excavated movies 2008" opened in Tokyo National Museum of Modern Arts film center (Tokyo / Kyobashi) from next Apr. 24th.
They regards it as "a precious work approaching the origin of the Japanese cartoon film history" 
Natsuki Matsumoto (55) of the video culture historiographer found it with animated cartoon "Taro Urashima" of the Seitaro Kitayama product in a flea market in Osaka last July.
It was then sent to a specialized supplier for restoration by a flammable dyeing print with both works and made full use of traditional dyeing technique and the latest digital technology and revived.
"Namakura Katana - The dull sword" shows for the first time in Tokyo / Asakusa in 1917.
The story is about that samurai was deceived to purchase the sword and when he tried to attack the express mesasngers on the street, he was defeated adversely.
03/25/2008
Cigarette Phone from Hong Kong
W.T.F?
手機藏煙 香煙王手機XYW 3838 (Sorry, just pretend to understand Chinese) 
It's a real phone w/cigarette case. (Whoever created this is retrogress in the times, but well..It is cool) This phone features dualband GSM, takes microSD cards, plays MP3, has a color screen and a VGA camera on the side. I don't know if cigs come with. Link
