Studio Ghibli, Mitaka

If you haven't heard of Japanese animator Miyazaki Wosisname and you haven't seen the films "Spirited Away" or "Howls Moving Castle" then this place will mean little to you - but will still be great fun. Watch the movies - they are brilliant. Animation done the good old fashioned way - none of your digital computerised nonsense.

"Angel Potato" and other famous Japanese brands

December 27th 2006
Dearly beloved, We are gathered here today to bid farewell to Tokyo and ultimately to begin the long journey back to whence we came... China. What you now read is less a blog and more some final, fleeting musings on Japan. I think I shall make use of my newly invented web term: "blogette" - not quite a blog but blog like in its qualities. This blogette is an assortment of bumpf collected over ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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