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Gaijin Sounds 2010 - Call For Submissions
Japanzine's Gaijin Sounds 2010 issue is in the works - enter by submitting your music now! • Deadline April 30th. • Videos welcome this year. • Winners to be featured in our "Top 20" electronic download. ...Exclusive Japanzine Samurai T-shirts - ORDER HERE!
It's the shirt every samurai has been waiting for... A shirt so subtly ridiculous it'll have Japanese people everywhere looking at you exactly as you look at them when they're wearing nonsensical slogans like "Do You Eat Me??"...Download the New Edition of the Nagoya InfoGuide in PDF Format!
Download the Nagoya InfoGuide in PDF Format! The latest edition of the Nagoya Infoguide is now available as a PDF download. Included in the 21st edition is a great listing recommended bars and restaurants in Nagoya. Also included are...Nagoya Live Guide - March 2010
wednesday 3rd Kottonmouth Kings @ Apollo theater (20:00 | ¥5,000) I make it a point to avoid any band that has appeared in every issue of High Times magazine... thursday 4th Hiroumi @ Heartland...Tokyo Realtime Audio Guides: Your Personal Tours of Akihabara and Kabuki-cho
Getting to know Tokyo's most interesting wards is one of the great pleasures of living in Japan, though it can be a haphazard process that takes years of trial, error, more error and disorientation (not to mention stacks of...Tokyo Live Guide - March 2010
wednesday 3rd Trashcan Sinatras @ Shibuya Club Quattro (19:30 | ¥4,000) Upbeat rockers and by all accounts top chaps. thursday 4th Trashcan Sinatras w/ Sunny Day Service @ Shibuya Club Quattro (19:00...The Film Freak: Princess and The Frog, Sherlock Holmes, Liar Game: The Final Stage, Golden Eggs
Thankfully the weather is starting to take a turn for the better and you can bet that soon enough there will be gaijin soaking up the 15-degree sunshine in shorts, T-shirts and sandals (sockless, one can only hope). If you've...The Ultimate Nagoya Pub Crawl, Part Two
In my everlasting quest to appease you, my trusty reader (there's a reason why I'm not using the plural there...), I am attempting to discover decent pub crawl routes throughout this fair city. Getting drunk so you don't have...Money Matters: The Yen & Japanese Real Estate Investments
Why is the Yen so strong? There are three main reasons. First, hampered by the Bank Of Japan's ultra-low interest rate policy, Japan's economy has underperformed ever since the mid-90s, so it was actually better...Nationwide Japan 2010 St. Patrick's Day Parade & Event Guide
the parades There are nine St. Patrick's Day Parades being held around Japan in 2010, and these are all of them. Make sure you get to your local parade if you want to sample that world-famous craic , and be sure to wear...Let's Dating: Dating Deal-Breakers
In my past columns, I've explored some of the cultural differences that have made my relationships "zesty", but the overall impression I've given is that love conquers all. Of course it's nice to think of things this way, but...Kansai Live Guide - March 2010
monday 1st DJ Goth-Trad @ Kyoto Metro (22:00 | ¥3,000) Sinister, off-kilter dubstep-like substance. This guy's been around forever, but fails to sound irrelevant. tuesday 2nd Trashcan Sinatras...Kansai Eclectro March 2010: Simian Mobile Disco, Bpitch Control, Gold Panda
recommended march events bpitch control 10th anniversary tour @ triangle Saturday March 20th, 22:00-05:00 Door: ¥3,500 w/ one drink With flyer: ¥3,000 w/ one drink...Jeff Woodger: Art, Cheese & Wine
There is a real treat coming up for art-lovers living in Nagoya - landscape artist Jeff Woodger is putting on an exhibition at the Daikokuya Gallery in Sakae from March 31st till April 6th. There will even be a little party on...Hidden Kyoto: Neutron
The Fumitsubaki Building in Sanjo-Karasuma is a red-brick, Western-style building erected in 1920 whose interior is a spacious breath of fresh air, a world away from the narrow townhouses for which Kyoto is best known. It was...H2Oh No!
The bottled water shelf at my local drug store has become curiouser and curiouser. The simple formula of "one part oxygen + two parts hydrogen = water" - a recipe that has been working fine since the time of the primordial...Gringos: Tex-Mex Heaven in Roppongi
"Gringo" is basically the Mexican equivalent of the term " gaijin ", so it's appropriate that it's attached to this top new Tex-Mex place run by friendly foreigners from London, New York, New Zealand and...Densha Onna: "Celebrity Skin"
Have you ever felt someone staring at you? Yeah, me too. In fact, I've been eye glared at so aggressively here that the superhero-like periphery vision I use defensively back home, has surprisingly...CD Reviews: Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, Shonen Knife, etc.
Thee Greatest Hits Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (Universal Sigma) With the untimely death of guitarist Abe Futoshi and the recent release of a massive (and pricey) DVD set, there's really no better time...Japanzine Magazine on Facebook