a gamblin’ man

Hundreds of years ago, before even the birth of my home and native land, Francisco Xavier was getting the Japanese addicted to gambling. Well, not really.. but the Japanese know a good thing when they see it and just like baseball, card games (with a 48-card deck) caught on quickly. However, not only did gambling [...]

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maybe it’s just late…

…but there’s just something cool about this song…
can’t
get it
outta
my head

…and some more 8-bitty OMODAKA music videos…

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宮島水中花火大会

Fireworks in Japan make a mockery of what we gather around to watch on Canada Day…

Here, a ‘small’ fireworks display is something like 5000 fireworks over a span of 45min., while the bigger ones will spend 1hr+ illuminating everything around you.

After the annual festival, which is held practically in my backyard, was marred by a [...]

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pa-so-con

I just heard a few confusing English abbreviations on TV and thought I’d post a few to show how confusing pseudo-English/etc. can be :o)
I never properly learned romanji and never will.. but anyway, I’ll do my best to write the Japanese words semi-phonetically…

Let’s start with Pokémon. I always just assumed it was that thing’s [...]

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