Flashback: Female Fertility Festival
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Posted 7 months, 4 weeks ago at 9:15 pm. 0 comments
Testing Flickr’s video blogging feature.
This video was taken 4 years ago @ the female fertility festival in Japan.
Tokyo Gourmet and Video
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Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago at 1:57 am. 0 comments
The craziest and most guilty thing I did in 2007 was visiting Japan too many times, so here is another belated back-from-Tokyo post.
All Star Don @ 若狭屋 Wakasa-ya
I first learned about this seafood-don chain restaurant from some random TV show uploaded to YouTube. I could not Google for the address because I didn’t know how to say the Kanji name. I was lucky enough to find one when I went to Ueno.
You can order a la carte, or if you are like me and don’t speak Japanese, you can go for the “All Star Don”.
Wakasa-ya is nationwide, despite the fact that they don’t have a website. Here is the one I went to:
大きな地図で見る
Satou Steak House
I went there for menchi-katsu last time, so I knew they got some good beef there.
Magical Pudding @ Ko-men
They used to call this "The Best Pudding in History", but they changed the name to "Magical Pudding" recently. This pudding is the signature dish of this chain ramen restaurant. It really is the best pudding I have had and I go there every time I visit Japan.
http://www.kohmen.com/
Assorted video footage. Enjoy!
Tokyo ‘07 Year-end Trip from Siuyee on Vimeo.
The trip was sponsored by Larry’s generous accommodation. More photos here. I also made a day trip to Hakone (photos).
Tags: Food, Japan, Travel, Videos
What Real Fireworks is Like
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Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 1:12 am. 0 comments
A few weeks ago I went to see the Festival of Lights fireworks finale with Steve and Jon, and once again, I was reminded of how crappy the fireworks is in Canada (I still enjoyed my time with the monkeys). I have been to the July 4 one in Washington and a few others, but they were not any better.
Here is a clip I took in Japan. It was not even a huge event in their standard, and they have fireworks on most weekends during summer.
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Here is Hong Kong’s Handover 10th Anniversary fireworks. 
Why is the fireworks in Asia so much better?
Tags: Videos
Fukubukuro, Materialism At Its Best
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Posted 1 year, 8 months ago at 7:28 am. 1 comment
If I continue to update my site at the current rate (1 post per week at best), it will take another two months to finish writing about my New Year Japan trip. This post was originally dedicated to the Japanese New Year’s Day shopping spree phenomenon and the art of Fukubukuro (fortune bags), now it’s a mesh up of all the Tokyo photos.
Tags: Japan, Photos, Travel, Videos
Testing New Plugin: Mochi Pounding
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Posted 1 year, 9 months ago at 11:50 am. 0 comments
I upgraded my flash video player and it uses the new Adobe flash player, instead of the old Macromedia one. Have you upgraded yet?
Tags: Food, Japan, Travel, Videos, Website Updates
Welcome to My Apartment
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Posted 1 year, 10 months ago at 1:57 am. 2 comments
I lied. I didn’t sort out the photos from my trip to Japan, and I have nothing to photo-bomb you.
What I have is another party video of beautiful people playing WarioWare and Madden on the Wii, and this time, at my apartment. This clip is not as intense and interesting as the previous one, but we didn’t play till 3am like we did last time. Continue Reading…
Tags: Parties, Video Games, Videos, Wii
Happy Holidays!
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Posted 1 year, 11 months ago at 8:20 am. 1 comment
Happy Holidays to everyone! I planned on renovating this site, but I have been extremely busy preparing for the holidays. One of my new year’s resolutions is to take more and better pictures. Stay subscribed!
I had a fantastic party at Ben and Mayu’ s last week. Sushi, fried chicken (not KFC), curry, miso soup, Ferrero Rocher, Poppycock, nachos, salad and TWO WII’s!!!!! See the party in action behind the cut. Continue Reading…