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  • Lookin’ good at the beach with my bijin friends
    August 22nd, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hey, how’s your summer going? Up here in Akita where I live, we are having an unseasonably cool summer…Not that I’m complaining mind you, but it does cut back on my days at the beach! And I love the beach!  Akita has some really nice sandy beaches along the central and » Continue Reading
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  • Marie-chan
    July 12th, 2009By Lieske Leynen
    Growing up The Aristocats was one of my favorite movies.  I loved the singing cats and the scheming butler.  But above all else I loved the idea that when I wasn’t looking cats got together and held trippy jazz parties in which they played musical instruments and sang about how » Continue Reading
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  • Fuki leaf and…The Garden of Eden?
    June 22nd, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hi, Gang!  It’s me again.  Do you like my new outfit?  It was very inexpensive to make.  You can pick one up from your local fuki farmer. Just kidding of course!  I’m hiding behind a gigantic fuki leaf.  There is an old folk song here in Akita that says, “In my » Continue Reading
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  • Frogs, Mud and Rice Planting
    June 3rd, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Konnichi wa from Akita! It’s me your Akita Bijin, Akie, up-here in one of the best rice producing prefectures in all of Japan! So, no need for me to be telling you what time of year this is for us in good ole Akita…’Yep!  You guessed it!’  Its rice-planting season, so » Continue Reading
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  • Ghosts and Goblins
    June 1st, 2009By Kitsune
    Japan, like other parts of Asia, is a country with a strong belief in ghosts. Many of the Japanese people I met believed in such entities, even though they never saw one, and, unlike in the West, it is not ridiculous or stupid to believe in such things. The stereotype of » Continue Reading
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  • A Facial Mask Phenomenon
    May 15th, 2009By Fuuka
    Facial masks are my new fascination. Apparently they are a extremely popular not just in Japan, but all of Asia. After doing some research online. I decided to go with the very popular Bihada Ichizoku line. It is a rather new skin care line that is generated towards women » Continue Reading
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  • Meeting a REAL Akita Bijin
    May 13th, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hey, Everyone! Did you have a great Golden Week? I sure did and the weather here in Akita was just gorgeous! And speaking of gorgeous, I want you to meet a Real-Live Akita Bijin in this blog entry! Now, you guys all know that I am not a real person, don’t you?  You know, I am just » Continue Reading
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  • What happens in Akihabara…
    May 7th, 2009By James Q. Clark
    photo credit: lucamascaro What is there to say about good old Akiba that has not already been said by someone with twice the number of comics as myself? It is truly a kind of heaven on Earth for video game nerds, anime freaks, internet cafe connoisseurs, computer geeks, manga maniacs, and » Continue Reading
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  • What is Avalon?
    April 6th, 2009By Kitsune
    First, Avalon is an island in the Celtic mythology, said to have beautiful apples and where King Arthur was taken to recover from its wound after the battle at Camlann. But Avalon is also a Japanese/Polish movie directed by Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Innocence) in 2001 and entirely in » Continue Reading
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  • Akie, Happy Valentine’s Day
    February 14th, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
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