Check it out. I got this really sweet SIGG style water bottle this weekend.
Yes it’s a Space Invader bottle, to celebrate the 30th anniversary. They had three different styles, but I think I chose the best and most classic one. You can see it better below.
Pretty awesome. The design wraps continuously around the whole bottle. Now I’ll be drinking water in style!
It’s not such a great photo. I took it while we were out driving today, so the conditions were not optimal. You can however see Zao mountain far in the distance. It’s top all covered in snow. Quite beautiful.
Check out this crazy Japanese movie, K-20: Legend of the Mask. It’s some kid of action adventure movie set in the past. I love the poster. It looks like it’s straight out of the sixties. Like an old James Bond poster or something.
I can’t tell you much about the story (because all of the info is in Japanese), but I can show you a cool trailer.
Looks like fun to me. The guys in the mask looks like Batman wearing a hat though.
Yesterday I got a new Ipod. I got it to replace my 60G Ipod which has been full for a very long time. To remedy this I got a brand new silver 120G model.
It’s pretty nice the front surface is now a matte finish, so it doesn’t get all covered with fingerprints. I really like the new improvements to the menu system. There’s a lot more flashiness to it now.
You can see beside the main menu they now randomly show album covers. Also they added the ability to search though music in a cover flow now.
I really like being able to easily see all of the album artwork. For someone like me who has to have the artwork for every album in their library, this is a sweet bonus.
I got these little figures out of a Gacha Gacha machine. They’re Kinnikuman figures. Some people my age might remember them as being called M.U.S.C.L.E. figures in North America. I had a bunch of them when I was a kid. Anyways I got “Ramenman”.
The artist of the manga used to have an interesting way of coming up with new wrestlers. They would often have design contests where kids would send in drawings of their creations. This led to some really starnge and cool stuff. I also got a “Brocken” figure.
They released this figures to celebrate the 29th anniversary of Kinnikuman first being published. I wonder why they didn’t wait until the 30th. Here’s a cover of the old manga. You might recognize the main character, if you’re a boy and grew up in the 1980’s.
When I woke up this morning I was sad to see this.
Yes, our first snow of the season. Thankfully it’s almost all melted already. After living though numerous winters in Canada, snow is an evil sight to me. One of my reasons for wanting to move to Japan was more mild winters. So far it hasn’t been too bad. At least we almost made though November with no snow.
I got this flyer for the new James Bond movie at the local movie theater. The name of the movie in Japan isn’t “Quantum of Solace”. It’s actually translates to “The Solace of Revenge”. Which actually means something, instead of the weird English title.
James Bond is usually called “Zero Zero Seven” over here. For example the Japanese title of “You Only Live Twice” was “007 Dies Twice”. The only bad thing about seeing this flyer was that it confirmed the movie isn’t coming out in Japan until January 2009. That hurts!
SIDE NOTE: This actually my 200th post! Also my 200th consecutive day of posting. A pat on the back for myself.
As an early Christmas gift, my wonderful mother in-law bought me this super awesome furry electric blanket to keep me warm during the winter months. It’s so warm, soft and nice.
In Japan there is no central heating and the wall are thin and not insulated, so it can get pretty cold inside the house. Well not any more for me, I put this on our sofa, and now I can lay down in toasty warmth. It’s really quite nice. Here’s an illustration of some other things I can and will be doing.
I like how the second drawing is exactly the same as the first one, except flipped with a sofa added.
I thought I would profile some of the new beer that they have in Japan. It’s seems that there is new types to try every month. Companies are in a constant beer “arms race” to top each other. First is Kirin Zero.
It’s a low calorie, zero carb beer. These kinds of beer have become popular lately, since everyone seems to be diet conscious over here. Next we have Kirin Smooth and Asahi Ginger Draft.
Kirin Smooth as the name states, is supposed to be smoother than normal beer. The can say “Smooth makes you feel comfortable”. Asahi Ginger Draft has a bit of ginger taste added to it. It’s pretty refreshing tasting. They should have brought it out in summer though instead of winter. Here are a couple Kirin seasonal beers.
There are usually different ones for each season. They are available for a limited time and quantity, never to be made again. Some are really good, so it’s sad when they’re gone. Finally, here is a Dark Bitter by Suntory.
I wanted to show this to prove that not all Japanese beers are ale and pilsner. It’s kind of similar to Guiness, but not as thick. Constantly having new types of beer is good since foreign beer is hard to find and often very expensive. Plus more is always a good thing.
Check out this awesome packaging. It’s to promote Shonen Magazine’s 50th anniversary publishing comics. They have a whole bunch of re-branded snacks at 7/11 right now with all kinds of nostalgic characters on them.
You can see they show the mash-up on the back of the bag.
It’s combining one of the magazines old covers, and also the vintage packaging for the noodle snack. Very cool!
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