Japan is famous for many things: food, animate, music and culture. On Halloween day, I would also want to remind you that Japan is also famous for their horror stories and urban legends. One time […]
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Top 10 2019’s “Jimi” or Mundane Halloween Costumes: The anti-cosplay cosplay phenomena in Japan
Halloween in Japan is different from anywhere else. Unlike in the western countries, majority of people in Japan don’t do ‘trick or treating’ (because that’ll cause meiwaku to your neighbors and that is the last […]
Hong Kong Justin Bieber: MC Jin | Hot Asian Men Friday
I recall watching one of MC Jin’s interview on Youtube. He was telling the interviewee that he was really popular in Hong Kong back then, it was the equivalent of Justin Bieber of Hong Kong. […]
Digital Gold: Bitcoin and Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper
An entertaining, informative, non-technical, character-driven narrative and introduction to Bitcoin. Popper recounts the origins of Bitcoin: it was an attempt by fringe, anarchist-libertarian online communities (the Cypherpunks) to create a currency that decentralizes the power […]
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
Chikako was once Kikuji’s father’s plaything (Kikuji’s father, deceased in the novel, was a Japanese man of leisure with a reputation in tea ceremony). Kikuji remembers going with his father to Chikako’s home as a […]
The Internet of Money: Volume Two by Andreas Antonopoulos
Great book about Bitcoin by one of the leading educators of the technology. Some great, original insights as well. Bitcoin is “the concept of decentralization applied to the human communication of value” (p. 2), with […]
I wish I lived in a Studio Ghibli World
Have you ever wished to have a neighbor like Totoro? Or wish to have someone like Kiki to deliver your amazon package? Have you ever looked at your pet goldfish and wish he is secretly […]
Up-and-coming Art Destination: Naoshima Island
It is pumpkin spice latte season again! In Japan, there is this gigantic black-spotted pumpkin located by the water and it attracts foreigners to flyover to Japan just to get a snapshot of it. Yes, […]
Dev Patel, Our Favorite Internet’s Boyfriend | Hot Asian Men Friday
View this post on Instagram A post shared by D E V P A T E L W O R L D ð (@devpatelworld) on Sep 15, 2019 at 10:41am PDT The 29-year-old British Indian […]
Special Issue: Peoples, Things and Places That Showcase Canada-Japan Relationship
Did You Know? Peoples, Things and Places That Showcase Canada-Japan Relationship We at TORJA have reported on many topics related to the connection between Japan and Canada, but there are still many things yet to […]