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Pterodactyls hung out with Birds in Prehistoric Japan

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According to a report in Discovery News, the world's first pterosaur tracks from Japan, documented in a new study, suggest these Dinosaur-Age flying reptiles not only coexisted with birds, but that the two groups also hung out together when they weren't soaring the Cretaceous skies.

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Man Chainsaws Trees For BioShock2 Big Daddy Statue

http://www.thebanzaieffect.com

I have to really give my hats off to this guy who is dressed up as Jason from Friday the 13th while carving trees with chainsaws from different lengths just to make the Big Daddy character from Bio Shock 2

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Record No. of people charged in cannabis cases in Japan

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TOKYO, Feb. 25 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The number of people charged in cannabis cases, such as for possession and smuggling, hit a record 2,931 in 2009 in Japan, and 61.4 percent of them were young people aged below 30, the National Police Agency said Thursday.

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2 teenagers rescue 4-year-old boy from apartment fire in Kyoto

http://mdn.mainichi.jp

Two 18-year-olds "spotted smoke coming from the window of the second-floor apartment, and climbed up the drainpipes on either side of the building", and rescued the boy who had been left alone in the apartment.

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Govt to urge total smoking ban in restaurants, hotels

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp

"The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is set to urge all local governments to introduce a total ban on smoking in public places in principle to help prevent health hazards caused by secondhand smoke, sources said."

Please please please...

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Exploring Japan`s Top 5 Ghost Towns

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Explore Japan`s top 5 ghost towns for yourself, with some great photos and historical reasons for why the places died.

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Year of the Tiger (and Tiger Origami!)

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Chinese New Year greetings for the Year of the Tiger...with instructions on how to fold a palmtop tiger.

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Japanese Iwako eraser collection

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These Japanese erasers of pencil are in the shape of miniature stuffs, way cool. Although some of them appear incredibly food-like, they are not meant for consumption. Some kids don't use them as stationary but just collect.

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Bean-Throwing Geisha Celebrate Setsubun in Kyoto

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February 2nd, while Americans watch groundhogs and their shdows, Japanese, or at least those in Kyoto, watch Geisha perform the Japanese version of Groundhog Day known as Setsubun. Setsubun is a spring ritual in which Japanese throw beans to ward off invisible evils and hasten the end of winter. At many temples and shrines they do a bean throwing ceremony known as mami-maki.

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Potty Training Could Cost $1000

http://shibuya246.com

Interesting concept a chance for toddlers to experience the more sophisticated Japanese toilets on a smaller scale.
Would you use one of these deluxe potties with your toddler?

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snowboarders unite in Hokkaido via NEW YORK - TOKYO SPORTS: HOKKAIDO!

http://www.newyork-tokyo.com

Are you ready for another season of snow sports? We’re really enthusiastic about the season as the Winter Olympics are coming up. We’re going big and global with a snow tour to Hokkaido, Japan with NEW YORK – TOKYO SPORTS: HOKKAIDO (NYTSH)! There will be plenty of sessions in the snow with a relaxing time at the resort. How relaxing? Hot springs relaxing.

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Otaku SuperBike

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Some nice motorbike in akihabara.. with Manga design! love it..

and you?

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Windows 7: Nanami Gets New Friends

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It seems like Microsoft is giving Nanami Madobe some friends. As part of a campaign by Microsoft's Bing in Japan, Microsoft Japan have launched not 1 but 10 Windows 7 themes that revolves around 5 moe looking characters.

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Return to the ruins- volcano museum shots in stunning HDR

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The Asama volcano museum is a classic ruin, battered by eruptions and 40 years of mountain weather. See it brought to life in glorious HDR photos.

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Pirate Christmas at Tokyo Decadance

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Tokyo Decadance celebrates Christmas Pirate-style. I went as Pirate Santa. Some of the participants do their part to keep the ole yule log warm. Here you can learn how to get cool vampire fangs.

More here.

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Ruined History- the Mt. Asama Volcano Museum

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Photographic history of the top-rated haikyo in Japan, the Mt. Asama Volcano museum. Black and white photos showing its construction, visitation by Crown-Prince Hirohito, and glory-days.

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Chutes and Ladders of the Hume Haikyo Factory

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MJG and friends explore the haikyo Hume cement factory, with lots of HDR, black and white, and natural light photos of the ruin.

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And the kanji of the year is…

http://nihongoup.com

Winter is not just about holidays, but also about recapitulations of the year’s achievements and mishaps, as well as announcement of words & kanjis of the year.

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Quentin Tarantino is Tara-chan!

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Softbank's latest commercial shows Quentin Tarantino as a violent samurai visionary whose only weakness is his wife!

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Haikyo Poll 2009

http://www.michaeljohngrist.com

Vote for your three favorite haikyo of all-time, see the results.

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Universal Jigsaw Puzzle

http://news.ameba.jp

This universal puzzle created by Tenyo comes with instructions on making the complete puzzle look like works of art or any photo by using a guide and symbols printed on each of the pieces. Tenyo also give the user an option to send in a photo from their mobile and the company will let them know how to recreate the photo using the 300 piece puzzle set. Company site http://www.tenyo.co.jp/jigazo/

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Top 10 Haikyo of 2009

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The top 10 haikyo of 2009 from michaeljohngrist.com, as chosen by you, the people. All the highlights of the ruins in Japan are here.

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Exploring a Failed Gunma Ski Resort

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Roaming the ski resort, a nearby mine, and slack hanging ski lift, with sumptuous photos of ruin.

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Tranquil exploration of a haikyo motor lodge in Gunma

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Peaceful, silent, daubed with light and shadow, the Gunma shell-like motor lodge is a long cold drink of water that refreshes the haikyoist within.

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World Religions

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A collection of cards detailing the major faiths of our globe

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Love Mouse – Shinsaku Hidaka

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This is a brilliant independent anime by Shinsaku Hidaka. It is about a mouse who falls in love with a particular roll of cheese.

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The lonely haikyo bridge at the heart of Tokyo Bay

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MJG explores a haikyo bridge at the heart of Tokyo Bay, discovering there's very little to explore on a bridge, but a very real chance of falling to his death below.

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Thatch in Osaka

http://kimonobox.com

Amazing story about Japanese developers who found a thatch church in tiny village in UK and recreated it in Osaka in a skyscraper!

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Solar Race Car Reaches 93MPH!!

http://www.wonderhowto.com

If you saw this so-called automobile out on the street, you'd probably think a UFO had landed, but sure enough, it's a car - a solar powered race car.

Japan's Tokai Challenger solar vehicle won the 2009 Global Green Challenge, with speeds of up to 93MPH, running at only 1.8KW (half the power of standard tea kettle).

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Tokyo Decadance Halloween 2009

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Another fun-filled Tokyo Decadance event with sexy sirens, wickedly wild witches, ghoulish goblins, devious devils, rollicking robots, newhalf ninja, vicious violinists, plundering pirates, alliterating *ssholes, and god knows what else for Halloween.

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