trend research

A small community observing the current trends in fashion, following in the steps of the FRUITS magazine.

The class is over, blogging activity wound down

Today, the 5th anniversary of my fencing dojo was widely celebrated with a friendly tournament during daytime and a party afterwards! Details and pictures are to follow.

In the meantime, a bunch of links as always. First, Earth ガイド, and a bunch of other amazing flash presentations. As an addendum, the flower garden, a stupid relaxing toy.

Then, not quite Japanese, yet nevertheless amazing, resource on micro-gardening.

Finally, a guy who studies the fish market and other stuff.

spooky stuff

I wonder if this is still read by anyone now that the school is over.

Anyway, おばけもの.

あしかがフラワーパーク

「はなのこうえん? Oddly enough, in Russian, there is no native word for "park" at all. Well, it is certainly a possibility that, before the foreign word was adopted, noone would bother to plant anything he would not eat.」

たぶん、これはもっともうつくしいところです。とくに、このアルレージェントは。

パイプライン

• Childcare, something else, and feeding kids with style – cooking for kids as a product of art. Amazing.
• A zillion of links for JSL students, similar to Saboten
• A US-educated guy posts on what’s hot right now, somewhat similar to Gothamist
• An owner of J-list, an online store selling random stuff originating from Japan, keeps a personal blog, some of the topics of which may be of interest to language students. A lot of his merchandise is not G-rated though; please beware of stupid cartoons (which I myself hate, but you may not) and numerous タレントreproductions (which may have the opposite effect)
• An interesting magazine on design
• Random interesting stuff from a popular blogger; some material may not be suitable for those too young
• Finally, high-end technology employed in VERY mundane activities