What is Kanto and Kansai?

28.02.08

Filed Under: Japan with 4 Comments

I always had a question when checking a drama’s rating, why they split it into two categories which is Kanto region and Kansai region? I also came across these two terms when watching dramas where it sounds like there is big difference between them. What is Kanto and Kansai and what is their history?
I found […]

Scholar Idol Ranking

26.02.08

Filed Under: J-Idol with 8 Comments

Japan is one country that really loves ranking. One of the ranking that I want to share is the latest edition of “Scholar Idol Ranking” which rank the current hottest top 100 female idols in three age categories: Under-25 (U-25), Under-20 (U-20) and Under-15 (U-15). From the chart shows that Aoi Miyazaki, Yui Aragaki, Narumi […]

JERO: An African American debut as Enka singer

24.02.08

Filed Under: J-Pop with 7 Comments

We always said that music has no boundaries. On the 20th February 2008, JERO from America, debut as a Enka singer in Japan with his debut single “Umiyuki”. He is the first African American enka singer in Japanese music industry. This is very surprising and unbelievable, JERO’s debut had successfully became a hot topic. “Umiyuki” […]

Web 2.0 food and beverage logo inspiration

22.02.08

Filed Under: Inspiration with 2 Comments

We all love to eat and drink. Now with the blooming of world wide web, people are able to sharing food and drinks review, teaching and learning how to cook and communicate with other users globally. It is very exciting and convenient with this web cooking community sites. Well the logos of these sites are […]

Inspired by Nature: 27 websites with Wood

19.02.08

Filed Under: Inspiration, Web Design with 11 Comments

Nature elements especially wood can be seen in many website design nowadays. The natural textures and shading of the wood surface and color can make a website looks rich in texture and green in feel. Even well known web designers like Alex Buga and Shane Seminole Mielke also used wood as part of their portfolio […]

32 patterns of car racing game sites

16.02.08

Filed Under: Resources with 6 Comments

I did research on many car racing game sites and found that many of them use a lot of patterns for the site design. With all these small little patterns especially the carbon fiber patterns, the websites looks more racing feel. I took screenshots of each websites and turning them into Photoshop pattern preset and […]

How to turn Hiragana word to cute Kaomoji

14.02.08

Filed Under: Tutorial with 2 Comments

Emoticon and smileys is big in the Internet world especially Japan. In Japanese emoticon is called Kaomoji (顔文字 or facemark), which means texts that formed a facial expression. Kaomoji can be used and seen especially on chat room, text messaging, e-mail etc. Sometimes I am very impressed on the cuteness and wide range of Japanese […]

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