In Costume
10:45 am in Flip Side, Image Junky, Japan, Pop Culture by Faceless Librarian
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Cultural Iconography
12:49 pm in Books, Cinema, Image Junky, Interesting, Japan, Pop Culture, Video Games by Faceless Librarian
In Costume
9:02 am in Cinema, Flip Side, Image Junky, Japan, Pop Culture, Video Games by Faceless Librarian
In Costume
10:18 am in Flip Side, Image Junky, Interesting, Japan, Pop Culture, Video Games by Faceless Librarian
Fashionable Attire
12:33 pm in Fashion, Flip Side, Image Junky, Interesting, Japan by Faceless Librarian
Random Images
7:29 am in Art, Cinema, Flip Side, Funny, Image Junky, Japan, Pop Culture, Randomness, Science Fiction by Faceless Librarian
Random Images
5:36 am in Art, Books, Flip Side, Funny, Image Junky, Japan, Pop Culture, Randomness, Science Fiction by Faceless Librarian
And Now… A Yokozuna Sings Journey
7:31 pm in Funny, Interesting, Japan, Ladies and Gentlemen, Music, Pop Culture, Randomness by Faceless Librarian
In the art of sumo, the champion is called the yokozuna. This signifies that they have the highest rank in professional sumo competition. For a while this title was held by an American – a Hawai’ian named Chad Rowan. In Japan he was known Akebono Taro and he was one of the best the sport has ever seen.
Why am I telling you this?
So you’ll know how random, awesome, and funny it is to see him promoting the TV show Glee in Japan.
Ladies and gentlemen, Akebono.
Don’t Mess With The Schoolgirl
7:33 am in Image Junky, Japan by Faceless Librarian
That image you may have in your mind of the defenseless Japanese schoolgirl? The one so glorified in anime and Japanese cinema?
Yeah, go ahead and remove that image.
Bayonetta Cosplayer
6:35 am in Flip Side, Japan, Video Games by Faceless Librarian
I really wanna play the new Bayonetta game that’s out for the PS3. The biggest reason has to do with the character who looks like a sword swinging, gun toting, latex clad, dominatrix librarian. And see, I’m into things like that… especially the librarian part. The game is in my GameFly queue, but until I get it, I’m content to stare at this woman who does costuming absolutely right.
WTF?
4:55 pm in Funny, Japan, Video Games by Faceless Librarian
And some people say there are hardly any good games for the Wii. What do they know?
Well, quite a bit actually. I mean… what the fuck is this?
BEST VISUAL PUN EVER
9:27 am in Funny, Japan, Pop Culture by Faceless Librarian
For those playing the home game, this Pokemon’s name is Raichu.
What Are YOU Looking At?
10:22 pm in Funny, Japan by Faceless Librarian
Jeez, lady. Sumo need to go shoppin’, yo.
Kodo
9:01 am in Japan, Ladies and Gentlemen, Music by Faceless Librarian
I fell in love with the Yoshida Brothers ages ago. I’ve always had a thing for musicians who can take folk instruments and adapt them to modern music. The shamisen, a type of Japanese banjo, is one of the classic instruments of Japan. Used in the bunraku puppet theatre and other forms of Japanese entertainment like kabuki.
The Yoshida Brothers took their mastery of the instrument and brought it into the modern world of music. While well known for one of their their hit songs, RISING, this one, called Kodo, is no less energetic, but a little more traditional. All in all, good stuff.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Yoshida Brothers.