When I got them, I thought they were ugly, cheap, poorly made pieces of metal. Maybe even bootleg versions of some cool anime. I was spoiled by the quality of other Japanese toy companies like Bandai, Takara, and Takatoku robots. I was so disappointed with these, that I promptly stuck ...
iT IS SOLD IN jAPAN BUT i DO NOT KNOW ANY STORES IN jAPAN AND CANNOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. i WOULD LIKE TO ORDER SOME FABRIC. tHANK YOU SO MUCH, I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME OR GIVE ME A NAME OF A SHOP THAT CARRIES IT. CLAUDIA
Such events helped me to understand Japanese culture in general. Fukuoka is a perfect city. It is not crowded like Tokyo but at the same time has a lot of facilities. Big department stores, arcades, restaurants, cafes and bars are located nearby the school. It was a bit cold to live ...
"I'd like to take a machine gun to those bastard," a child would hear a drunken neighbor say, and when it came time to play, the child took a toy machine gun to imaginary enemies, those "yellow- bellied some of bitches." (p. 55) This review of literature provides knowledge and ...
At my local hardware stores, all the saws are designed for softwood, plywood etc... No ripsaws in sight. I wouldn't conclude that nobody rips a piece of wood from that evidence. it's jsut what the market has asked for. A saw designed to cut hardwood species surely will work for ...
I have the Tectoy version of the Flintstones in OK shape but now I have the PAL version in better shape and complete. The condition is not amazing but it’s certainly good enough. Tom and Jerry is another cool looking game that I haven’t yet had a chance to try out. It’s complet...
Now in its 20+ years of operations, the Medicom Toy company is deeply interwoven with Japanese fashion and streetwear, as strange as the crossover of toys and clothes might sound on paper. Though digital culture has revolutionized the world, Japan remains in many regards a physical culture: ...
They were at the bottom of the hierarchy of shops, with department stores at the top. His father probably had an inferiority complex about his line of work and was trying to set up another outlet for his business talent. To that end, he was employing a part-timer in the ramen shop at...
The proliferation of pornographic videos in the 1980s commonly called AV, short for adult video, eventually greatly diminished the market for pornographic movie theaters. Rental video stores offered pornography at a price far below that of movie theaters. Because most Japanese families now had at le...
Spinning-top toy in shape of Tanuki(Hiko-Ichi 彦一独楽 from Kumamoto).See Gabi Greve for details. In Japan’s Edo-era tales, the Tanuki is commonly given a name. Three of the most widely known are: Danzaburō Tanuki / Danuki 団三郎狸. He is the head of all Tanuki on Sado ...