Japan Blogs
I've discovered many of the blogs below via JapanSoc.org.Andrew Shuttleworth's Japan Blog List is also worth a look as well.
If you have a blog about Japan, let me know about it.
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The Nihon Suki
- Looking for a good time? Check out NYC's very own LOVE HOTEL
- For the Love of Ramen(Ramen Setagaya)
- New Year, New Music
- Tis the season.. (Music Edition)
- EVENT ALERT:[NYC EVENT] Vital Signals Japanese & American Video Art from the 1960s & ‘70s
- [EVENT ALERT] The New York Botanical Garden Presents: Kiku in the Japanese Autumn Garden
- My Oricon Charts pick of the week!
- Prepare to be moved, while watching Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
- [CONTEST ALERT] EDUFIRE WINER !!!!!
- Date an Asian Man
Alexandre Gervais
- Mikan tree, Tokyo (Japan)
- Stone lantern, Kyoto (Japan)
- Lanterns at night, Kyoto (Japan)
- Nanzen-ji, Kyoto (Japan)
- Buddhist monks statue in Arashiyama, Kyoto (Japan)
- Oikeniwa garden in Imperial Palace, Kyoto (Japan)
- Imperial Palace, Kyoto (Japan)
- Imperial Palace gardens, Kyoto (Japan)
- Fruits & Vegetables, Tokyo (Japan)
- Jojakkoji temple, Kyoto (Japan)
Black Tokyo
- Over 30% of Japanese homeless mentally disabled
- Is Tokyo Number 1?
- Tsunami Warning/Advisory Update
- Showing Your ID at a Japanese Hotel
- Pacific Tsunami Warning
- Earthquake off the coast of the southern island of Okinawa.
- Hatoyama warm to ratifying child custody convention
- Absentee Voting Easier for Expat Americans
- Will Toyada put the brakes on in D.C.?
- Little Black Sambo Musical at a Daycare Center
Digital World Tokyo
- Japan’s pollen solution: Spite hay fever, cut off your nose…
- Sony goes Disney with a Mickey Mouse-flavored lineup of new Walkman models
- Live 3D Premier League soccer/football coming to UK in May
- Processing 3D video? Sony’s Cell-based rig can be yours for ¥2.6million
- UQ and NEC to add 50% more WiMax base stations across Japan by end of March
- Sanyo to power traffic signals with Li-ion batteries during natural disasters
- Otaku blogger builds DIY Steadicam for iPhone
- Greenpeace ‘Tokyo Two’ whaling trial gets boost as ex-whaler blows whistle on systemic fraud
- Panasonic rub & tug chair makes red light massage merchants redundant
- Making the best Japanese iPhone apps fly worldwide
Frugalista Japan
- Review: Bookmooch, and my free breadmaker
- Top 10 Ways to save ¥788,600 while in Japan
- Teaching The Maiko, part 2
- Qing Dao travelogue
- 2010 Goals, and progress so far
- 300 Subscribers and Another $50 Kiva loan!
- Teaching the Maiko
- Lost your job in Japan? Don’t stress it
- Buy a Mac to save money over time
- Getting Unemployment Benefit in Japan
Higashi Fashion
- STYLEKELLY Knit CardiganUS$48.00
- JBROS Cropped Wool Blend PantsUS$58.00
- pikopop:(via skyhopper)Interesting outfit, not my kind of...
- With Mocha Set: Hoodie + Sweatpants (South Korean...
- With Mocha Set: Hoodie + Striped Pants (South Korean...
- With Mocha Set: Hooded Pullover + Pants (South Korean...
- With Mocha Raglan Sleeve Hooded Jacket (South Korean...
- Soneed Hooded Vest (South Korean Brand)US$52.00
- Ukki Pleat Front Pants (South Korean Brand)US$58.00
- beko021:kyozyaku:oyyb:nominikki:loopa:hsmt:sugar-yuko...
iPhoning Japan
- Review: Augmented Reality app ‘Layar’ for iPhone 3GS
- App Review: Sekai Camera
- iPhone app review: Koetan! Voice Recognition Tokyo Train timetable
- App Review: Tokyo Metro Augmented Reality
- Softbank’s first corporate iPhone client: half a year on
- iPhoning Japan Presents: Live-streaming the Tokyo Marathon with an iPhone strapped to my forehead
- The iPhone: an essential tool for anyone living in Japan
- iPhone App: Japan Phrases
- Repost: Buying a Not free iPhone in Japan
- iPhone users in Japan must manually apply for new discounted data plan
Jamaipanese
- Yotaro Baby Robot from Japan
- One Love Jamaica Festival 2010 Information
- For the Love of Photography and Friends
- Ameba Japanese Micro-blog Clones Twitter
- Operation Visit Japan – February 2010 Report
- Air Jamaica + Japan Airlines = Dead
- Seikon no Qwaser – First Impressions
- Can’t Wait to Play Final Fantasy XIII
- Anime Figure Collection a Year Later
- Japanese Assistance to Jamaica over the years
Japanator
- Learning Japanese with waterproof flashcards
- Lightning Warrior Raidy II now available for preorder
- The Otaku Sex Industry: 3D women desired, for now
- Glowsticks should be banned from the next Miku concert
- VIZ debuts Yuu Watase's Arata: The Legend yesterday
- Oh happy day! Wandering Son to see anime adaptation!
- gwjunkie review: Grand Fantasia
- Why Yakuza 3 is blatantly better than Final Fantasy XIII
- HearJapan wants you to win Vocaloid figures for Miku day
- Chiaki Kuriyama debuts new song at MTV Iggy
Japundit
- 5 Turning Japanese Covers
- Taxation without representation The DPJ stumbles in its efforts to grant foreigners the vote
- Japan opens 98th national airport in Ibaraki
- Final chapter: The last English language bookstores in Jimbocho
- Shibuya Lights
- JanJan closes their website for citizen journalism
- Princesses and Anxiety at Home and School
- Tokyo/Glow
- 'Cove' Oscar won't end Taiji dolphin kill
- Maiko Itai wins Miss Universe Japan 2010
Japan Soc Blog
- Preview of New Top Users Widget
- Mazikeen’s March Matsuri Announcement
- Muza-chan’s February Matsuri
- Japan Blog Matsuri Updates
- JapanSoc Restarted – Help & Feedback Thread
- JapanSoc Broken, Will Start From Scratch
- Cash Prizes in the January 2010 Japan Blog Matsuri
- Dumb Otaku’s Japan Blog Matsuri
- Coming Soon: The December 2009 JBM
- JapanSoc Development Update Oct. 2009
Japan Soc
- how I got kicked out of Japan
- Toyota CEO apologises on Letterman
- Reposting with link to correct original site -- Japanese emoticons
- Japan’s Train Station To Prohibit Walking on Escalators
- Top 10 Love Hotel Room Themes
- Tracking the Tengu
- washingtonpost.com editorial brands DPJ's Fujita a 9/11 loon
- Why Japanese people don't care enough to kill each other?
- Broken Dishes at Bancho Mansion
- Photos from Yamate Tunnel Walk
Guyjin.me
- Japanese Words #4 – Otsukaresama & Gokurosama
- A Few Thoughts on Academy Award Winner “The Cove”
- Japanese Singles Chart: Feb 23 – Mar 1
- Japanese Singles Chart: Feb 16 – Feb 22
- Japanese Singles Chart: Feb 9 – Feb 15
- Japanese Singles Chart: Feb 2 – Feb 8
- Japanese Singles Chart: Jan 26 – Feb 1
- Japanese Singles Chart: Jan 19 – Jan 25
- Japanese Singles Chart: Jan 12 – Jan 18
- Why Don’t Japanese Workers Know How to Take Vacations?
Osu! Tatakae! Nippon!
- TBS Election Rip-Off Video?
- People Need To Stop Being Idiots
- Dissolution
- Debt Will Eat Me Alive (Also A Woman Was Burnt)
- Land Of The Rising Unemployment Figures
- Aso Meets His Boss
- Abandoned Hotel Becomes Even More Abandoned
- Not Long Before Flying Monkeys Now...
- YoYoJam Japes
- Maria Sharapova Taking On Four Guys And A Girl
Our Man in Abiko
- Tokyo Vice book review @jakeadelstein whatever blahhh
- A little piece of Guantanamo Bay in Japan
- Making a splash at the Daily Yomiuri, oh, and how is that cult novel coming along Ourmani?
- Pretty good joke about middle aged women authors by Our Woman in Abiko
- Days numbered at the Daily Yomiuri
- Japan Tsunami: The facts
- How to prepare for the Japan tsunami
- Airs and graces
- Kim, Mao, Cameron, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow
- Welcome to Hatoyama Hall (you can leave your shoes on)
The Banzai Effect
- figma Kotobuki Tsumugi 2nd Shipment by Max Factory
- Project DIVA for PS3
- World Cosplay Summit Singapore Selection Rounds 1
- “Playstation Move” Unveiled
- Saber & Mato Sakura Beach Queens Ver. by Wave
- nutcase23 haz an upgradez =D
- Valve Confirms Steam for Mac
- 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa Trailer
- Today is International Women’s Day
- Xbox 360 “Slim” Possible ?
1rick.com
- My Set-up
- On Aggregating in Drupal
- My guest post on Journalism 2.0
- Brainstorming TokyoSocial on Google Wave
- Making a Chess Screencast
- Christine Usyak on this Saturday’s Yokohama Barcamp
- Tracking Twitter reponses to Obama’s Town Hall in China
- 7 Tips for Building Local
- How Short Links Can Solve Ginormous Problems
- Many Hands Make Light (Web) Work
Tofugu
- Godzilla Picture Haiku’s To Warm Your Big Radioactive Heart
- How To Use Evernote To Study Japanese (Or Any Other Language)
- Two (or Three) More Days To Win These Flashcards
- Be Healthy And Smoke Your Vitamin C
- Mixi No Longer Requires an Invite. edu Loophole Still Works!
- How To Get Into Mixi (Without A Japanese Cell Phone Email Address)
- What I Want To See With Apple’s iPad (In Regards To Japanese)
- In Japan, You Visit A Scary Japanese Doctor 12+ Times A Year
- How To Listen To Japanese Music For Free
- “Glee Japan,” With The Help Of My (Big) Friend Akebono Tarō
Tokyotopia
- What To Do And See In One Night In Tokyo Or Narita?
- Travel On The Bullet Train With A Snowboard!
- I need a place to stay for a vacation in Tokyo. Any suggestions?
- Eats And Drinks Around Inaricho Station
- Our Japan Travel Information Includes Deals, Discounts, Coupons, And More To Help You Plan Your Travel To Japan...
- Your Train Travel Japan Deals Don't Come Better Than This! Looking For Japan Travel Info To Save You Some Money? This Is It!...
- The JR East Pass is a special Japan train travel discount ticket for tourists to the country...
- Attractions Near Grand Arc Hanzomon Hotel In Tokyo
- Saw Mountain - Nokogiri-yama In Chiba Day Trip From Tokyo
- Japanese Bullet Train
Victory Manual
- Tracking the Tengu
- How the Japanese lost Bismarck: The Navajo Language
- Gotta catch ‘em all: Interesting sentences
- Recommended Book: Effective Japanese
- What the Textbooks Don’t Teach: Fighting words!
- Top Ten Successful Expats in Japan
- More fun Japanese stuff
- Difficulty of Japanese in perspective
- Gokusen DVD – Only 1 Seller!
- Japanese Observations
What Japan Thinks
- Twittering on TV
- Most Japanese find mobile search reasonably useful
- Little buzz on Google Buzz in Japan
- Many Japanese have a complex about their stomachs
- iPhone outselling all individual netbook vendors
- Premium Japanese brands preferred for mini-notebooks, netbooks
- Hating your foreign tour guide
- What’s so great about Twitter?
- Side jobs Japanese fancy trying
- Do Japanese look people in the eye when talking?
Centakume
- 2010 Spring Anime Lineup
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Movie [Preview]
- Anime at Large: Love Hina… Captured!
- My Experience With eBay
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00F: Volume 1 [Review]
- March 2010: The “Unicorn” Arrives
- BBAMAJAM Cosplay Contest: Take 2
- Fullmetal Alchemist State Alchemy Exam [Review]
- Interesting Find: iPod Touch
- Highlight of 2009: Otakast Interview
7:10 to Tokyo
- Takarasagashi: Nose-Picking, Japanese-Style
- Paying For Your Coffee in Tokyo? Loser!
- Reality’s a Bitch
- I Own the Night
- Goin’ Geeky in Tokyo: Satisfaction and Regret
- Tatsuya Ichihashi Captured! Tatsuya Who?
- Best Picks of My Tokyo Pics: Got The Time?
- Last Chance for Tokyo Filter
- Best Picks of My Tokyo Pics
- Trip Report: Viva Las Vegas, Baby!
Loco in Yokohama
- Live from Locohama S1/E18: Tough Choice
- Live from Locohama S1/E17: Yokohama Five-O
- Got a letter from Michael Moore today (-:
- Live from Locohama S1/E16: Loco versus Ju-on
- Live from Locohama S1/E15: The Calling Card
- Live from Locohama S1/E14: Envying the kids on the train
- Live from Locohama S1/E13: Jonesing in Yokohama
- Live from Locohama S1/E12: Scent of a Watch
- Live from Locohama S1/E11: The federal case of the missing memory stick
- Live from Locohama S1/E10: Payback’s a bitch!!
Rick Martin
- Top DS Games of 2009, as chosen by Ninjas
- Nintendo DSi jumps on 3D bandwagon
- What a PSP Phone may look like
- On Google Buzz: When did it become ok to hate on infants?
- Prepeat rewritable printer uses no ink, no toner
- Yahoo Japan's 16 Doraemon apps are an iPuzzle
- And the award for Most Ironic Media Festival goes to...
- Human-Powered Washing Machine
- What I wish Apple had announced
- Awesome hack: Transparent DS!
Tokyo Mango
- 24-year old pet store manager steals penguin to pay off debts
- Kitty cosplay by Takako Iwasa
- A web site full of funny Godzilla-themed haiku
- A warrior does not have a forked tongue
- Mario and Luigi own restaurants in Manchester
- Ajinomoto Stadium CM features pretty girls with manly voices
- National Geographic film series features fighting OL
- Woman starves son because he looks like her husband
- Statistics show that Japan needs more female lawmakers
- Richard Aoki, the only Asian leader in the Black Panther Party
3yen
- Miss Japan 2010
- Korea bests Japan at its own game
- Who is arriving at Narita Airport Japan?
- Pyongyang North Korea is ‘better’ than Tokyo
- You know when you have lived in Japan too long…
- Women who sound like men
- Bat Boy vs the Miniskirt police!
- 98Koshien’s amazing pitching glitch
- The Cove wins best documentary
- On Women’s Day, half of Japanese say a woman’s place is at home