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What’s Your Japanese Subculture?

Oct 10th, 2008 | By Sanjo-chan | Category: Ramblings

It’s been a while since I’ve done personality quizzes. The last one I did was on how geeky I was last year. I used to keep a page with every single quiz I’ve taken dating back to 2004 on a LiveJournal. I no longer keep that list as I have deleted my original LiveJournal account, [...]



iKnow: The Easiest Way to Learn Japanese Yet!

Sep 25th, 2008 | By Sanjo-chan | Category: Sugoi Uebusaito!!

iKnow is a new website (currently in beta) where visitors can learn Japanese at their own, easy pace. To some, it’s just another Japanese language resource such as JapanesePod101, but the straight forward interface allows users to dive right in right away any time they want!
iKnow has a flash card-like interface featuring the word in [...]



J-Indie Site Has a New Look

Aug 9th, 2008 | By Sanjo-chan | Category: Entertainment

Remember the sites I blogged about last year about getting your hands on indie music from Japan and Korea? One of my favorite websites mentioned in the post, Muzie, recently had the site redesigned! The site is now easier to understand and navigate, especially for those who don’t much Japanese. The revamp happened not to [...]



[Video] Megwin TV: Move Over, Steve-O

Jun 20th, 2008 | By Sanjo-chan | Category: Videos

Megwin TV is Japan’s answer to the controversial MTV television series, “Jackass” — only available on YouTube. While the original Jackass is down right obscene, Megwin gets a little creative with their stunts. In this video below, we see what happens when tons of bath tablets gets thrown inside a bathtub. Looks like fun to [...]



Ameba Vision: The YouTube of Japan

Sep 20th, 2007 | By Sanjo-chan | Category: Sugoi Uebusaito!!

With the popularity of the social video site YouTube soaring, thanks to the “Chocolate Rain” and “LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!” videos, many similar sites are popping up everyday. One of these mock YouTube sites caters towards native Japanese readers and speakers - or anyone who has passed the JLPT 1 test.

Ameba Vision is very much like [...]