Entries Tagged as 'Japan'
TranslationParty.com is a simple and amusing procrastination tool that demonstrates the hilarious quirkiness of machine translation. Enter an English phrase and TranslationParty will automatically translate it into Japanese, then back into English, then back into Japanese, etc. Until a Zen-like equilibrium is reached…
From Twitter via @myGengo.
Fun · Japan · Japanese · Links · translation
Today, I went to see The Cove, a documentary centering around the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. As some reviewers have already said, the movie marries spy-thriller suspense with compelling investigative storytelling. Because of the Japanese government and whaling interests not wanting the story to get out, the filmmakers had to secretly (and perhaps [...]
Activism · Animals · Japan · Japanese · Movies · News · Video · YouTube
Shree Kurlekar of JETAANY.org (Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Alumni Association of New York) interviewed me for the latest issue of JQ Magazine. Download the PDF version of the magazine or read the article below after the jump.
JETAANY · Japan · Links · Media · New York
When I lived in Japan, I played keyboards in a girl-rock cover band called “Nobuko and the Stone Buddhas” (or “The Stone Buddhas” for short). We were active in Oita Prefecture around 2004-2005. The band was named after the famous Stone Buddhas of Usuki (Photo above by Tanaka Juuyoh) Here are some MP3s of recordings [...]
Audio · Japan · Music
Monkey in Costa Rica
Monkeys in the Mission, San Francisco
Monkeys near San Francisco Chinatown
Popular Monkey helmet, Taiwan
Monkeys in Shikoku, Japan
Kris and Monkeys, New York
Animals · Fun · Japan · New York · Photography · Pictures · San Francisco · Taiwan