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Ginei
My obsession with Ginei began a few years ago, when I was new to Japan and still naive to its sexual depravity. My ex-roommate/partner in crime Aaron and I were walking from our apartment near Chikusa Station to Tokugawa Art Museum when we crossed paths with a curious "Live Theater"
Hikan Ninja First Anniversary Party
Eric organized an 80’s dance party to celebrate the first anniversary of hikanninja, the very site you are looking at now. It was a great night, with the highlights being the robot dance party, the best dressed and all round drinking.
Valentines Day J Style
For those of you new to the country or those of you who have never been here this is a little rundown of just waht Valentines is here in Japan. If you want the dirty stories you'll have to come back later.
Fashion Research: Gyaru & Gyaruo
There's a lot of information about "gyaru" and "gyaruo" fashion on the web. Unfortunately, a lot of it is ten years out of date. Basically all you need to know is that "gyaru" is the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "gal." In my experience they tend to have big hair and wear dangerously short skirts, often paired with...
Getting my Japanese Drivers License
If you have followed some of my other adventures you will find that I have terribly bad luck with large offices of any sort and the inherent bureaucracy within. Yesterday morning I went to the Japanese DMV to get a Japanese drivers license. This is a surprisingly easy thing for a Canadian person to do in Japan because of an agreement between our two governments. That is, for every other Canadian
Foreigner Underground Crime File
Last month when I read online that foreigners were boycotting Family Mart for stocking Gaijin Hanzai Ura Fairu (Foreigner Underground Crime File ), I actually thought it was a prank. Knowing there's nothing like a controversy to make something a valuable collectors item, I immediately set out to buy one.
Sugoi Yo Masaru San (Sexy Commando Gaiden)
The first of our review section, we look at the very first animation ever made in Japan for television over 3,000 years ago. Everything you ever saw that came out of Japan was based on this single instance of animation before animation was even invented. After reading this review you will be able to attain permanent Japanese status, if you watch the anime, you actually become Japanese.
Hikan Ninja Japanese Lesson 2
We bring you the things you need to really communicate in Japanese, like a Japanese. Get down and dirty with real talk, real words, actual phrases strung together with basic grammar rules that you can use in daily situations. Are you still reading this? Click the link dammit, there is nothing here for you, the real thing, the meat, the dream, it's after you click the link. Scared? Don't worry, it's easy, so easy, you may vomit.
How to…eat chicken wings at Yama Chan
If you come to Japan and want to eat or drink like a Japanese person you will end up in a Yama-Chan sooner or later. If you come to Japan and don’t want to eat or drink like a Japanese person you will probably still end up at a Yama-Chan sooner or later. Like Starbucks they are all over and often there is one right across the street from another. There are three around my office.
Fashion Research-Winter Wrap-up
While deleting porn off his computer Eric managed to find a couple of shots from last winter that he hadn't posted. The delay has absolutely nothing to do with me holding onto the picture of 3 girls and chanting incantations that should draw them into my house at any time. Ah, voodoo, it's amazing how a hobby can change your life in so many ways.
Master of Mosquiton: Anime Review
The story is about a Vampire, he is the Master of Mosquiton. What that means, well, it is never explained, so I don't know if it such a great thing to be master of. I mean, I am master of a lot of stuff, but you don't see anyone making an anime out of my life. I am Master of my Cellphone, I changed the wallpaper in it just the other day. Yeah, I did it. What? I change it whenever I want, that's what makes me the master, so maybe just take a step back and watch the man walk through.
Word is Bond
Eric throws a mean party, I can’t do much but work the door and throw down to early. The old school hip hop party was good, the karaoke contest was good, the winner walked home with a desert eagle (pellet) gat to phatten up his pants. I didn’t drink enough to actually bust out the worm (that is not a sexual joke, but a reference to the dance move popular with everyone who never was able to break dance. I refer to my penis as ‘Sir’.) Our friend Andrew did an excellent job of taking pictures so please enjoy them.
How to...Kancho
Japan is a different culture, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that there are things that are unfamiliar to us visitors. If you spend any amount of time around children in Japan you are in for a unique experience in that eventually one of the kids will sneak up behind you and try to jam their fingers up your ass. This has it's own name here, it's called a kancho. Japanese kids think it's funny. They don't think it's so funny when I beat the living crap out of them.
Pepsi Ice Cucumber
I am not kidding, this is real. I paid for this, then I put it in my body. Then I made my wife put it in her body. Then we watched in awe as my hair fell out and our unborn child gained incredible carbonated cucumber based super powers.
He is going to be the worst super hero in the world. I mean, what kind of name can we come up with to compensate for cucumber based super powers?
Peter
Subtext of Kanashimi by Morning Musume
Peter takes a look into the deep meaning of this latest song by the ultra political Japanese band, Morning Musume. Often this group is dismissed as a fluff pop band full of young taut sexually emerging girls in cliché schoolgirl uniforms. This is only done by people who are distracted by the knee high stockings and soft thigh flesh who are not paying attention to the real messages in the videos.
fashion research - alba rosa
As mentioned in the last fashion research article, I managed to photograph some Alba Rosa fanatics in downtown Sakae, decked head to toe in the label's brightly colored hibiscus prints. Yumi (pictured below) met me while I was approaching people underground and led me upstairs to this group of kids assembled in the park. After I got their permission to take their pictures, it was tough to get them to sit still long enough for me to do a proper interview. Also I was a little taken aback by their nicknames, which all seemed to end in 'nyan.' Anyway, I think you'll agree the pictures were worth the effort.
Anime Cosplay Summit 07
The anime cosplay summit comes back to Nagoya and HikanNinja is all over that. We cosplay as media people, get press passes to get up close and personal with the cosplayers. We have teams of photographers scouting the hordes to find what we think is the best costume, sadly it turned out to be just a girl wearing an inappropriately short skirt.
Cosplay Summit 07 Round-up
The final report on the event that was the World Cosplay Summit 07. Eric gives a report and finishes off the picture set. Also, the videos will be coming to this space soon.
HikanNinja Cosplay Video Roundup
This will be the last post on cosplay, or at least the last post on the cosplay summit. The instant some girl shows up on the internet or in Nagoya in a robot bikini you know I will have the integrity to report on it. I know the news and what is really important to the people.
Train Culture
The train in Japan is a unique cultural entity in itself simply because the average person here spends so much of their time on the train it becomes a familiar private public place. Much like people, for some reason, feel comfortable picking their nose in the car despite the fact that a car is covered with windows the feeling of security is there. What this brings, then, are displays of behavior not seen anywhere else in the country. This is the train culture of Japan.
Jigoku Shoujo (Anime Review)
Have you ever been angry? So angry that you wanted to send someone to hell? So angry that you would log on to the internet and type someone's name into a webpage that would then bring an anime chick into your room who would then offer to send that person to hell, in exchange for your soul? If so, seriously, get some help.
Hikan Ninja Loves You Party
Despite a number of problems and setbacks (such a poorly timed Meitetsu suicide that made Peter like two hours late, having to navigate a curved staircase in order to buy beer, complains that my indie rock themed mix didn't include Ministry or Nine Inch Nails, and no midget kung-fu...
6 Flava Kit Kat Taste Test
Well, the title pretty much says it all. I am only assuming that these flavours of Kit Kat aren’t available in north America because they threatened my delicate western sensibilities. Much like the Pepsi cucumber I doubt these will really ever take off or expand, but in a way it’s nice to see a company taking some risks. Even if those risks are just plain dumb.
Final Fantasy VII Potion Review
Peter drinks all the odd stuff that comes along in Japan. It's another drink review but I think the concoction of drink residue that must remain somewhere in his intestines has finally affected his thinking. There is a mention of Parrot hate and Can love making. If you like Final Fantasy he is not complimentary.
Katamari Damacy
Everyone did deconstruction in university. It is this weird idea where you take a Winnie-the-Pooh book and start calling the author a communist. If you want to pull an idea out of something you can.
Welcome to Beautiful Katamari, the video game, it is poised to take over your mind and make you subservient to the Japanese Empire.
Shooters Halloween
Here are some pics from a Halloween party at Shooters thrown by Nagoya Life who puts on International Mixer Parties every month.
Nagoya Motor Show
The Nagoya Motor show is the little brother (or the leftovers) of the Tokyo Motor Show. The whole Hikan Ninja crew got off their asses to go take a look mainly for the prospect of seeing Asimo up close and personal. That and a whole bunch of cars we will never be able to afford.
Nagoya Motor Show Video
I swear there were cars at the motor show. I thinkyou can kind of see one or two there in the background.
This the compilation video of all the girls/ shows at the motor show. There isn't too much else to say about it, except watch it, and there were cars there. Also, ASIMO.
Hikan Ninja Japanese Lesson 3
I couldn't end out the year with at least one more Japanese lesson. I promise I will work harder on this in the future. This is a translation of a commercial that hits the internet every few years because the girl has big boobs. What better topic to base a lesson on?
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