南蛮

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南蛮 (nanban): – Southern Barbarians (Ancient China) – SEA/EU countries/colonies (Edo Period JP) – Favorite JP dish (Chicken Nanban) Gamer, Writer-In-Progress

A few days after the Inchon landing one of those events so characteristic of the Seabees took place. Air reconnaissance reported that eight switcher locomotives were trapped by cut rail lines in a rail yard at Yong Dong Po, which was on the American line of advance. A Seabee chief petty officer, who was a former railroad man, volunteered to go forward, seize the locomotives, and bring them back to the U.S. lines. The chief and eight fellow volunteers crossed the enemy lines, made their way to Yong Dong Po, and found the locomotives standing in the switching yard of the Kirin Brewery. The Seabees, taking advantage of their good fortune, loaded 15 cases of beer and sake aboard the locomotives, got up steam, and left. On the way back they were first fired upon by North Korean infantry and later by advancing U.S. Marines. The Marines thought that the North Koreans were using the locomotives to mount an attack, and opened fire on the locomotives until they finally recognized that the occupants were wearing U.S. uniforms. The Seabee chief subsequently admitted that sampling the beer and sake back at the brewery may have encouraged the Seabees to greater effort in getting the trains back to the U.S. lines. From Naval History and Heritage Command.
"It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War is inevitable. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it has been and will be. That way and not some other way." Blood Meridian by Cormack McCarthy
A video I took on the Shinkansen passing Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium Hiroshima
Kintaikyo and Iwakuni Castle (岩国城) in the game Denshattack! The castle has a relatively unique design which is wonderfully recreated here.
Pause screen from Denshattack! Thank you UX devs for putting the move pattern next to the Date. Also thank you for putting a ton of info, all while looking cool as hell.
Emi's response after finding out their training course is a factory run by the megacorp ruining Japan: "Why don't we destroy it instead?" More than just its aesthetic, Jet Set Radio's true legacy is its portrayal of defeating cops and corps with art and attitude. These are the themes we should likewise celebrate in games like Denshattack and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.
Picture of a tanuki caution sign in Tanuki: Pon's Summer. At first I thought it was kind of funny/odd to have a sign like this when you ARE a tanuki, but hey, we have pedestrian warning signs too.
sorry devs for doubting your code
We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before.
A vending machine and bicycle parking stall in Kyoto, Japan.
Japanese stationery featuring common construction imagery, plus 2 B-Side Label stickers of ネコ作業 Working Cats
Challenge #31 in Tanuki: Pon's Summer. Possibly impossible.
Tanuki-themed manhole cover from Tanuki: Pon's Summer. It'd be cool if the manholes around town changed after a successful festival or something.
Menu bar showing the ~100 items I unlocked for decorating my shrine.
Life-size statue of One Piece character Jinbei, appropriately sitting next to a road that appears to go to the bottom of the ocean, but actually levels out a few feet below the tide.
Picture of kumamon, a yuru-kyara mascot created to promote the JR Kyushu Shinkansen, now a legend among Japanese mascots. Pictured with him is one of his handlers who later had to pry him off Nami's statue.
Photo of the statue of One Piece character Nami in Kumamoto, Japan including a bouquet of flowers from each member of the Straw Hat Crew.
1. Secondhand stores 2. Attending Japanese events 3. Museums and exhibitions 4. Shopping 5. Countryside 6. Making friends 7. Transportation 8. Timing (Time of year, time of day) 9. Crowds 10. Cultural appreciation 11. Secondhand stores 12. Stationery and bookstores 13. Temple customs 14. Supermarkets 15. Language - "Empirical Japanese" 16. Karaoke 17. Concerts 18. Hotels 19. Food 20. Scaling - 1 week vs 1 month 21. Confidence in your gear 22. Relaxing
The invisible wall preventing you from entering the next area in the demo of Tanuki: Pon's Summer
Daimon: Any Miyadaiku worth his salt understands how to treat his tree partners with the utmost respect. Dialogue like this in a video game is reason enough to buy it imo
Screenshot of Takuni: Pon's Summer showing the yakitori restaurant with a large model of negima (chicken and scallion skewer) on top.
Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kohei Saito