Top 10 Moos on Japan from Twitter Feb 24, 2012
By guest blogger @JapanLite
1. Japan Lite: Learning a foreign language: blood, sweat and beers @JamesLugannani
2. Karaoke box caters to shy soloists
3. Tokyo outlines vision for 2020 Olympics bid via @japantimes
4. Man seeks posthumous name for unborn daughter killed in tsunami @hope_tree2010
5. Band Gives 70 Million Yen from Manga Art-Inspired Ad Song to Quake Relief @808armada
6. The plum blossoms are out! Check out Tokyo’s plum festivals @HiraganaTimes
7. Rising consumerism in India offers Japan huge potential @barunsen
8. No, Japan Is Not the Next Greece @WilliamPesek
9. Tokyo’s rabbit cafes hopping with customers @japantimes
10. US freezes Japan gangsters’ financial assets @bbcworld
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11. Farmer uses cows to orchestrate Valentine’s Day message @moooobar
12. The mysterious “hinasaurus” photo is at http://twitpic.com/8m6wom (Sorry, wordpress won’t let us hyperlink photos)
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Valentine Moos on Japan from Twitter:yakuza, gyoza and the Mt. Fuji 100-mile marathon
Happy Valentines Day!
By guest blogger @JapanLite, also on Facebook
1. Japan Lite: Valentine’s Day — the perfect holiday for one
2. Wall Street Journal Magazine: Made Better in Japan
3. New York Times on the Yakuza and its Gangsters
4. Japanese kanji: The Number 10,000 (Sosho) @totally_relaxed
5. Book Review: Commuter love affair, Tokyo tales @a_d_fensom
6. Japanese now: 七転び八起き / Nana korobi ya oki / When life knocks you down, stand back up / Keep trying. @ejmix_exchange
7. The North Face Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji: The First 100 Mile Trail Race to Be Run in Japan @barefootted
Video: Yoichi Miura on the Mt. Fuji 100 Mile Race (UTMF) May 20
Website for Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji 100 Mile Race
8. Toshiba plans to release e-book reader
9. Hamamatsu new ‘gyoza’ capital
10. Tales of expats finding love abroad @displacednation
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11. Finally, happy hour for cows! @moooobar
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Top 10 Moos on Japan from Twitter Jan 31, 2012
By Guest Blogger @JapanLite
1. Japan Lite: Hold the plastic obento grass, I want the real stuff! @JapanLite
2. Now for Something Really Different: Watching the Australian Open Down Under @HuffingtonPost
3. Photo: Hello Kitty wedding cake
4. Japanese kanji: Hill (Reisho) @totally_relaxed
5. Akihabara opens subculture center @japantimes
6. Japanese now: 住めば都。Sumeba miyako. Wherever you live, you come to love it. @ejmix_exchange
7. Beers of Japan: Suntory Red Romance @s0nkun
8. 12 reasons to visit Japan in 2012 @CNNGo
9. Nadeshiko Japan eyes London Olympic gold @japantimes
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10. Maatu Pongal Festival–a celebration of cows
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Top 10 Moos on Japan from Twitter Jan 23, 2012
By guestblogger @JapanLite
1. Japan Lite: Reflections on being an ex-pat
2. Japan Lite: Herbivorous men: Where’s the beef?
3. Bizarre Nagano ski resort a true winter hot spot via @Wendy_Tokunaga
4. Japanese kanji: Japanese character for “Involvement” via @totally_relaxed
5. Japanese Language: It’s Murphy’s Law if you don’t get the joke in Japanese via @japantimes
6. Japanese now: “Sakura:” cherry blossoms. Also, a word for people paid to line up outside a club or restaurant to make it appear popular & attract customers. @Jakeadelstein
Note: You don’t actually have to be a “paid” person. You can just be helping out your friends, for example.
7. Do you know the world’s most-visited sacred site is in Japan? via @kyotojournal
8. Jizo For Tsunami Survivors, Japan Probe @watwoman
9. Cycling Fact: Two out of every three people in Japan own a bicycle (via @tokyobybike)
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10. Fatter Cows, Sicker People
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Nostalgie is in!
Recently it seems to me that goods related to good old times, like the picture on the side of the promotional flyer of 150 Japanese folk songs (懐かしき日本の歌・第一集), are the new trend. From personal observations I see more products being promoted recently that help to connect to a feeling in the past, when everything seemed fine, less concerns perceived or every day life was much simpler. For those curious to see more details about this example of a unique deal of 7 CDs for a total of JPY …
Happy New Year Moos on Japan from Twitter Jan 11, 2012
By Guest Blogger @JapanLite
1. The Year of the Dragon–it’ll be a hot one @JapanLite
2.Japanese Language: Infantile or Very Young @totally_relaxed
3.Lady Gaga confesses to buying fakes in Japan @shogannai
4. Photo: Tokyo Sky Tree Night Lighting on New Year’s Eve:Theme:”Miyabi” Refinement @muzachan
5. Photo: New years day Japanese food: Ozoni & mixed items @giantroboteric
6. Ex-Aum member Hirata gives himself up, ends 16 years as fugitive
@japantimes
7. Photo: The Royal Family gives a New Year’s greeting
8. “The Myth of Japan’s Failure” New York TImes @JapanLite
9. Stealing from Sedaris @JapanLite
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10. Heiffer gives birth to quadruplets @moooobar
Top 10 Moos on Japan Dec 20, 2011
1. HuffPo Comedy: Christmas in Japan
2. Japan Lite: Sorry, please excuse me, thank you
3. Chinese return to Miyagi to honor man who saved their lives @808armada
4. Photo: Kanji of the Year 2011: “Bakayaro” @InvisibleGaijin:
5. Tsunami zone in Google Street View @HirokoTabuchi
6. Robin Lim, American woman who helped thousands of Indonesian women, named CNN Hero of the Year.
7. Photo: The funeral Obento, designed so no one has to cook for a couple days after a funeral. @goodandbadjapan
8. Snack Nation: Japan’s obsession with weird and wonderful pocket-money delights RT @Watwoman:
9. Yu Darvish: “A freakishly popular star in his native Japan, a Chupacabra-level mystery in the US” RT @AkikoFujita:
and Texas Rangers acquire rights to negotiate with Japan’s Yu Darvish
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10. Photo: Swiss cow artist Gavin Patterson
Top 10 Moos on Japan from Twitter Dec 12, 2011
1. Japan Lite: Keeping Abreast of bra trends in Japan
2. Japan Lite: Eating Udon noodles in the bath–a Shiraishi Island tradition
3. Octopus intelligence @JapanLite
4. Changing real estate in Japan–Heading for the Hills - NYTimes.com @Watwoman
5. New era for New Year’s cards @survivingjapan
6. Fleet Of Ferraris Ruined In Sports Car Freeway Pileup In Japan
via @FoxNews
7. The Onion: Unkempt Japanese Man Must Be Some Sort Of Artist Or Something
8. Japan uses tsunami victims’ cash to shield whaling fleet @robotopia
9. World’s oldest dog dies at age 26 in Japan
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10. The double-hour of the bull (1 to 3:00 am) is thought to be best time to put a curse on somebody!
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Top 10 Moos on Japan from Twitter Dec. 2, 2011
Top 10 Moos on Japan from Twitter Nov. 21, 2011
1. Japan Lite: Meanwhile, back on the island…
2. Japan Lite: Life in Japan’s Countryside: What are they thinking?!
3. Why don’t Japanese like training? @JapanBump
4. Tokyo Podcast #12: learn Japanese through anime @TokyoPodcast
6. The Great Shift in Japanese Pop Culture
7. Japanese customers prefer products that are “high-performance.” @JapanIntercult
8. Comedy’s a funny business in Japan @japantimes
9. Books: Anthony Bourdain pens graphic novel for foodies for Vertigo Comics Via @deboaki @vertigo_comics
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The Cow Beer–Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout
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Top 10 Moos on Japan from Twitter Nov. 21, 2011
1. Japan Lite: Telling time with animals (Chinese zodiac) @JapanLite
2. Japan Lite: A hippo goes under the drill @Japan Lite
3. New book The Buddha in the Attic, about Japanese brides in USA via @nprbooks
4. Triumph Japan’s Bra That Also Carry Your Melons via @techfresh
5. A Shiraishi haibun by John Dougill on the Green Shinto blog
6. A vital year for newspapers , The Japan Times Online
7. Top 60 Japanese Buzzwords of 2011 @Gakuranman
8. Zebra cleans hippopotamus’s teeth (scroll down) via @Telegraph
9. The Rising Sun In Film: 5 Movies Set In Japan via @Wendy_Tokunaga
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Akabeko, the red cow of Aizu
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