Is it said that building a bicultural family is a challenge that lasts a lifetime. I believe that raising young kids in a bilingual environment can be an incredibly rewarding experience that doubles the fun with each new word learned or spoken. It’s far from easy though when
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2 days at the Nakanojo Biennale of Art
Welcome to a lovely corner of Gunma Prefecture for the Nakanojo Biennale (Nakabi). In its 3rd edition, the festival can be compared to the Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Japan’s oldest and largest countryside art festival, for it borrows the same recipe: find a seldom visited corner of Japan, reopen long closed primary schools, old breweries, former factory [...]
Posted by admin on October 17, 2011
http://blog.aka.me/nakanojo-biennale/
Japan’s Conbini Xmas Cake Showdown!
I’ve found this post on Nikkei’s Trendy Net and am totally translating ripping it. (what’s up with their awful article pagination!) First up: am/pm with its シャンティ・オ・フレーズ Chanter aux Fraises (2,500¥) Then CircleKSunkus‘ シェリエドルチェ クリスマス苺サンド Cherie Dolce Sandwiched Xmas Strawberries (3,400¥) 7-11‘s かまくら Snow Hut (2,100¥) No strawberries, you ask? They’re inside! [...]
Posted by pbaron on December 4, 2009
http://blog.aka.me/japans-conbini-xmas-cake-showdown/
Best anime of 2008
Without a doubt: Bokurano!! Great story, great character dvpt, no moe BS. But careful though, it’s gloomy!! gloo-my!! As the series progresses, you discover all the hardships that those kids have already gone through and it’s pretty painful to watch, but that makes it all worth it! A very unique story. Don’t let yourself be [...]
Posted by pbaron on March 15, 2008
http://blog.aka.me/best-anime-of-2008/
Thoughts on Casio’s W53CA for AU
After my recent announce of the new AU Summer Collection, I had to wait a couple months before the official release of the Casio W53CA phone. I got the phone a few weeks ago and it’s a beauty, as always. It’s even thinner than the 43CA, the hinge is even smaller and more elegant. The [...]
Posted by pbaron on September 9, 2007
http://blog.aka.me/thoughts-on-casios-w53ca-for-au/
New AU phones – Summer 2007
This just in! A week after DoCoMo announced their new accelerometer-fitted mobile phones, AU have just done the same with their own Summer 2007 collection… 10 phones! Quick snippets: – 2 Casio phones. One of them (the W53CA) is now branded with Casio’s digital camera brand Exilim and boasts a 5.1 MP camera! You know [...]
Posted by pbaron on August 4, 2007
http://blog.aka.me/new-au-phones-summer-2007/
Anime Season 2007
Updated I miss Jean’s Anime columns, but try to keep up with what’s going on via other means. This past season, I found myself enjoying the very decent Ergo Proxy and Kemonozume series and Production I.G’s mind blowing OAV Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society. But when he told us there were about 50 [...]
Posted by pbaron on March 16, 2007
http://blog.aka.me/anime-season-2007/
New AU phones are out. Which one’s it gonna be?
Updated The Spring 07 collection of AU phones is out and AU has not let me down this time. It will have finally taken 12 months (3 collections) to lure me away from my uber-awesome bestselling W41CA. It is now time to upgrade! Out of the 10 phones on the shelf, only 2 caught my [...]
Posted by pbaron on March 4, 2007
http://blog.aka.me/new-au-phones-are-out-which-ones-it-gonna-be/
Japanese spouse make foreign designers better
What a silly title… Almost sounds Engrish. (it’s also a silly post! Yes!) But I am trying to build a list of foreign designers/artists (notable ones…) married to Japanese nationals.. please help me! Here are the ones I know: Jonathan Barnbrook (Male – British nationality – living in the UK) Alexander Gelman (M – US [...]
Posted by pbaron on March 1, 2007
http://blog.aka.me/japanese-spouse-make-foreign-designers-better/