still filming

we're still truckin' along with fatblueman's "take my heart" music video. the weather was awful last sunday which put filming on hold. hopefully next sunday's weather will be nice enough to film our outdoor shots. in the meantime enjoy these photos i stumbled upon taken a couple months ago at a fatblueman gig at shooter's.

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benito middle's japanese food and culture questions

this is the first video response to questions about japan sent from students from benito middle school in tampa, florida. these are their questions about japanese food and culture. if you're here in japan already then watching this 10 min video might be a bit of a bore. if you're abroad and curious about what japan is like then take a look.

japarents (part 1)

here is part 1 of my parent's visit to japan last summer. i know, i know - it's long over due. better late then never right? and it's nice to see a bit of summer during this miserably cold winter.
in the video you'll see some delicious food, inuyama castle, and cormorant fishing; a traditional japanese fishing method where they train cormorants to catch fish and then choke the fish out of the cormorant before the cormorant has a chance to completely swallow the fish- pretty neat!

camel castration!

this is also a test video using motionbox. the previous HD hikan videos were hosted on 'viddyou', a small hosting site which has gained popularity and the attention of motionbox. so this week viddyou has annouced they have just been bought up by motionbox. we'll see how it goes. be sure to check out the original post @ hikanninja.

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On the way to a clinic

Another auto stitch test
-- mobile post from my iPhone

fatblueman @ the applestore

this is local band in here in nagoya. they're also pretty famous on youtube in japan. their band is made up of both foreigners and japanese members. recently i got an opportunity to meet them in person through a mutual friend; pretty cool people who play pretty cool music. they let me take some pictures of their recent gig at the applestore downtown (sakae). i hope to see them more often in the future. be sure to check them out on youtube and in the meantime check out my photos from their applestore performance below.

old telephone booth near sakae

we had a decent mexican meal for the first time since we've been in japan. directly after we found this odd run down phone booth. it may not be interesting, but if you knew our neighborhood you would be just as surprised as us. this place is way too spic-and-span to have any character like this phone booth.

lets have some yum yums

rotary sushi, pad thai and haagen dazs. these are just a few of my favorite things. nagoya has the best of the east and the west. i still miss wendy's though :(

*it's yakiniku, not yakiniki, sorry :(

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dance unit

hip hop has never looked so awkward.

this is "dance unit," a hip hop dance event that spanned a couple of days and held at oasis 21 in sakae (downtown nagoya).

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japanese denny's

we stumbled upon a denny's the other day. that's right, denny's in japan. but it wasn't what we expected it to be.

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nagoya festival 2008

these are parts 1, 2 and 3 w/commentary of the festival and parade held in downtown nagoya on oct. 12th 2008. lots of amazing costumes, music, sculpture and delicious street food.

wish you were here.

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nagoya cribs

take a look at our luxurious mansion in downtown nagoya... 'mansions' are what they call apartments here ;)

its really super efficient and cozy. we like it a lot. sometimes less is more.

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the arrival: sakae

this is part 2 of our arrival to nagoya, japan. this is our neighborhood, sakae. its basically downtown nagoya. its where all the hip clubs, awesome restaurants, parks and cool shops are. we live within walking distance of everything cool about nagoya.

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the arrival: first impressions

this is part 1 of our arrival to nagoya, japan. our first few weeks were filled with lots of new experiences such as heated toilets, delicious new food and politeness.

this city has big buildings.

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