Chronological list of all posts to this website.
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nanoblock – The Japanese micro-sized building blocks
At the Toronto Anime North convention in 2022, I discovered nanoblock, the micro-sized building blocks made by a Japanese company called Kawada. They are small enough to be fiddly and unstable but give you tremendous satisfaction when you assemble them into a more concrete whole. I was slightly taken aback by the prices – most…
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Japan #4 – Trains – Tokyo, Kansai, Bento and the Shinkansen
Japan loves trains. Many stations have a jingle or a melody that plays as trains arrive and depart. There is a culture of tetsudou (train) otaku – people so obsessed with a hobby that it defines their personality – in this case, trains. There are shops where you can exchange your yen, dollars and rupees…