This video really makes me wish I had a DSi and not a lousy DS Lite. I’m not sure, but it must use the DSi’s camera, sensing the face location or maybe it has a gyroscope? I don’t know, but I want it, man!

One of my favourite things about Japan is the amazing ways they’re able to put wasabi into so many snacks. This though, took me by surprise.

The Wasabi Kitkat!

I tried it out with my fancy new fiance’s family. As I ate it I was delighted by the flavour! I turned around to tell them how great it was only to see a look of pure disgust on all their faces. I was the lone wolf lover of this spicy chocolaty treat.

This was a free book from 7-11 that I really dug peelin’ my orbs all over. I really liked the solid art inside. I’ll have to get around to grabbing some more pics of the interiors to show off, but this pic of the cover’s my favourite anyways.

Consider my mind officially blown.

ちかん, pronounced Chi-ka-n basically means “train pervert”.

There’s many cases of Chikan on the prowl. I’m sometimes lucky enough to hear tales of the Chikan from when my fiancé was in high school.

Her and her friends were in a mega-crowded train on her way to school. When they were getting out, they were shocked to find out that one of their skirts had a hole cut out the back. Ninja Chikan!

During supper time here in Osaka, Japan my girlfriend’s mom and I try to teach eachother the ways our home countries.

It was while looking for the Atomu (Astro Boy) theme song in Japanese that we came across this stunning video. I felt like Indiana Jones finding the rarest of treasures. In seconds she was pages away and I had to beg her to return to it fearing it would be lost again forever.

I can now rest my weary soul in knowing this will forever available for easy viewing on fair ol’ I Was Ben.

Well, clearly I need to figure out how to better use this crazy new blogging interface thing.

I am back in the land of Kaiju catastrophes and am sadly going to miss out on Christmas back home. The good news is that I get to enjoy all the insane Christmas art here!

Every year it gets more and more insane with Christmas everything and I’ll be sure more gems in the near future.

I don’t know how or why it’s escaped me for so long, but An Eternal Thought In The Mind Of Godzilla is my new favourite blog. The most recent post showcases three renditions of Godzilla by various manga artists, which is appropriate considering tonight my Macho Movie Review co-host Billy is coming over for a double bill of kaiju fury.

Other notable posts include excerpts from the Pink Lady colouring book, some scans from a 30-year old copy of Animage, and a fashion shoot with yesterday’s subject, Bunta Sugawara. And that’s just scraping the surface. Dig in!

My time in Japan is unfortunately coming to a close. Now that I have only a few days left, I’m getting more and more excited about things that I simply can’t get over here.

CEREAL!

Captain Crunch, Life, and especially my good pal, Count Chocula. Japan’s a tough place to live for lovers of these crunchy morning delights. Here, I basically have the choice of either frosted flakes or chocolate frosted flakes. Sure there’s granola stuff sometimes, but it’s damn expensive. Oh Count…

POPTARTS!

I feel this breakfast treat is a different enough animal to warrant it’s own place here. I really fucking miss pop tarts which is strange since I rarely bought them while in Canada.

PIZZA!

Sure, they have pizza here, but it’s just not the same. While very delicious, you’re looking to pay around $35 for something that equals to about one medium sized pizza back home. What I really miss are those giant cheap-ass slices. Oh, and to eat pizza again without corn and mayonnaise on it! I don’t know why, but most pizza here has corn on every slice. Not that it tastes bad, but the un-corned pizza is missed.

WILLY WONKA’S STASH!

Nerds, Punky’s and every other kind of tooth rotting candy I can possibly get.

SPEAKING ENGLISH!

How novel it will be to finally go to a store and not go through the process of using my crap Japanese.  Not that it’s really a big problem to tell you the truth. Japanese is tough to learn, but not as tough as people think. There’s actually rules that make sense unlike our bastard tongues. Still, the idea of speaking English on a regular basis sounds like good fun.

Hmm… so most of what I miss seems to be food based. To tell you the truth, Japan’s a really great place to live! It’s got tons of fun things to do and I find new things every time I go for a walk here. I’d highly recommend hoofing it over here. Bansai!