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Japan

Scientists Successfully Clone Mammoth

This could very well be the next headline in all of the scientific journals.  Recently a Japanese team of scientists at the Riken Center for Development Biology successfully cloned a mouse with the DNA that was acquired from a mouse that had been dead and frozen for 16 years.
This paves the road for cloning other animals [...]

Marry a Japanese

Ever considered to marry a Japanese?  A recent Government Study was conducted on the subject of Japanese Nationals getting married with foreigners, and the results were shocking.  At least they were to me and probably to many of you also.  In a society that is for the most part pure, meaning not many mixed race [...]

Obama In Japan

 
So how are most people in Japan reacting to Barack Obama winning the United States Presidential Election?  Well the town of Obama in Fukui prefecture is having a big celebration in response to the Obama win.  Yes you heard me right, there is a town named Obama (??) in Japan.
 

 
Obama in Japan faces Wakasa Bay which [...]

Snowboarding Weather

About five weeks back we got the first snow in Hokkaido which settled on the Mountain right outside my window called Asahidake.  And now on Election Day snowboarding weather is here!!  Last night before I went to bed I saw a reflection of something falling reflected in the street lights outside, it has been raining [...]

Tsuchinoko

Ok now I bet you all are thinking what the heck is Tsuchinoko… Is it some kind of exotic mushrrom, or maybe a Japanese delicacy, and both of those guesses would be wrong.  Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster, Nepal has the Yeti, and the beloved Bigfoot roams many places in America..
But something that is [...]