Archive for July, 2008

Utsukushima Fukushima

うつくしま ふくしま
Just looking around on Yahoo Maps and happened to come across the Fukushima airport. I found it cool that they built the aforementioned slogan out of shrubbery.
詳しい地図で見る
Once again, EXPLANATION FOR THOSE WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND: うつくしま ふくしま (utsukushima Fukushima) apparently is a common motto around here for the city (prefecture too?). It’s a play on words, [...]

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Team Fortress 2: よろしく

I happen to play Team Fortress 2 in my free time, and oftentimes I end up playing on Japanese servers. For obvious reasons, the ping tends to be quite low.
I also found it amusing when I noticed that at the beginning of most every round most of the people mic on and say 「よろしく。」 or 「よろしくお願いします。」. [...]

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