film reviews/Tampopo
posted Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
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Widow Tampopo sets out to find the perfect recipe to make ramen alongside truck driver Goro.

film reviews/Udon (Japanese Film)
posted Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
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There’s nothing more pleasing than filling yourself up with a warm and savory bowl of noodles… udon noodles.

film reviews/Nonchan Noriben
posted Monday, September 3rd, 2012
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Nonchan Noriben is a movie about a woman’s struggle to get on her feet after she decides to get a divorce, just as much as it is a movie about food-making.

book reviews/Shinya Shokudo (Manga)
posted Monday, September 3rd, 2012
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What do you get when you put a bunch of colorful strangers meeting after midnight at a rather simple restaurant where the chef presents you with a basic menu, but offers to prepare anything you ask for as long as it is as simple as his establishment?

music videos/T-ara – Sexy Love (Drama Version)
posted Monday, September 3rd, 2012
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Korean girl group T-ara releases the second part of their Day by Day massive music video with the drama version music video for Sexy Love from their upcoming mini-album Mirage, directed by Cha Eun-taek.

features/Top10 Charaben I Would’ve Loved as a Kid
posted Monday, September 3rd, 2012
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A ‘charaben’ is a portmanteau of the Japanese KYARABEN (キャラ弁) for ‘character bento’ ~ and these are ten charaben that I would’ve loved to have had as a kid.

blog/Ramen “On The Fly” – Kagetsu Arashi
posted Monday, September 3rd, 2012
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Fed up with on-flight meals that look pseudo-Japanese even to someone who isn’t from Nippon? No worries. Read on and see what Adrienne has… for your stomach.

trailers/Butter (2011) Trailer
posted Monday, September 3rd, 2012
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Jennifer Garner plays proper Laura Pickler, whose sole purpose in life is to defend the moral values and tradition that comes in a butter-sculpting contest.

event reviews/Gianmarco – Stockholm, 2012 – 20 Años
posted Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
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One of Peru’s finest visited Stockholm for the first time.

music videos/Mofeta & Jerre with Leo Ontario & Promoe – Kalifornien
posted Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
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Swedish rap/soul duo Mofeta & Jerre dropped the music video to Kalifornien.