Well not really but I've been doing some guest posts over at yonasu.com recently. Yonasu is a Japanese culture blog by Jonas, a man perhaps best known for his love of cute Japanese girls. I can't fault him over that!

My guest posts so far are:

Tofukuji Temple – Autumn Leaves in Kyoto - Hey, it's that time of year again . Take a look at some beautiful photos I took on a crisp autumn day in Kyoto.

Vending Machines - Some of the more interesting vending...

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...when you can have bad zombie dreams?

I was inspired to write this post after a tweet by fellow CoG Kelegacy:
Well, I just happened to have an undead dream of my own last night. I've had dreams like this a few times, probably related to the sheer quantity of zombie media I seem to consume these days. This was one of those occasions though, where I actually remembered...

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To set the scene, being from Australia, one of the typical opening questions I'll ask a group of young students is "Do you like kangaroos?". The answer is almost always yes because almost all Japanese think that kangaroos are cute and loveable (obviously having never been kicked in the face by one). My followup question is "Do you like to eat kangaroo steak?", insinuating that us Australians like a nice grilled piece of roo. Unsurprisingly, the answers range from "I've never...

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Lately the posters below have been appearing in trains on my local line, featuring Hikaru Utada looking gorgeous in a black dress accompanied by a picture of a Pepsi NEX bottle with the text 「やっぱり、これが好き」(After all, this is what I like).


It seems that Hikaru is starring in a new Pepsi ad campaign...

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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker!


I had a Mountain Dew craving the other day and was surprised when the vending machine spat these out. I actually tried for a 3rd character but just got a standard can. Oh well!

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