MetaFilter posts tagged with japanese

Demolition

Pater Aletheias — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:49:12 -0800

Kajima's floor-by-floor slow demolition is one of those rare things in life that leaves you truly speechless....After all, seeing the video of a 20-floor building submerging into the asphalt as if it was liquid is something that belongs to a sci-fi movie. Kajima informally calls this the daruma-otoshi method, after the old Japanese game consisting of a daruma doll made of stacked pieces that players knock out one by one without toppling the doll.

Ancient, Medieval and Classic Works

Kattullus — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:19:35 -0800

In Parentheses is a collection of many ancient, medieval and classic texts from all over the world, many of whom are hard to find anywhere, let alone on the internet. There are translations from Greek, Old Norse, Medieval Irish, Japanese, Incan, Old French, Medieval Latin and many more! As well as all that they have papers in medieval studies and vaguely decadent and orientalism series. Adding to that there's a linguistics section with wordlists and language flash cards in languages such as Icelandic, Quechua, Basque, Classical Armenian and a whole bunch more. [flashcard links go to pdf files]

This are the world.

parmanparman — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:32:54 -0800

The Japanese master intercultural stereotyping. Is it racist when non-whites do blackface?

It's what it says on the tin.

flatluigi — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:17:36 -0800

Smoke on the Water and We Will Rock You -- the traditional Japanese versions.

Japanese pets do it XTR33M.

spec80 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:28:40 -0800

How obedient is your dog? Or chimp.

Japanese book jackets

vronsky — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:18:00 -0800

Slideshow: Japanese book jackets. via

You don't see that every day

Lord_Pall — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:57:48 -0800

Prisoner 547 is a Rabbit in prison. He shares a cell with another Rabbit, a Frog and a Chicken. It is visiting day. In Japanese. One episode of many. Apparently these are from here. There are a bunch more episodes on Youtube.

Japanese Bug Fights

Cool Papa Bell — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:19:03 -0800

Rule No. 1: Two bugs to a fight. Rule No. 2: Bug fights go on as long as they have to. Rule No. 3: No outside weapons in bug fights.

Live Japan Rail Cam

brownpau — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:28:17 -0800

Railway TV. Live video from the front of a train in Japan. More info (translated).

It's making me blush

brett — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:39:01 -0800

All About My Dog - Marimo