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A Tiny Cherry Blossom from Japan
Earlier this year, I made my usual pilgrimage to Japan — this time exploring the Osaka–Kansai region and Hiroshima. I try to make the trip every couple of years, and as always, I came home with a few treasures. One of them was a Nanoblock Mininano kit I picked up at a sightseeing spot in Osaka (though I can’t quite remember exactly where). Among the shelves of small souvenirs, this little kit caught my eye. At around ¥990, it felt like the perfect impulse buy. Originally, I’d planned to give it to someone as a gift, but life got in the way. Fast‑forward almost eight months, and I finally found…
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Anime Fans! Initial D Sequal – MF Ghost
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Anime Fans! Initial D Sequal – MF Ghost
As a motor head, during my younger years, my favorite anime apart from Gundam was Initial D. It was the anime that drove me much closer to Japanese culture than when I was in my teens. Apart from all the engine roar & the heart pounding race scenes, Initial D showed a lot of Japanese culture through the daily lives of ordinary people that are sometimes extraordinary. There were scenes of joy, scenes of laughter and scenes of tears that reflects how people are in Japan. Roughly a decade has passed since the end of the Initial D anime and a new car related anime named MF Ghost was released.…
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A Tiny Cherry Blossom from Japan
