Ichiro vs. Daisuke! Fight!

They last faced each other when Matsuzaka was with the Seibu Lions and Suzuki was with the Orix Blue Wave. Now? Fenway's serving sushi.

6.7, maybe 7.1.

Hinode reveals startling images of our Sun.

NASA's Hinode (Solar-B) site.

How Valentine's Day Conquered Japan.

Mmm, chocolate.

Ando Momofuku, inventor of instant noodles, passes away at age 96. Farewell! Ramen in space was a noble cause indeed. "Peace prevails when food suffices."

We sure hope it's not the last of their YST fic, but if so... this is a great way to go. Thank you for the starlight, Bishonen Ink.

From shusu:
I am a sucker for bishonenink.  Everyone should be.  Six-odd years and counting and it's still magic every time, the kind you can breathe in, the kind doesn't leave you wondering if magic exists or not ( Read more... )

Sound of Station: audio files of major stations on the JR lines. Cool!

Sendai Station (Tohoku Line [Utsunomiya Line])
Another site has pictures and a few audio files of the Yamanashi region, via the Chuo Lines.
JR Central doesn't have Shin-Yokohama station, but the other site does.
Osaka Station!
Sadly the other site has only this for Yamaguchi ( Read more... )

Hey dudes. It's a bleak newsday in Japan, true, but good friends, good food, and another year to celebrate: that's forever.

We're gonna stay up late partying and watching baseball ^_^

Less cowabunga, more Caretta caretta.

The Tale of Genji. Most of it, in fifteen minutes. ^_^Also you can catch Fight Science on National Geographic channel -- some really cool CG studies of martial artists.