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Samurai Dave vs the Juhyo: Japanese Monster Trees of Mt. Zao!!!!

March 20th, 2008

Here I face off against the deadly Juhyo – Japanese Monster trees of Mt. Zao – and live to tell the tale!

Juhyo trees are created by snow and ice mixed together by freezing strong Siberian winds that turns them into distorted monsters.

Juhyo Japanese Monster Trees

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Tags: 1, japan, juhyo, monster trees, nature, snow, winter, yamagata

Samurai Dave meets Youtuber Gimmeabreakman at Japanese Penis Festival

March 16th, 2008

I went to the Honen-Sai Fertility festival again in the Nagoya area. I bumped into a fellow Youtuber, Gimmeabreakman, who has quite a market share of subscribers and views. He does a number of videos on Japanese culture, language, and on the Youtube community.

Here’s a cool vid he just put up about this past Honen-Sai festival. Mine will probably be up in a few weeks as I have other vid projects to finish first.

Check out his Youtube page at:

Gimmeabreakman

My blog on the festival:

Japanese Fertility Festival/

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Tags: fertility festival, japan, nagoya, Travel, video, youtube

Dezomeshiki: FireFighting Japanese Style

March 13th, 2008

Here’s a video and blog I did on Dezomeshiki – A firefighting demonstration and parade put on every year by the Tokyo Fire Department. It features the hikeshi – old Japanese firefighters – doing acrobatics on ladders. The girl in the video who helps me pronounce Dezomeshiki is one of my school’s former students that I bumped into completely by accident.

Music by:

Super Girl Juice

For more information about Dezomeshiki and old Japanese firefighters check out my blog:
Dezomeshiki – Firefighting Japanese Style

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Tags: acrobatics, dezomeshiki, firefighting, japan, tokyo, Travel, video

St. Patrick’s Day in an Irish Pub in Tokyo

March 8th, 2008

Here’s a video I made last year about St. Patrick’s Day festivities in an Irish Pub in the heart of Tokyo with a brief interlude of Danny Boy being sung at a festival Enka Style.

Blog on St.Patrick’s Day:
St. Patrick’s Day Represents Celtic Survival

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Tags: Celtic Music, Guinness, ireland, japan, St. Patrick's Day, tokyo, Travel, video

Why I Like Japan

February 27th, 2008

This is a video asnwering the question that is often asked of people who live in Japan which is basically ”Why do you like Japan?”

Mainly my three reasons:
*History
*Festivals
*Culture

Plus I also like the food, hot sake, and cold Sapporo beer.

When I first came to Japaan, I didn’t have the economic security to spend much time getting around or getting into the culture. I slowly came to acquire a love of Japan rather than coming over here head-over-heels with Japan to begin with.

On my trials and turbulations during my first year, check out my Ronin Teacher Saga:
Saga of a Ronin English Teacher

Background music by Super Girl Juice. I meet them in Tokyo and bought their CD last year.
http://www.sgchannel.com

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Tags: japan, life, Travel, video, vlog

Zagreb’s Noonday “Chime”

February 26th, 2008

Zagreb’s Noonday ‘Chime’
Croatia’s capital marks noon with a blast

Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, has an interesting way to mark the time at noon using a howitzer cannon.

Zagreb’s Noonday Chime Story

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Tags: Cannon, Croatia, Eastern Europe, Travel, video, Zagreb

Momote Shiki – Japanese Archery Ritual

February 23rd, 2008

On Seijin-no-Hi (Coming of Age Day) in early January in Japan, an archery ritual known as Momote Shiki is held at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo for all those turning 20 for that year.

10 Archers at a time shoot two arrows at a central target.

Momote Shiki: Japanese Archery Ritual

Here’s a short clip of a Shinto Priest shooting the Kabura-ya (whistling arrow):

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Tags: Travel

Setsubun – Japanese Spring Cleaning Exorcism

February 6th, 2008

Japanese Drive Devils Away in Spring Ritual
Setsubun is February 3rd and it’s kind of like Groundhog Day, New Years, and Halloween all rolled up into one. It’s a day where Japanese seek to drive Oni or Devils from their homes by throwing beans at them. Oni don’t like beans – makes them go blind apparently.

Also many temples and shrines have mami-maki which is where people throw beans and other items at gathered crowds. To catch these items is to bring you good luck all year.

This Setsubun a sudden snowstorm struck in Tokyo. A rather ominious sign as the Setsubun is a Spring Ritual and exorcising the devils is like driving Winter out. I think it was a sneak attack by the Setsubun Devils myself. However the ritual must have worked because the next morning the sun was out.
Devils Make Sneak Attack on Japanese Spring Ritual – Setsubun

Background music by Super Girl Juice:
http://www.sgchannel.com