Posts Tagged ‘japan’

Nobuo Uematsu: Super Mario theme for national anthem

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Just a quick note to say that 1up has a great interview with Nobuo Uematsu, probably the most famous videogame composer IN TEH WORLD.

And who rather charmingly suggests the Super Mario Theme replace Kimigayo as Japan’s national anthem.

A Day in the Life of Nobuo Uematsu @ 1up [via TokyoMango]

Valentine’s Day Giri-Choco Haul 2008

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Valentine's Giri-Choco Haul 2008

Aaaah, one of the very occasional joys of working for a large Japanese company: the annual grab bag of obligation chocolate on Valentine’s Day. Click the photo to see the annotated version on Flickr. nomnomnom

meet-me announces 1000-strong parade through virtual Tokyo

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

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Japan’s homegrown Sadville Second Life clone meet-me is holding a thousand-strong parade through the streets of virtual Tokyo next week. (more…)