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Meiji Idol Gallery

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A gallery of the idols, or their rough equivalent, of 100 years prior to the present, whilst Japan was still in the Meiji period and freshly pirating all the technology it could lay its hands on.

Their swimwear is at times surprisingly risqué, although we should of course remember that certain concepts of modesty have swung in and out of fashion in both East and West repeatedly.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 21, 2015 21:43

    THAT CAMEL TOE!!!... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 2, 2014 22:08

    I cant help it - (even) when I imagine the coloring away, the photos seem fake. It not so difficult to have girls of today wear a yesterday's hairdo and ancient clothes. Removing the colors... More

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Lego Battleship Yamato

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A Lego otaku indulged his twin passions gigantic battleships and plastic bricks, and six years later this is the result: the WWII super-battleship Yamato, rendered in Lego.

It is in total 6.6m long, a metre in girth at its widest, and weighs 150kg. 200,000 Lego parts went into its construction.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 16, 2011 16:00

    Ummmm... Germany had been defeated by the time we bombed Japan.... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 13, 2010 02:35

    http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2007/01/lego-aircraft-carrier.html this guy built a FLOATING minifig scale copy of CVN-75 Harry S Truman. incidentally hilarious: the Yamato crew are Star WARS Imperial officers while the CVN-75 Crew are Rebel Pilots and Crew.... More

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Korean Nazi Cosplayers in Marketing Putsch

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A unit of Nazi cosplayers has incited international consternation by goose-stepping about the centre of Seoul in a marketing action in support of WWII MMOFPS Karma II.

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  • Anonymous commented on February 4, 2012 22:59

    Wehrmacht uniforms wouldn't seem half as distasteful as US uniforms in Korea. Remember where they are. Remember what happened the last time US Army uniforms of around the same period were seen in Korea.... More

  • Anonymous commented on October 10, 2009 16:30

    hahaha hello I'm Korean It's not Nazi.... It's just informing the game...shooting game... More

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Tsukasa Crossing the Alps

Tsukasa Crossing the Alps

Tsukasa is here depicted leading her forces across the Alps to enslave the superior Italian cosplayers.

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  • Knipheld commented on December 15, 2008 11:32

    Napoleon doesn't have nothing on Tsukasa ^_^... More

  • pus2meong commented on December 13, 2008 11:03

    go tsukasa go!!! Beware of your phone bill XD... More

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Mamoru Oshii & Production IG Make Miyamoto Musashi Film

Animation legends Production IG and Mamoru Oshii are set to produce a film rendition of the life of famed historical swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, author of the Book of Five Rings.

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  • Chen-04 commented on July 13, 2013 02:28

    Hi, I'm from the future to tell you that this movie sucks. If you want to know how they could fuck this up, that's how: http://i.imgur.com/F5EUdpM.jpg This makes up about 97% of the goddamn movie.... More

  • haruthebum commented on October 16, 2008 17:55

    I can't wait for this, I'm a huge fan of both the original book and the manga adaption. here's hoping they don't fuck it up.... More

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Old Photos of Japan

Old Photos of Japan - Mount Fuji dominates the view of a village

A rather nice site offering vintage photographic expositions on the Japan of the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods comes to my attention; the prosaically named Old Photos of Japan offers a daily photograph along with some nice explanatory text putting the picture in context.

Many of the photos are extremely tasteful, so whether you’re a lover of Japan, history, photography, or perhaps even scantily dressed young ladies, you may do well to take a look.

  • Anonymous commented on September 13, 2009 04:06

    at last, some worthy, REALISTIC, NATURAL art...... More

  • Nemo_N commented on July 12, 2008 00:49

    Woah very nice. Most of the images I have seen of Japan are recent stuff, so this is certainly interesting. But lol, "Old Photos of Japan". What's next, "Some Blog Posts by a Guy"? Good way to... More

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