Occasionally Verbose... (aka "the Blog")

TGIF!

Cara — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:35 +0000

Illustrated Statistics by Kenichi Tanaka

Cara — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:13:01 +0000

Japan – The Strange Country (Japanese ver.) from Kenichi.

While the video is in Japanese, much of the content is clear from the animation & English labels. It’s kind of a “look at these facts, isn’t this absurd?” commentary/humor bit.

An Inventor You Ought to Know About

Cara — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:54:43 +0000

Nuclear Situation in Japan

Cara — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:40:38 +0000

Click on the CC button to see English subtitles.

Also, from the Japan Times: Fukushima Fallout 30 Times Greater than Hiroshima Bomb

蚊取り線香 (Anti-Mosquito Incense Burner)

Cara — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:47:48 +0000

Moquito Coils and simple metal device for burning them

I finally noticed someone asked me a question on my blog about the Japanese “Mosquito Pig” (my words). Many people in Japan burn anti-mosquito incense to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. The literal translation for this product is “mosquito-catching incense”…

“katori senkou” 蚊(“ka”=mosquito) 取り(“tori”=capturing) 線香(“senkou”=incense)

I decided to check out the local Japanese market, Mitsuwa, to see if they had this product.

I don’t know the King brand, but it looks like the same stuff I am familiar with. I just didn’t find the pig—they only had some simple metal device for burning the incense. It would be just as effective, but not as cute!