Foi por acaso que encontrei o livro de Héctor García – mais conhecido como Kirai do blog KiraiNet – Um Nerd no Japão.

Resumidamente, é um livro essencial para todo otaku, nerd que gosta do Japão ou vai para o Japão, tem interesse na cultura moderna japonesa, ou simplesmente quer aprender além do clichê passado pela mídia tradicional.
Vou elaborar um pouco mais a seguir…
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Uma amiga me chamou a atenção de que provavelmente teria muita gente passando aqui pelo blog (que está meio abandonado) buscando informação a respeito do Matsuri deste ano, então resolvi postar.

VI Hana Matsuri (Festival das Flores)
Local: Centro Cívico – Av. Cândido de Abreu (em frente ao Palácio Iguaçu)
Data e horário: Dia 10 de abril (sábado) das 11 às 22 horas
Dia 11 de abril (domingo) das 11 às 21 horas
Entrada livre (gratuito)
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Mais de mês que não escrevo nada… é que ainda estou decidindo o que vou fazer com o blog.
Mudanças drásticas no formato virão.
Mas enquanto isso, estou escrevendo para avisar os otakus brasileiros que neste domingo (talvez no próximo) teremos Danny Choo no Fantástico!

Pra quem não conhece, Danny Choo pode ser considerado o embaixador internacional dos otakus no Japão.
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Strapya World is a japanese toy company/distributor/store that get on the news every now and them for their weird, cute, interesting and unique ideas for toys.

Lots of random cellphone straps or keychains with random sounds.
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Strapya World is a japanese toy company/distributor/store that get on the news every now and them for their weird, cute, interesting and unique ideas for toys.

Can we call this one a patch or fix for alcoholics?

Source: tomonaring YouTube Channel

Strapya World is a japanese toy company/distributor/store that get on the news every now and them for their weird, cute, interesting and unique ideas for toys.

Edamame from Bandai only makes sense for those who ate fresh natural boiled soybeans that are still in pods.
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Strapya World is a japanese toy company/distributor/store that get on the news every now and them for their weird, cute, interesting and unique ideas for toys.

Believe it or not, this is a japanese keychain toy thing that emulates peeling off a banana.
And the best part? It emulates the supposed sound of peeling a banana with a voice saying “peel” in japanese… or english with a very heavy japanese accent.

Source: tomonaring YouTube Channel

Strapya World is a japanese toy company/distributor/store that get on the news every now and them for their weird, cute, interesting and unique ideas for toys.

Don’t let anyone call you a weakling or a wimp again with this Yubipoki keychain, a keychain that emits knuckle cracking sounds!

Source: tomonaring YouTube Channel

Strapya World is a japanese toy company/distributor/store that get on the news every now and them for their weird, cute, interesting and unique ideas for toys.

This small train set on the Takara Tomy line of toys looks pretty interesting, with all the controls and possibility to compose a small RC world with other toys from the same line.

Source: tomonaring YouTube Channel

Strapya World is a japanese toy company/distributor/store that get on the news every now and them for their weird, cute, interesting and unique ideas for toys.

The Hex Bug is just a toy bug that goes walking around.
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