Category: Japan

Dreamcast Sega Rally 2 Drifting

Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner.

Sega Rally 2 (セガラリー2) is an arcade racing game developed by Sega AM5 for the Model 3 arcade hardware. It is the sequel to 1994’s Sega Rally Championship. Sega Rally 2 was first released in arcades in February 1998, and was later ported by Smilebit to the Sega Dreamcast, becoming one of the console’s earliest titles when it was released in Japan on January 28, 1999.

The Dreamcast (ドリームキャスト Dorīmukyasuto) is a video game console that was released by Sega in November 1998 in Japan and later in 1999 in other territories.

Sega Corporation (株式会社セガ Kabushiki gaisha Sega) is a Japanese multinational video game developer, publisher and hardware development company headquartered in Japan, with various offices around the world. Sega’s roots can be traced back to a company based in Honolulu, Hawaii named Service Games, which began operations in 1940.

AKB48’s Yuki Kashiwagi and Totoro

Yuki Kashiwagi (柏木 由紀 Kashiwagi Yuki, born July 15, 1991 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture), is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now a member of Team B.

AKB48 is named after Akihabara (Akiba for short), the area in Tokyo where the group’s theater is located.

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.

Dioscorea opposita (nagaimo, Chinese yam, Korean yam) is a type of yam (Dioscorea) that may be eaten raw. The jelly-like substance made from grating the yam, tororojiru (Japanese: とろろ汁), is often served in, or alongside, a number of other dishes. However, during the Edo period, tororojiru…was…considered improper for it to be eaten by a woman.

Modern Day Samurai

Samurai (侍) were the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan.

Historically, katana (刀) were one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (日本刀 nihontō) that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan, also commonly referred to as a “samurai sword”.

Shimeji (Japanese language： シメジ, 占地) is a group of edible mushrooms native to East Asia, but also found in northern Europe.

London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō (ロンドンブーツ1号2号, meaning “London Boots #1 #2”) are a Japanese comedy duo (kombi) that originally performed manzai-style stand-up, but now are mainly known for their TV appearances and as hosts of a handful of off-the-wall variety shows. The two members are Atsushi Tamura (田村淳) and Ryō Tamura (田村亮), and though they have the same surname, there is no relation and they in fact come from very different backgrounds. By the late 90’s, London Boots, or Lonboo (ロンブー, ronbÅ«) as they are often called in Japan, had already landed a spot as the hosts of their own show.