April 2015 was a month centered on traveling to fertility festivals around Japan.
There were also kangaroos everywhere.
It was also remarkable for a weirdly named drink, “お嬢様の聖水,” which literally translates as the princess’s holy water, but can mean her pee.
Kangaroo was a mildly successful arcade video game released in 1982. Launched in the same year was the phenomenally successful Pac-Man and notorious Custer’s Revenge. Kangaroo also came out in the same year as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (video game), the flop largely blamed for the video game industry crash of 1983. Kangaroo required players to…
オーストラリア人はどのように静かなスキーの町・ニセコを変えたのか？ That began to change when Australian skiers started returning home with stories of dry, light snow, uncrowded slopes and a long ski season. Word spread quickly. Friends recommended Niseko to friends, ski clubs organised group trips, and specialist travel companies began offering packages to Hokkaido. In the early 1990s, Niseko was already known among…
It was a bit of a landmark month as Aussie meet pies went on sale in central Tokyo as Pie Face opened a store in Shibuya, while down the road in Yokohama I got an unexpected chance to see Elton John live. The pies were tasty, but a bit pricey, yet my workmates humored me…
Given the powerful pull of the surf culture in Australia, a link with Katsushika Hokusai‘s The Great Wave Off Kanagawa that immediately conveys an image of Japan was almost inevitable, but also symbolizes the strong ties between the two countries almost made for each other. Countless Australian companies, organizations, entrepreneurs, artists and others utilize or…
なぜ横浜F・マリノスはオージー監督を選び続けるのか？ J.League powerhouse Yokohama F Marinos have such a strong connection with Australia it makes you wonder whether the club has gotten mixed up with merinos, the sheep attributed with making Australia rich. The Marinos recently appointed Steve Corica as coach, the sixth Aussie to hold the post since 2019. Jリーグの強豪・横浜F・マリノスはオーストラリアとの結びつきがあまりにも強く、クラブ名がオーストラリアを豊かにしたとされるメリノ種の羊（merinos）と混ざってしまったのでは、と冗談のひとつも言いたくなるほどだ。マリノスは最近、スティーブ・コリカを監督に迎えたが、これは2019年以降で6人目のオージー監督となる。 It Started with Ange…
Way back in the early 1980s, Australia went from barely being a blip on the average Japanese radar to capturing the nation’s attention thanks to the frill-necked lizard, an endemic Australian reptile that uses its frill to threaten or frighten off predators. The lizard was featured in a March 1984 episode of Waku Waku Dobutsu…
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