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Today’s Japan Photo: Remembering Great Hanshin Earthquake

January 18, 2012

For Today’s Japan, we take a look at the remembrance ceremony of the Great Hanshin Earthquake held at Koyaike Park, Itami in Hyougo [...]

Today’s Japan Photo: Tetsujin 28-go Goes Pink

October 13, 2011

For a mean fighting machine like Tetsujin 28-go, you wouldn’t expect to see it in girly pink. But that’s exactly [...]

Today’s Japan Photo: Tetsujin 28-go Gigantor

July 14, 2011

Many mecha fans tend to talk about the life-sized Gundam Statue or even the upcoming Zaku Statue project, but they [...]

Today’s Japan Photo: Pearl Bridge 明石海峡大橋

September 8, 2010

Japan’s architects have constructed many beautiful bridges such as the Eitai Bridge 永代橋 and the Tokyo Rainbow Bridge レインボーブリッジ. For Today’s [...]

Kobe Considering Tattoo Ban At Beach

September 6, 2010

Some of the Japanese municipal government have rather overbearing policy makers. Following the Japanese town of Isesaki imposing a beard [...]

Kobe Tetsujin 28-go Statue Brings Flocks of Tourists

January 23, 2010

The Kobe Tetsujin 28-go Statue has been erected for more than 3 months, and it has attracted more than 1 [...]

Kobe Tetsujin 28-go Statue Launch Ceremony

October 6, 2009

Here’s a clip of the opening ceremony of the full-scale Tetsujin 28-go Statue which is located in Kobe’s Nagata Ward, [...]

Kobe Tetsujin 28-go Statue Completed

September 30, 2009

After many months of anticipation, the Kobe Tetsujin 28-go Statue is finally completed! Here’s a photo of the complete statue [...]

Kobe Tetsujin Project Town Gets New Street Lamps

September 25, 2009

Seems like the Nagata Ward in Kobe prefecture is getting ready to unveil their 18 meters tall Tetsujni 28-Go statue, [...]

Head Installed On Kobe Tetsujin Project

September 10, 2009

The last time we checked back on the full scale Tetsujni 28-Go, the statue was still missing its head. But [...]

Kobe Tetsujin Project Almost Finished

August 28, 2009

Gigazine has posted up some photos of the Kobe Tetsujin project, and it seems like the 1/1 scale giant robot [...]