Weirdness: Round three

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQtvi1ijPQ4 — "Powerless Over Paris"

Intermittent loss of electric power is no fun when flying in clouds.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2020/07/16/japanese-train-station-grows-wine-grapes-on-the-platform/

Heh. A vineyard over the platform. And a bit of shade, too.


https://soranews24.com/2022/10/07/a-visit-to-one-of-japans-motorcycle-shinto-shrines/

For all your bike-related prayer needs...

[Té Rowan]

http://web.archive.org/web/20060717200951/http://www.tcp.com/doi/anime.html

I have not checked how intact the anime section of Hitoshi Doi's site is on the Internet Archive.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2024/02/15/japanese-women-lift-skirts-flash-ocean-to-attract-lots-of-fish-at-annual-ceremony%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/

Imagining fishermen on US west coast asking their wives to check if it would work for them, too...

[Té Rowan]

http://www.textfiles.com/underconstruction/

Siriusly, this has to be the most Under Construction web page ever.

[Té Rowan]

https://archive.org/details/seibundo1903specimen — A book of type specimens from a Japanese type foundry.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-32251-33/dogbertcarroll+With+Sprinkles.htm

Planeswalker Xander Harris, still trying to find a way home, is almost run over by a catbus and ends up in a Stargate world. Poor... erm... who ought we feel sympathy for?

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2024/02/29/tokyos-shinjuku-is-looking-very-different-with-its-giant-westside-skyscraper-torn-down%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/

Oh, Shinjuku...

[Té Rowan]

https://unborderedlife.com/sailor-moon-real-life-locations-azabu-juban/

Sure, they have changed somewhat, but at least they still exist.

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2024/03/07/legendary-shojo-manga-classics-get-reprints-as-miniature-capsule-toys-with-full-volume-contents/

Yep, you can now get micronised manga even if it isn't Macross.

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

Little tiny books, hooray! I collect tiny books, though I've never come near a gashopon machine. I've even made a few out of fanfiction. I think my favorite was Spring of Drowned Tigger", about five inches tall. (I've done smaller, and larger.)

[Té Rowan]

https://soranews24.com/2024/03/09/japanese-government-to-make-first-change-to-romanization-spelling-rules-since-the-1950s/

Gov.jp is going all-Hepburn in spelling out words in romanji.

[Té Rowan]

http://www.tomswift.info/

As a continuation of my earlier mention of Tom Swift, here is a fan site.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81UqEcxVro0 — Jerusalem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZ5sCeL0DE — Also sprach Zarathustra (intro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-CpJpWm9Vs — "Ombra mai fù" fm Xerxes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_zs3ppZsw — "Nessun dorma" fm Turandot

Jonathan Scott on the keyboards of various organs.

[Té Rowan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzGXhPQSJ28 — One keyboard, one mandolin, two didgeridoos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKUWL9OrwZ8 — Just one zither.