If you’re ever confused about the choices you should make in your life, you can just ask yourself, “What would a ninja do?” A friend of mine was recently given a “What would a ninja do?” spinny folder at work (buy your own). We began consulting the folder for all of our business decisions. Unfortunately, Continue reading →
If a pirate and a ninja fought, who would win? To find out, click the photo below and check out the full photoset on Flickr: Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Pirates Ninjas Robots Kittens Humor Flickr
Name: Katou Danzou (加藤段藏 かとうだんぞう)Dates: 1503-1569Biography: Nicknamed “Flying Katou” (「飛び加藤」), this legendary ninja is shrouded in mystery. One legend says that he swallowed a bull in front of a crowd of people.Further reading: Wikipedia (Japanese only).
For those of you just joining us (welcome, BoingBoingers!), my other blog, Pan-Pacific Bricks, features cool LEGO creations from the many LEGO builders in Japan, along with a few of my own Japanese-themed creations. (I was born and raised in Japan.) NOTE (2/25/06): Although I’m in the process of migrating my images to Flickr, there Continue reading →
Name: Hattori Hanzou (服部半蔵 はっとりはんぞう)Dates: 1541-1596Biography: Member of the famous Iga Ninja clan, little is known about this mysterious man.Further reading: Wikipedia (English), Wikipedia (日本語), Real Ultimate Power, Ninja Village
Joe discovers that there are grave consequences for foreigners who fail to remove their shoes upon entering a Japanese home. (The image is a link to the gallery, when public. “Gaijin” means “foreigner” in Japanese.)
Japanese LEGO blogger Sumi-Handy posts his own LEGO creations, along with those of his kids. He recently posted a kago (which means “box”), an enclosed sedan chair in which important people were carried around during the Edo period (1603-1867): The sedan chair is by Sumi-Handy’s son, but what struck me about this creation is the Continue reading →
Thanks to my graphic designer friend Sky, Pan-Pacific Bricks now has a cool new header graphic. For a blog about breaking down barriers between LEGO cultures across the Pacific Ocean, I thought a minifig from each of the uniquely American and Japanese themes would be appropriate. Thus the cowboy and the samurai, from the Wild Continue reading →