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Manga

The Evolution of Manga

I found this very interesting image at 2ch that shows in a quite extreme way the evolution of the drawing style of manga since the Edo era (last frame) until nowadays (first frame). The frame of the Edo era is not really manga but you can already see the fundamentals of what the style would be a century later in Japanese manga. The most exaggerated frame is the second one, belonging to the 90s, the golden era of shōjo manga, like for example Sailor Moon. The third one corresponds to the Dragon Ball years, and the fourth and fifth have an Osamu Tezuka and Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe) feel. On the other hand the first frame corresponds to the manga style mostly used in the last decade, maybe the most neuter and boring one.

The Evolution of Manga

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Internet

Twitter is Japan's number one Social Network

In Twitter Japan, where I’ve been working for the last two years, we are very happy to have surpassed Mixi as the top social network in Japan, according to data provided by Comscore. Mixi has been the market leader for the last decade and is still very popular around here.

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Travel

Winter in the mountains in Japan

Almost every winter it snows in Tokyo at least a couple of days, leaving some parks and temples unrecognizable. However the most beautiful winters in Japan are not in Tokyo but in the interior of the country, which is totally covered in white creating an idyllic atmosphere that makes you forget that you are in one of the most populated countries in the world. Any season is great to visit Japan, it all depends on how you want to enjoy it: hot or cold; green, white, pink or even yellow
I took these pictures in Gunma, Tochigi and Yamanashi prefectures two weeks ago:

雪灯篭
Tourou covered in snow.

Snow in Japan

Snow in Japan

Japanese winter

Japanese winter

Japan winter

Japanese winter

Snow in Japanese mountains

Snow in Japan

Snow in mountains in Japan

Snow in Japan

Japan winter far from the coast

Japan winter far from the coast

Japan winter far from the coast

Japan winter far from the coast

Japan winter far from the coast

Japan winter far from the coast

Japan snow