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Anime Manga

Ghibli Museum

I had vague memories of my visit to the Ghibli Museum 7 years ago; I went for work and I think I didn’t really enjoy my time there. Last week I had the opportunity to visit it again, without rushing, enjoying every corner like if we were children. I loved it, it made me forget that I was in Tokyo, it felt like some kind of travel to the universe of Ghibli animation movies.

Here you have information about the museum, how to get there, and how to buy tickets.

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Ghibli Museum from the entrance

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I couldn’t avoid taking pictures of the colorful stained glass windows of the museum

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Ghibli Museum from one of the gardens

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There are decoration details even in the ceilings

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Movie sketches

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A replica of the office of Hayao Miyazaki. He likes to be surrounded by miniatures and toys to find inspiration while working.

Totoro station
Totoro bus station

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A giant Totoro!

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The bus windows on the way back were also decorated with Ghibli art

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A bought a Ghibli Museum special edition moleskine

トトロ!Totoro aka @zordor en el tren!
And also this Totoro!

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And to finish a picture to remember the visit! 🙂

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Music

New AKB48 Virtual Idol

AKB48 is one of the most popular music bands in Japan. It is formed by 48 girls that are divided in 3 subgroups of 16 members each. The latest news is that the group has a new idol, but it turns out that she is NOT real; she is a virtual idol whose face has been created by parts of the faces of the most popular singers in the group.

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AKB48

In this picture you can see the parts of the faces that Aimi Eguchi has inherited from her real band partners.

The name of the new virtual idol of AKB48 is Aimi Eguchi and her debut was in a TV commercial for Glico (a Japanese confectionery company).

In this video you can see some of the details of how Aimi Eguchi was created:

Source: Mainichi Shinbun

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Technology

Fujitsu K, the new world's fastest supercomputer

A new supercomputer developed by Fujitsu which is already running at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Kobe is the new fastest supercomputer in the world. In 2004 Japan lost the lead on the TOP500 list of fastest supercomputers in the world, but last Monday Japan officially regained the lead. Fujitsu K is three times faster than the second supercomputer on the list (China).

It is the first computer in history to surpass 8 petaflops and all the system has 548,352 cores. The power bill and the general maintenance of the supercomputer will be close to 8 million EUR / 11,5 million USD per year.

Fujitsu K, the new world's fastest supercomputer

Source: Nikkei