津波の回復 Japan Six Months Later

Six months later, Japan is still recovering from the black waters that swept away lives but not the resilience of the Japanese people to carry on. Please continue to support the relief efforts for Japan.

一日の画像 - Picture of the Day

In this photo an archer of the Japan Equestrian Archery Association of the Takeda School of Horseback Archery taking aim at the ko-kasagake in the Kasagake Festival (horseback archery) October 16, 2011. We hope to one day see this in person!

一日の画像 - Imperial Audience

Emperor Akihito meets with the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Winning Champion Homare Sawa (seen in kimono), Captain of Nadeshiko Japan last Thursday during an autum garden party. すごいい!

更新 American Mishima E-Store Update!

As you may have read earlier, our American Mishima E-Store has been ressurected thanks to Governor Jerry Brown who repealled a recent law that would forbid California residents from having e-stores through Amazon over tax issues. Now that we got the ok to start up again we have been busy revamping our e-store and stocking it with many new items of Japanese & Samurai interests. We have added many things including Japanese food, Iaito Swords, Home furnishings, Kendo items, and all sorts of Japanese & Samurai collectables. Particularly of interest we have acquired a line of historical Samurai figurine displays that feature many of the famous Samurai heavyweights of the Sengoku Warring States Era such as Takeda Shingen, Nobunaga Oda, Masamune Date, Kenshin Uesigi, and of course Ieyasu Tokugawa just to name a few. For the $24 price, we think it's pretty cool and would look good in any display or collection. So please check out our new wares and help keep The American Mishima E-Store going by spreading the word! ありがとございます!

American Mishima E-Store Gets New Life!

Thanks to Governor Jerry Brown, our American Mishima Bushidoya E-Store!  is back in business! I've added lots of new books, Japanese accessories, Buddhist statues, and even Kendo armor & uniforms. Please visit and shop!

一日の画像 - Picture of the Day

A curious appearence at a recent LA Galaxy Soccer  match by a Robot Boxer to promote the new feature film REAL STEEL starring Hugh Jackman at the Home Depot Center in Carson over the weekend.

残酷な Soccer Fan Cruelty

Heckling an opposing team is nothing new in Soccer Supporter Culture. But there are certain lines one should never cross. Well thanks to Japan Probe we came across this photo of  Korean Soccer fans of Jeonbuk diplaying a sign reading "Let's Celebrate Japan's Big Earhtquake" during the recent quaterfinal of the Asian Champions League against Cerezo Osaka.  なに? Yeah, that's what we said!

Over the years I have heard many cruel taunts from Soccer Supporters even some from my own LA Galaxy Supporter Groups that I felt was in bad taste. But to call for the celebration of over 15,000 peoples deaths and the countless livelyhoods that were destroyed by the combined earthquake & tsunami of March 12, 2011? That is just fucked up and downright cruel. The JFA (Japan Football Association) has lodged a protest with the Asian Football Confederation and I hope they take this up with FIFA. If there is one thing I do not like about Football/Soccer is ばかやろ posing as fans whose sole purpose in being there is to use the "Beautiful Game" as a venue to be a dick. Needless to say the banner went down after 20 minutes following complaints by the Osaka team to organizers. Embarrased, the owners of South Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors soccer team did the right thing and apologized for the incident but by then the damage was already done. It's unknown what became of those dickheads who displayed that banner. Hopefully they were escorted out and banned from the game. If they are smart they will never visit Osaka Japan because Fuji TV aired these ばかやろ faces repeatedly on Japanese TV. There are some who may argue "well that's just Jeonbuk fans." It does not matter if it is Jeonbuk, Mexico, or MAN UTD fans. It's just bad taste and poor sportmanship on the part of these "so-called fans." It ultimately displays a total lack of character by the people who engage in such off the pitch cruelty. I am a real Football/Soccer fan and I will not tolerate it and neither should you. Now let's get back to our "Beautiful Game."