Some days ago a new Akihabara News service launched: http://www.akihabaranews.com/integration/

It allows you to embed the latest news from the high tech district (and Japan and other Asian countries) in your own website. There is also a utility which lets you configure many parameters (layout, content, language, etc.) within a few clicks and which automatically creates the needed html sourcecode.

Some other nice Akihabara News enhancements are still in the pipe, just waiting to pop up one day…

More Japan on the way…

Today http://www.japaninfo.at launched successfully. Not too much content present at the moment but it should be increasing soon. Probably there is already something interesting for you.

Lately the German/Japanese subpart takes shape more and more. Now all the ingredients are picked and the starters are already mixed together. Check the page from time to time to get surprised by the upcoming main course.

You can find the pages at http://nihongo.gfrast.com which simply redirects to http://www.hafenscher.net/nihongo.

Some of you may notice the focus on Japan lately. Gomenne for that. But I am really enjoying it at the moment. So many interesting things. From technology to culture over language to new friends. And here is the latest news out of my cinematic experience.

Just finished watching kikujiro no natsu and I am recommending it to everyone who is interested in Japan. So many different aspects. You see some landscape, some Japanese customs, really authentic Japanese people (especially Beat Takeshi aka Takeshi Kitano is wonderful) and much much more. Some scenes seem strange to gaijin like me but I know hardly any movies from outside Japan which are transporting such deep emotions in such an affecting way.