Farewell SENGOKU SIM

Japanese SIM "SENGOKU" in SecondLife is closed on February 28.


http://slurl.com/secondlife/SENGOKU/128/128/0

SENGOKU is theme SIM which did the Japanese Warring States Period in a motif, and one of SIM popular with Japanese SecondLife users.



Many events were performed at this place since opened in 2007.







To leave a data of this SIM that I photograph a lot of snapshots for two weeks.
























I'm going to photograph more snapshots to closing of SIM from now on.
Because put the snapshot on this blog!

Handbook of Hostess Club Social Game

I began to write articles at ASIAJN. I uploaded a new article today.

Asiajin » Hostess Club Social Game Is Popular Among Japanese Women via kwout

This article is a continuance of ASIAJIN's article.

Japanese hostess Club Social Game “Koi-Shite-Kyaba-jyo(恋してキャバ嬢)” publishes handbook. They are sold only in Seven-Eleven of the convenience store.

Main contents of this book introduce a game tutorial, ntroduction of characters & virtual goods.

And virtual goods code is attached as an appendix.

You can get virtual goods automatically if you scan this QR cord with a Japanese mobile telephone.

Japanese Netizen makes a smartphone hear the sound of fart and checks a sound recognition function

One day, in anonymity BBS of the biggest in Japan "2 Channel", a certain project started. Japanese Netizen carried out an interesting experiment with a smartphone.

"Make a smartphone hear the sound of a fart, and report search results"

Now, there are a functions to search by sound recognition to both iPhone and Japanese Android smartphone. What did they search from a fart?

Examples:
1. "Dante  - The Divine Comedy"
2. He call to the class teacher in the days of the high school.
3. He call to the mother.
4. He call to telephone number 8566
5. "Who?"
6. iPod started.
7. "Gogh"
8. "* 3 * "
9. "Titanic"
10. "Yahoo!" (This appeared by a sound search of Google)

Various interesting results came out besides these.  There were many examples which the different function of the smartphone started suddenly.

Netizen in the last said,
"Probably, Jobs did not imagine that iPhone was carried out in such usage. "

via
http://blog.livedoor.jp/neteyomu/archives/622523.html

Japanese famous character began Facebook

Japanese famous character "Mukku" began Facebook. He collected Like! more than 200 in several hours.

https://www.facebook.com/FaceMukku

He is a character of the kids program of Japanese TV company Fuji TV. However, since he is the character produced on April 2, 1973, he is loved by not only a child but the adult. A lot of his fancy goods is sold now, too.

ガチャピン&ムック モコモコ ムック


ガチャピン・ムック 武将 根付 ストラップ ( 足軽 )


By the way, he has a fellow called Gachapin. He has already used blog and Twitter, and both are very popular. Gachapin utilized social media until now than Mukku. Can Mukku beat him?

Amebapigg

Yesterday, Japanese Internet advertising agency Cyber agent launched VirtualWorld "Amebapigg".

Amebapigg is the 2D VirtualWorld of the Web browser base to work in Flash.



Myroom



Yoyogi park



Asakusa



Shopping!



Shibuya



Freemarket


Cyber agent administers blog service "Ameba" ,number of the users of the biggest in Japan.

And the company has already performed the virtual currency business.

In addition, the company puts big success in virtual pet "meromero park" and fashion avatar "poupee girl"

So I expect it in Amebapigg.

Nagasaki Archive---Please tweet a message of the peace to Nagasaki with hashtag #nagasaki0809

Today is the day of Atomic bombing in Hiroshima. Hiroshima people are suffered many decades. We wish Japan will be the only and last victim of Atomic bomb for good.

By the way, Do you know that two Atomic bombs were dropped on Japan? Hidenori Watanave Laboratory at Tokyo Metropolitan University released cool Google Earth contents about Atomic bomb throwing down of the second. The name is “Nagasaki Archive”.

 http://nagasaki.mapping.jp/

Nagasaki Archive is the web content to tell the world the reality of the Atomic bomb on interactive archive of the Google Earth.

Via their site......

This project enables to access all of those resources from all over the world, which was formerly unable to do so. Moreover, by mapping the information with topographic data, the user can enhance the experience of what it was like when the A-bomb struck Nagasaki, in detail. "Nagasaki Archive" is an attempt to reorganize all of those information on a digital virtual globe (google earth). In order to make Nagasaki the last place on earth where the A-bomb struck, we hope that many people to interact with and learn from "Nagasaki Archive".

You can see photos from the same angle they were taken 65 years ago, and also you click the portrait of survivors to read their experiences and wishes assosiated with the actual location they were exposed to A - bomb.

These contents became the topic in Twitter immediately since they released it. And even not only Japan but also overseas Medeas were reported, and it was carried in Google Earth' official blog at last!

The point that I think to be splendid in these contents, can experience the viewpoint of the Nagasaki citizen from the viewpoint of a pilot dropping an Atomic bomb.
Ang, the space that exhibits contents of the Nagasaki atomic bomb and peace on Second Life is constructed.

SecondLife space
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/tmu/120/181/130

via
8/9、セカンドライフにて長崎原爆の実相を伝える「Nagasaki Archive」のオープニングオンラインイベント開催(THE SECOND TIMES)
http://www.secondtimes.net/metaverse/event/20100802_nagasakiarchive.html


Please tweet a message of the peace to Nagasaki with hashtag #nagasaki0809. Then your tweet appears in this Nagasaki Archive.

not popular person's SNS did Ban of 1,000 popular users

BeautifulPeople.com did Ban of 5,000 fat users, but, as for Japanese "not popular person's SNS", did Ban of 1,000 popular users.

非モテSNS - 非モテが集まって傷を舐めあったりするコミュニティ via kwout

"Himote SNS" is SNS for the lonely man and woman who cannot have a friend and a lover.  The theme of the diary to write in sites is limited to "miserable" content "lonelily". And the person whom a friend and a lover were born to is made to resign forcibly.

But recently, The users who took a photo with a lover and write the diary of the date, increased. Therefore the manager of SNS watched a page and expelled the user who transformed itself from "the person who was not popular" into "a popular person".

Press release (written in Japanese)
http://blog.livedoor.jp/ikiradio/archives/51392744.html

Paul McCartney becomes cute in LINE's virtual world LINE PLAY

Now, Paul McCartney comes to Japan to hold shows. He held a live tour in Japan a half year ago and collaborated with LINE.

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Paul McCartney cooperates with LINE in promotion

He tries promotion this time with LINE. They use avatar and virtual world for smartphones "LINE PLAY" this time.

LINE opened Paul McCartney room in LINE PLAY on May 15. There reproduces a his studio in London.

This room have an avatar of Paul McCartney, and he meets LINE users.

 Users can play with furniture items, read secret blog and try Gacha(Capsule toys vending machine).

Fashion items, musical instruments, furniture, artwork of Abbey Road etc... The virtual goods of 21 kinds are sold in Gacha. These are designed all cutely! I think that this is more effective than LINE sticker.

By the way, LINE PLAY broke through 15M users this month. They overtake Ameba Pigg(15.9M users) soon

The Japanese old woman who endured a storm became the topic in huge BBS 2Channel

An intense storm attacked whole Japan  the day before yesterday and yesterday. And a certain image became the topic in Japanese huge BBS  2channel.

This is a capture image of the news programs. An old woman walks in a storm. Her body is driven by a storm and inclines. This storm had power more than typhoon. Many 2 Channel's users commented for this image with "Awesome! :D".

And a user said, "Give this image the speed". This comment attached fire to many users' creation volition.

Many images were made as well as these, but all these were uploaded on 1 day. Probably she will not know herself having become famous in the Internet.

via http://blog.livedoor.jp/himasoku123/archives/51707843.html

News Flash:Japanese mobile game Puzzle & Dragons cooperates with Angry Birds

Japan's GungHo seems to be considerably interested in a Finnish mobile game market. According to the blog of Rovio, Japanese mobile game Puzzle & Dragons cooperates with Angry Birds. Well, it's their usual "Cross-Collaboration". The Angry Birds themed limited-time dungeon will be available in Puzzle & Dragons from November 18th - December 1st.

I think this to be a good opportunity and timing. Puzzle & Dragons is popular so as to break through 20 million downloading in Japan. However, in abroad, there is not the popularity like Japan. In addition, the growth rate in Japan is slowing down, too. Probably tens of millions of downloading are limits in a Japanese market of a population of 120 million people. On the other hand, unfortunately Angry Birds does not have popularity in Japan. The ranking is low and the goods do not sell, too (About the goods, probably because there are too many rivals in Japan. Like a LINE characters and Nameko). This Cross-Collaboration is carried out in global. This will be a good chance raising each other's recognition.

By the way, it is the second time that Puzzle & Dragons cooperates with a Finnish mobile game.

See Also:
Big tie-up: Japan's GungHo cooperates with Finland's Supercell by each other's games

After this, what happened to Supercell? Current Masayoshi Son can really carry it out.

See Also:
Son brothers conquered the Finnish and Japanese mobile game industry