User:Nihonjoe/Did you know
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- ... that Yukiko Iwai, at 4' 11'' (150 cm), was the shortest member of the 1980s all-girl Japanese pop group Onyanko Club?
- ... that Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae, a manga about a blind samurai, won the 1968 Shogakukan Manga Award?
- ... that Madhouse?
- ... that Nausicaä, the main character from the Hayao Miyazaki manga and film, is based on Nausicaa from the Odyssey and "The Princess Who Loved Insects", a Japanese folk hero?
- ... that Taishō Baseball Girls is a light novel series about an all-girl baseball team set in Taishō era Japan?
- ... that Keizō Tsukamoto set a Guinness World Record by creating the cover art for more than 1,900 issues of Weekly Manga Timesstarting in 1970?
- ... that ?
- ... that Queen Millennia was combined by Harmony Gold and Carl Macek with another Leiji Matsumoto series, Captain Harlock, to create Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years?
- ... that when a Japanese honeybee hive is invaded by a giant hornet scout, the honeybees "bake" the hornet in a ball of about 500 bees (pictured)?
- ... that talkie" animated filmin Japan?
- ... that Kutani ware (pictured), first produced about 1656 near the current city of Kaga, is a type of Japanese porcelain known for its use of multicolored glazes in bold designs?
- ... that Karatsu ware is a style of Japanese pottery which is considered one of the top choices for implements used in the Japanese tea ceremony?
- ... that singer-songwriter Tatsuo Kamon began studying with rakugo master Tsuruko Shōfukutei at age 16?
- ... that Japan Academy Prize ceremonies and at the 38th Blue Ribbon Awards for her debut acting role in the 1995 film Maborosi?
- ... that manga artist Seizō Wataseworked at an insurance company for 16 years before retiring to work on manga full time?
- ... that the Chesley Award-winning cover in 2002 by James C. Christensen?
- ... that Sayuri Kokushō's 1986 debut single, Valentine Kiss, is the most popular Valentine's Day song in Japan, despite selling only 317,000 copies?
- ... that the Kokinshū, dating from the 11th century and designated a National Treasure of Japan?
- ... that a kichō (pictured) is a portable multi-paneled silk partition used in aristocratic households during and following the Heian period in Japan?
- ... that instant ramen?
- ... that "Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa" was used not only as a theme for the anime series Maison Ikkoku, but also as an image song for Shiseido shampoo?
- ... that the harvesting of Japanese beech trees on the slopes of Mount Izumi Katsuragi is forbidden for religious reasons?
- ... that Sandra Tayler wrote Hold on to Your Horses to help her daughter "visualize and control her impulsive ideas"?