We love Japan, and this is where we show it. From gadgets to toys, live-action to anime, hillsides to cities and cars to architecture, JHYPE loves it all.

Tokyo Glow, a stop motion short film

March 1st, 2010 | Author: andy | Filed under: Art, Japanophiles, Video | No Comments »

Tokyo/Glow from Nathan Johnston on Vimeo.

I, Robot

January 13th, 2010 | Author: andy | Filed under: Culture, Japanophiles, Technology | No Comments »

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Sorry for the slow updates as of late. The team at JHYPE had been in great demand outside the internet world for a change (i.e. working hard to pay off our christmas indulgences). We will eventually return to normality with more wacky and wonderful Japan.

To make up for it, may I present you the wonderful robots at last year’s IREX (International Robot EXhibition) at Tokyo Big Sight. Here are a few photos from the event. Enjoy!

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The J-List Side Blog, Or PeterPayne.net

November 2nd, 2009 | Author: van | Filed under: Japanophiles | No Comments »

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Not that we consider this some sort of bizarre race, but if blogging about Japan were a contest, Peter Payne would utterly decimate us here at JHYPE.

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