American Hikikomori recently won an “Award of Merit” in the Best Shorts Competition!
We are honored by this juried award and are absolutely grateful for the opportunity to share our story.
Awesome.
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Everyone who donated $50 or more to our Indiegogo campaign gets a copy of our short award winning film!
Thank you for supporting us!
We are truly grateful that you believed in us and wanted to help us tell this story.
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A big “Thank You!!” to Dave Brown for showcasing our film, American Hikikomori, in the Indie Night Film Festival last Saturday!! We are grateful for the opportunity to tell our story and meet other filmmakers.
We also give Dj Q-Nice a gold star for making several attempts in pronouncing the title of our film.
From the Indie Night Film Festival website:
INDIE NIGHT aims to elevate the craft of artists while giving them an avenue where they can be
recognized on a bigger platform, network and exchange info with new & established Hollywood
creatives.
To learn more about Dave Brown’s Indie Night Film Festival follow the link.
In the meantime, stay tuned for more updates on future festival screenings and progress on our next film!
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Taken right after the new year…
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Or Plus size women (in America). Recently RocketNews24 posted an article about Japan’s newest trend acknowledging “Marshmallow Girls”. A “Marshmallow Girl” is a voluptuous/”chubby” Japanese woman.
TGIF everybody…
This recent acceptance really surprised me. Why? Well, any American who has ever dated a Japanese woman (let alone married one) must be aware of the tremendous pressure for Japanese women to be super skinny in Japanese society. The pressure is very intense, ten fold what we put up with in America. It’s a nightmare for any girl who is bigger than a (American) size four .
To get an idea of what I mean, the picture below illustrates, “how plump the figure is thought to be, and assuming that “0% chubbiness” is the representation of the average “acceptable” size, you should get a pretty good idea of how strict Japanese society is with curvy figures.” – Joan Coello, RocketNews24
When I first met my wife she was around 60% and (over the years) went up to 80% but is now down 50% with her goal being 40%. Her goal is 40% because that’s comfortable for her and is what she wants. I love 100% of her all the time but my opinion doesn’t matter when she’s looking in the mirror and shopping for a new outfit. She strongly believes Japan is way over due in changing its attitude towards larger women.
I can’t imagine the social repercussions this will have on little girls’ self image/confidence. I hope this will broaden perceptions of what people consider to be healthy & attractive. It’s really why I’m taking the time to even mention this.
Welcome to the new millennium Japan!
What do you think?
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Every time I’ve gone to Japan, I’ve been fortunate enough to explore Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures. As a result, I’ve taken hundreds of photos.
I thought I’d share some more.
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Every time I’ve gone to Japan, I’ve been fortunate enough to explore Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures. As a result, I’ve taken hundreds of photos.
I thought I’d share some.
Feel free to speak up if you know where I took these pictures. I didn’t make note like I should’ve. It was near Fujigoko…
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Still working it out… but I have more pictures from my first trip to Japan!
I’ll never forget my first trip to Japan. No matter how much you try to prepare yourself for the culture shock and the endless awkward silences your poor Japanese creates, you’re just not ready for its rich history.
Every time I’ve gone back I’ve taken over a thousand photos. The visual stimulation is just incredible.
Maybe I should put that photo book together… No matter how many photos are taken everyday, no two people will see everything the same way, right?
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This week has been a little crazy for me so I’d like to share a photo from my first trip to Japan back in 2008.
I’m neither a “country boy” nor a “city boy” but a nice mixture of both. I love images that reflect this.
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