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samuraidave.wordpress.com Here's some clips from Tokyo Decadance a monthy dance event held in different clubs in Tokyo and around the world now. I only got the chance to record one of the shows but I was able to get some glimpses of participants in all their get-up. The website I posted on the vid is to the Amsterdam site. The tokyo one is under construction but you get a look at it here: www.tokyo-decadance.com It's also up for votes for possible airing on Current TV: current.com...

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Gathering on March 30, 2008. I missed the first part with the hanami at Yoyogi Park and the last part at Karaoke. I'm bummed about missing the first part but thankful for missing the last part. I decided to resurrect my old intro - The Roving Ronin Report - which I haven't used in half-a-year. What do you think? I always change up the scenes in the middle which different clips of a variety of things. The following Japan Youtubers gave commentary in the video: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com ...

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Here's a video I made from the re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings 940th anniversary last year. The Battle of Hastings is one of the best known and least known historical event in the English-speaking world which along with the year 1066 is beaten mercilessly into the head of every school child through-out the English-speaking world and then some. The song is from the Secret Commonewealth, a Celtic Folk Rock Band from my college town in Murfreesboro. It's a period piece not necessarily on ...

Author: RoninDave; Tags: 1066 Battle of Hastings England UK Normandy Anglo-Saxons medieval warfare history events culture adventure

yamanote halloween train - this is a slightly longer verison of the video I uploaded months ago. Iplan to do a longer version with interviews and so on for October. One thing I feel I should point out to the suck-up gaijin-hating gaijins and to the xenophobic rightwing japanese, the Tokyo Yamanote Halloween Train is NOT solely a Gaijin (Foriegner) event. Perhaps in the past but the two years I rode the Halloween Train, there were just as many Japanese as there were foriegners. The first 3 ...

Author: RoninDave; Tags: japan tokyo yamanote halloween party train costumes samurai dave roving ronin report

Japanese Biwa Player playing "Dan-no-ura" a song about the last battle between the Heike and Genji clans. It's up for votes on Current TV: www.current.tv Register and Vote!!!! Dan-no-ura was the site of the last battle of the Gempei War in which the Heike clan was finally destroyed by the Genji clan. Centuries later, legends say a blind biwa player was tricked into playing for the restless spirits of the Heike. He barely escaped with his life paying the price of his ears being ripped off ...

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This is a montage trailer for the Roving Ronin Report This video is "currently" on Current TV: www.current.tv And is up for voting so if you feel generous please register and vote: www.current.tv Thanks! Check my blog for more info: samuraidave.wordpress.com

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.com Soma Nomaoi is a samurai festival in the northern Japan area of Fukushima. It's a 3-day festival with parades, horse races, mock battles, and wild horse catching. This is a vlog account of the festival. I plan to get around to making a more indepth one sometime in the future. The cicadaes are freaking loud in the background so they might drown me out at times. ... japan samurai festival soma-nomaoi fukushima culture events adventure sports vlog japanese-culture matsuri roving-ronin-report ...

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Imperial Palace. Normally the area is off-limits to the general public save for specially arranged tours. Only on December 23 and January 2 can people enter the grounds of the Imperial Palace and listen to the Emperor give a public address. This footage is from last year which pretty miserable weatherwise. The Emperor has cancelled his birthday address this year due to illness ... japan tokyo akihito tenno emperor birthday december japanese-emperor kokyo japanese-imperial-palace roving-ronin ...

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alive with the fires of hundreds of torches some of them over 15 feet long requiring 4-5 men to carry them. It's a very old tradition going back to the late 8th Century. The torches are used to guide spirits through the human world to their own world so they don't stray and cause mischief. It's a great festival with lots of energy. This from the first time I went in 2005: samuraidave.wordpress.com ... japan kyoto fire festival kurama matsuri culture himatsuri tengu roving-ronin-report fire ...

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, and fighting Buddhist monks. I recorded the vlog part of the video around 3 in the morning because I had to catch a really early flight from Haneda to Hokkaido so I'm speaking low so as not to wake my neighbors. Plus I was tired! For photos check here: samuraidave.wordpress.com ... japan tokyo setsubun AKB48 Asashoryu Hakuho sumo sohei warrior-monks oni devils holidays festival vlog dengeki-network 妻夫木聡 roving-ronin-report 日本 東京 侍 節分 祭り mythology folklore japanese-folklore ...

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