The new "Hot Search Archive" is here!

Ok. Finally we have finished the new Nipponster Hot Searches! Whew...
That was a lot of work. And it still needs work.

I thought that the entries from the old hot search archive would be easy to move to the new one but alas that's not so :(

We will have to manually re-enter them...

But no worries because having the new archive makes up for everything!

Let us know what you think of it!

Finally some new hot searches

Ok ok.

Yes, finally some new hot searches. I have been really bad about approving new hot searches over the past 2 weeks or so...

Not good.

Here are the new ones:

genpatsu shinsai

anti-groping software

free manga

Remember, to see past hot searches visit the Archives

Also here are a few search suggestions:
Keeling's Guide to Japan

Japanese mascots

My fellow Japan-enthusiasts...

"Stay hungry; keep searching!"

35 years of Shinjuku in 10 seconds and some new hot searches!

Found this on the Nipponster hot search I just archived Tokyo time lapse video
(Thanks to sparkplugged)

Here are the newly approved hot searches:

secret Okinawa pact

rice patty art harvest


And a timely and fun suggestion:

Rubik's cube championship


"stay hungry; keep searching!"

Interesting searches

Just approved some new hot searches: Japanese to English copy machines and Tokyo time lapse

And here are some more fun searches we found:

dance vader

and

learn japanese from gundam

Enjoy!

"Stay Hungry; Keep searching!"

Japan on the moon and more

Changing a hot search.

Seems Japan Aerospace (JAXA) launched a lunar mission.

Some other recommendations are:


JAXA to privatize

google x-prize Jaxa

sino-japan space race


"Stay Hungry; Keep searching!"

New hot search and some interesting related searches

Just changed another hot search.
Trying t0 at least switch them twice a week.

Some other interesting hot searches are:

Accenture the dodgy company behind the new fingerprinting s

abolition of fingerprinting

opposition of fingerprinting

Some new hot searches and some fun suggestions

Yeh!

Some new hot searches finally! We have got to get better at quickly changing the hot searches.

Of course there are a few that we know people love and we feel obligated to leave up, which causes a problem (and we need your feedback) <-- blog post about that problem

We thought that, in addition to the hot searches, these might be interesting search terms too:
Shinzo Abe scandals

English teaching that doesn't suck - Unfortunately this did not bring up many useful links. I had been hoping that someone had written a page on this, but oh well. At least I found this funny video:



There is another related video. But I am going to make you look through the results yourself and find it (don't worry it's in the first results page).

Behind a little on archiving old hot searches...

Our new goal, which really is an old goal revisited, is to change a hot search every day.

That way there is always something new to see for those who come for the hot searches.

Right now we have gotten it to about one or two new hot searches a week.

Archiving them is a bit of work. Maybe there is a way we could automate it.

Anyway, just thinking out loud...

Out with the Old and In with the NEW Hot Searches!

After much lasiness, procrastination, and lack of motivation, Here They Are...

The NEW Hot Searches

nuMber 1 - Mystery men's-room money

no, I&m not going to tell you. You will just have to find out on your own.



nUmber 2)











Online Japanese Train Simulators


NumbeR 3/
O-yatoi Gaikokujin
Meet the foreigners who built modern Japan!

NumBer 4>
Japanese PenPals!

EnJoY, my Fellow Japan-Enthusiasts!
-Tori

p.s. IF you are looking for the old hot searches they are not in the archive, they are here

Ramen... in a Can?!

Not since sliced bread...

What a delicious invention!
Of course instant ramen has been around for awhile but you cannot take that "on the go."

Not so with Ramen-in-a-can...

Mobile Ramen! I dare say that it is the best innovation in ramen since Momofuku Ando invented instant noodles.

<-- Mr. Momofuku. Doesn't he look awesome in this picture :)

Too bad Ando missed this Ramen milestone, he died early this year (and was mourned by hungry college students everywhere :)

I wonder if Takeshi Yamada's name will go down in Ramen history...

Well, at least he got a hot search on Nipponster :)

And here it is! -->http://nipponstercom-swicki.eurekster.com/canned+ramen/

Title: Google Transit Japan Is Here... OR... Marry Me Google

If Google was a woman I'd marry her...


that's right, you heard me, if Google was a woman I would marry her. Ahhh, if only... IF ONLY!


Anyway, back to reality.

Google has just launched a great program for anyone commuting in Japan.

It's the Japan version of Google Transit and it is awesome!
Check it out, it's at http://www.google.co.jp/transit



And unlike the other versions of Google Transit the Japan version does not only cover a few parts of Japan it covers the whole thing.

Here is a pic of a route from tokyo to kyoto:

This tool is a great way to get to info about your commute (train times, transfer stations, alternative routes, duration of trip, etc. etc. etc. ). And since it is connected to Google Maps you can check out train station surroundings (like conbini s, stores, and restaurants). And it works on your mobile phone!

Since this new tool is so cool it is our next hot search, check it out.

Hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
-Keitaro

p.s.
If you read Japanese here is Google Japan's post

Open To Suggestions...

We know that our hot searches for "Japanese TV online", "Japan Blogs", "Japanese lessons", "writing in Japanese online without text support" have been very popular.

We do not want to retire these hot searches because they are so useful. But we do want to make room for new ones. So we have a dilema...

That is why I posting this message and asking the community for feedback. What do you think we should do with the hot searches?

1. Retire them to the archive?
2. Make them permanent links somewhere on the search results page?
3. Keep them as hot searches?

Leave us a comment.

Thanks,

Keitaro

New "virtual tour of Japan" hot search!

This search is looking like a winner.
Have you ever wanted to see what the streets and famous parts of Tokyo look like? (for those who have not yet been)

Well now you can feel like you're there with these virtual tours.

Title: Cool New Hot Search Archive (modelled after Digg) released early... or Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better!

hehe. I like that title :)

Okay. This is what all of the hubub is about.
We just released a new "Hot Search Archive" running on some very powerful CMS! -- that stands for content management system












So look for this button on the search page (or click on it here is ok too I guess, yeah?)


It is like Digg. You can rate and comment on old hot searches AND

You can suggest new hot searches!

If your suggestion gets enough votes (or if you brown-nose the administrators...lalala, didn't hear it from me),
your hot search will be added to the hot searches on the site.
TO SUBMIT:

1. Go to the archive site and register
2. After you have registered, click on "suggest a new hot search" link
3. And then follow the instructions
4. Let us know if you have trouble
   

Have fun with the new feature and as always we love your feedback (good, bad and ugly). Which reminds me...

FAIL, FAIL AGAIN, FAIL BETTER!

This is our new motto as far as new releases with Nipponster. If you've got time to burn read this previous post :)

We know that we are going to make mistakes but we don't want to fear them we will learn from them. And we hope you will point them out to us.

-Keitaro

Make way for High Tech Toilets

Mr. Hearn would not be happy to know that we bumped him off the hot searches to make room for of all things, toilets (see the previous post if you're lost).

But if you've been to Japan you have likely seen odd gadget packed toilets like the one on the right (pic from wikipedia article)

I won't tell you much about them here, instead I'll let you check out the search results.

BUT, I will give one quick personal story...

My Dad was visiting Japan for my graduation and he went into the washroom at the hotel and met with one of these gun-slinger toilets :)

I was standing right outside when he went in. The next thing I heard was a click and a flash of light from his camera. Silly foreigner...