Comments on: Japan blog mini-reviews: part 1 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/12/20/japan-blog-mini-reviews-part-1/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Taro 3Yen.com http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/12/20/japan-blog-mini-reviews-part-1/#comment-45649 Taro 3Yen.com Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:55:40 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/12/20/japan-blog-mini-reviews-part-1/#comment-45649 Hey thanks for the nice words about my news blog News.3Yen.com. I'll glad somebody out there even notices my "use of Photoshop" to create composite realistic photos. While you said that, "the whale hats were an example of that [use of Photoshop], but it does seem to be real." Saaa, actually one of whale hat photos was fudged a bit. In the photo of the trainer girl, she had large, overhanging mandible angle* that I removed with Photoshop. *A large jaw "angle" considered a huge beauty flaw by Japanese but English lacks the word to succinctly describe it. Mandibular Angle Reduction is a important plastic surgery proceedure in Japan. See: http://www.veriteclinic.com/treatment/e_faceline/01.html Hey thanks for the nice words about my news blog News.3Yen.com.
I’ll glad somebody out there even notices my “use of Photoshop” to create composite realistic photos. While you said that, “the whale hats were an example of that [use of Photoshop], but it does seem to be real.” Saaa, actually one of whale hat photos was fudged a bit. In the photo of the trainer girl, she had large, overhanging mandible angle* that I removed with Photoshop.

*A large jaw “angle” considered a huge beauty flaw by Japanese but English lacks the word to succinctly describe it. Mandibular Angle Reduction is a important plastic surgery proceedure in Japan. See:
http://www.veriteclinic.com/treatment/e_faceline/01.html

]]> By: Candadai Tirumalai http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/12/20/japan-blog-mini-reviews-part-1/#comment-45343 Candadai Tirumalai Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:55:59 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/12/20/japan-blog-mini-reviews-part-1/#comment-45343 Regarding your comment "we- respect- Jesus-in-a-Buddhist- sort- of way": Despite their differences (the Buddha came from a princely family, Jesus from a more humble one), I believe they shared salient characteristics: a profound spirit of compassion; renunciation of what the world considers important, the centrality of salvation (which is seen differently in the two religions). Regarding your comment “we- respect- Jesus-in-a-Buddhist- sort- of way”: Despite their differences (the Buddha came from a princely family, Jesus from a more humble one), I believe they shared salient characteristics: a profound spirit of compassion; renunciation of what the world considers important, the centrality of salvation (which is seen differently in the two religions).

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