Top Rated Widgets
In Photos & Video.Display of widgets in order of popularity.
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1st place
Blowing Letters
Imagine all the letters on your blog blowing around and assembling into the form of a photo or picture of your choosing? Cool effect. Of course they blow back again soon enough. To get the code, go to the webpage. In Step 1, enter image's file location. 参照 means browse. In Step 2 choose left (top) or right (bottom) location for widget. In step three press the button to generate the widget's code. It will appear towards the bottom of the screen. Enjoy!
2nd place
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks widget
If you are into Japanese baseball and especially the Softbank Hawks, you'll appreciate this widget which shows a video of game highlights. It has a link to the team's website.
3rd place
4th place
Street Princess Widget
Calling all Japanophiles... This widget displays a cute Japanese girl every day. Supposedly these are just girls found walking around town. The Japanese name of the widget can be translated like this "Today's Street Corner Princess". Hmm... And on the widget's webpage, there is also a guy version in blue.
5th place
Drop Burger Widget
One of the most original widgets coming out of Japan. This widget makes a burger out of your webpage. That's all it does. And if you go to the widget's webpage, you can enter the URL of any webpage and see the same effect. It then shows how many calories the burger has and how many Yen it costs. Crazy! You can get the widget by going to the widget's webpage and clicking the text [ブログパーツはこちら」 that appear on the top right of the screen.
6th place
Daily Japan Photo Widget
This widget displays a new photo of Japan each day. The images try to capture something uniquely Japanese. I can only speak for the two images I've seen, but they have both been products, sake and bread, and prices in US dollars and Chinese yen are provided. Visit the widget's website to easily find the code.
7th place
Mag My Pic
Create a magazine cover with your picture on it! A wide selection of surprisingly realistic magazine covers to choose from. Just upload a picture and customize!
8th place
Tegaki Blog Widget
Tegaki Blog is a very well made picture diary blog with a focus on manga/anime type drawing. The drawing tool is easy to use and highly functional. Website has an English and Japanese version. You can get a widget to randomly show users drawings from the top page, or if you register, you automatically get code for your own page's art.
9th place
Bloglue Film
Original photo widget for your blog! A roll of film automatically contains photos and images from the articles in your blog. Roll the film out and place your cursor over an image. The picture pops out onto your screen. If you double click the photo you are taken to the corresponding article in your blog! Fun and practical.
10th place
Imagenavi Floating Gallery (Image Search widget)
Search professional photos on the Japanese image site, Imagenavi, with this floating gallery widget. Clicking on an image takes you to the page on Imagenavi where it is displayed. You can also search Imagenavi right from the widget. A great resource for images found only on a Japanese website. Please note however that all images on Imagenavi are done by professionals and must ultimately be purchased to be used. Go to the widget's website. Select the color of the widget in step 1. Select the type of images to be displayed in step 2 (for example, nature, people, sweets, animals, etc...). And in step 3, click on the button on the bottom left encircled in orange and the code will appear immediately.