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Danny Choo has been working with Kotobukiya to publish a book called OTACOOL. It shows some of the coolest rooms of otaku from around the world. This publishing project is a great example of cooperation between blogs, members and [...]
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A couple of weeks ago I went to Yokohama and took some photos of China Town, Yamashita Koen and Minato Mirai. When I was there, I found this great playing card set with sketch pictures of Yokohama. Forgot to show it at the time, so [...]
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I tried this new Dora Pudding どらぷりん today that I picked up at the Family Mart. This is a mix between a dorayaki, azuki bean filled pancake, and purin, custard pudding. I was expecting pudding and azuki inside the pancake but was [...]
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Bandai released a “My Doraemon” Robot a while ago. This is the first time I saw it advertised in the shops. It looked quite neat. You can see on the top shelf, the display is showing how you put the robot together yourself. [...]
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It is often talked about by visitors how clean and how honest they find the everyday Japanese. Business can get a bit murky sometimes, but out on the street there are a lot of good well meaning people around. Friends have told me about [...]
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Next year, 2010, Nara will be celebrating 1300 years since it was the capital of Japan as 平城京 (Heijo-kyo). A number of events are scheduled throughout the year with special events from April. As part of the Nara tourist promotion for [...]
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Time for a quick brekky, sitting down with Rilakkuma eating some pancakes. I bought this pancake shaper/maker on the net. Now that I have my Rilakkuma inside me, its time to get some work done. What do you like to have for breakfast? [...]
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iRiver is selling a limited edition MP3 player in the shape of Hello Kitty, decorated with Swarovski crystals. There are limit of 200 units being sold and the price is YEN 13,800. The device holds 2GB of storage (around 480 songs). All [...]
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Lots of great action for this weeks combini monday. Plenty of new snacks coming into the stores as we push on towards the colder winter months. The stores always seem to hold a greater appeal when you have to rush in out of the rain [...]
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This is the first giveaway contest for the shibuya246.com site. The rules are simple: You need to be signed up as a member to shibuya246. (You can sign up below at the comments section) You need to have left at least 2 comments [...]
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Many Japanese housewives keep a record of the months spending in a book called a 家計簿 (kakeibo), housekeeping book. When they are out shopping they will keep the receipts and then tally them up in the kakeibo book. The books make it [...]
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The weather looked like rain today, but since I had been away from Japan for a while, I decided to get out and brave the coldish looking weather. It wasn’t that bad and my quick trip to Yokahama was enjoyable. Here are a few [...]
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The Kigurimi 2009 Summit for Yurukyara (ゆるキャラ) Festival is on in Hikone, Shiga-ken (滋賀県彦根) from 23rd to 25th October, 2009. Over 100 soft toy characters from all over Japan will be at the Festival. To get to the event you can catch the [...]
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I came out to the Shinagawa Golf Center at Oimachi to have a hit of golf. Oimachi is one station down from Shinagawa on the Keihin-tokhoku Line. The range is close to the station and not that expensive. The booth cost 300 yen to hire [...]
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I was at Mizuho Bank in Shibuya yesterday to change some details on my account. Unlike the ATM’s, getting service at the counter can take a little while. Everyone is courteous and there are scores of staff running around trying [...]
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This cheerful sea creatures mural was on the side of a construction site that I saw. Instead of boring white panels, someone has gone to the trouble of painting on the colorful characters. The lines across are from the shade of a power [...]
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If you like your Japanese rice, then check out this Shibuya Rice. From the series where they took some Shibuya Gals out into the countryside and did some reality TV show style farming, you can now buy the rice on Rakuten. One bag of [...]
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With the convenience store wars heating up, its worth reviewing some numbers, and introducing the players behind the stores. Mitsubishi Shoji have a 32% shareholding in Lawson and a 10% holding in ampm. The sale/merger of ampm with [...]
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Japan is starting to roll out its domestic vaccine for Swine Flu or Shingata Influenza (new form of Influenza) as it’s called in Japan. The vaccine will be first given to medical staff starting Oct 17th 2009 and then on to the [...]
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Dr Romanelli has released some new Hello Kitty designs produced by Medicom Toys. From the Dr Romanelli website this comment Dr Romanelli has gotten together with Sanrio for a special Hello Kitty collaboration produced by MEDICOM TOY. [...]
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Okonomiyaki is a classic Japanese dish. It is made out of batter and contains anything you want to add like vegetables, meat, seafood, and then topped with sauce and mayo, sprnkled with green nori and sometimes bonito flakes. I was [...]
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I am still stuck in Australia at the moment, but expect to be back in Japan for next weeks Conbini Monday. The conbini’s on the Gold Coast seem strange compared to Japan. They have the Seven Eleven sign out the front, but the [...]
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Have been going through a number of the pictures I have uploaded to flickr during the year and ran across the bighugelabs website where you can easily make movie posters, id cards, puzzles and other things. Here are some of the items I [...]
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Ryo Ishikawa has been added to the team for the Presidents Cup by Greg Norman. In the first round match he will be paired with Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy against Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker. Ryo Ishikawa is considered by many in [...]
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I have been in Australia for the last few days and enjoying the sun. Since getting ill before leaving Japan and going for a quick tenteki I have improved but am now having some further tests in hospital. Whilst in Australia I attended [...]
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This Shinagawa-ken Beer brand was the first beer in Japan. Whilst we all know the popular brands of Sapporo, Asahi and Kirin it was a little known company based in Tokyo that produced this first beer of Japan. Back in 1869 (Meiji 2) to [...]
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