Archive - May 2009

Marketing

advertising the url?

There are adverts everywhere in Japan, on the trains, on the buses, in magazines, television, billboards, tissue packets, take-away food wrappers and so on. It...

Tech

Karaoke, Keeping it quiet

Most visitors to Japan have probably tried out Karaoke at some time, whilst those living abroad either have a local version of it or have at least heard of it...

Living

Rubbish

Rubbish in Japan, particularly the big cities, is always a problem. The biggest problem is, there is a lot of it. Then there is the issue of its disposal and...

shopping Tech

Twitter, SNS, Blogs

This months issue of 日経TRENDY magazine, June, 2009 (yes, the magazines always seem to come out about 2-3 weeks before the actual month), carries a very...

Buildings

Real Estate slump?

After the bursting of the “Bubble Years” in Japan it took property prices a long time to stabilize. Some parts of Tokyo were more resilient than...

Conbini Monday

Conbini Monday Wk5

I have about 7 convenience stores all within 3 minutes walk of my house. The Lawson is about 10 seconds away (too close to avoid visiting anytime of the day)...

Trains

Station Concert

Passing through Shinkiba station (新木場) I saw this classical music concert inside the station building. What a great idea. If you cant get the people to come to...

Golf

Golf is never boring

I played golf in Chiba yesterday and for those following on twitter @Shibuya246 you will have seen some of the tweets live as I made my way round the course...

Golf outdoors

Cloud Patterns

I played golf today in Chiba and will be posting tomorrow details of the day which included a detour to the back of a police wagon for my friend after doing a...

Food

Where is Doria from?

Visiting restaurants in Japan that serve Western style foods, particularly Italian, you tend to see a lot of doria (ドリア) and gratin (グラタン) on the menu along...

Conbini Monday

Conbini Monday Wk4

In this weekly convenience store series, Conbini Monday, we are going to have a look at the inside of the Lawson store near my house. There is always plenty of...

Buildings

Construction sites

Nearby to where I live there is a lot of construction work going on at the moment with new buildings being developed. Some are small, others are much bigger...

Golf

Take Me Out To Golf

I recently wrote about the gaining popularity of golf with Japanese girls. Today, I received a promotion mail this morning from ALBA.Net, the publishers of the...

Japan

FX popular with Japanese

I visited the bookstore today to look for a design book and in passing the finance section was surprised to see how many books were being published to help...