Archive - July 2009

Sports

Adidas Futsal Shibuya

The adidas Futsal Park in Shibuya has been in place for a few years now. I was asked by a reader to show some photos so here they are. The Futsal Park is...

Anime

Moe Temple

Moe has been used to advertise many products in Japan. It is said to have created economic value of over YEN 90,000,000 (about $100 million$1 billion) for the...

Trains

Shinkansen Cleaning

The trains in Japan always look clean, particularly the Shinkansen. At Tokyo station, the cleaners quickly board the incoming trains, perform a quick clean and...

Video-Post

3D Origami

Some very cool pictures put together on video by doriansol at YouTube. These objects are all made with origami paper. The effect of putting them all together...

Music

Arashi Disney Concert

Arashi, the successful Japanese music group, will perform at Tokyo Disney Sea with Mickey Mouse on 20th November, 2009. The event called “Premium...

character goods

Rilakkuma Clinic

Looks like Rilakkuma has started his own Doctor’s clinic ? I spotted this at Shinagawa. I wonder if they got permission to use that or whether they are...

shopping

Pet Toilet Paper

Ever wanted your own custom toilet paper. How about putting pictures of your pet on a roll of your own? In Japan, thanks to azfit, that is exactly what you can...

Trains

Chiba Monorail

I visited a friend in Chiba and got the chance to ride the Chiba monorail recently. There are a few monorails in Japan, some that run above the tracks and some...

Marketing

Uniqlo Models

Uniqlo is a popular clothes store in Japan which many have compared to the Gap in the US. The range of products, pricing and service are all good, but what...

Video-Post

Kuroshio Sea

Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world – (song is Please don’t go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo. This video...

Shibuya

Shibuya Tanabata

Team Shibuya CENTER-GAI is helping Shibuya to celebrate the Tanabata Matsuri by decorating the entrance and streets of Center-gai. The festival runs from July...

Trains

Pokemon Shinkansen

The Pokemon decorated Shinkansen series was started last year during the summer holiday season and became a popular success with families. I went down to Tokyo...

Living

Solar Eclipse

The Solar Eclipse that occurred today was hard to see for most due to the bad weather at the time. A number of keen photographers from Japan did manage to get...

Shibuya

Shibuya Station Live

Around the railway stations at night in Japan, you often see the live street performers take up a position and play for the crowd. Some of these performers are...

Anime

Gundam 00 Complete Best

The Gundam 00 Complete Best limited edition DVD went on sale on July 8th, 2009. I spotted this truck driving through Shibuya advertising ガンダム00. The Gundam...

Photo-Post

Gundam, Odaiba

The 1/1 scale model of the RX78 Gundam robot at Odaiba (お台場) has created a large amount of attention. Japanese and international travelers in their thousands...

Buildings

Mansion Renovations

Condominium buildings in Japan are called Mansions. In some countries you might think a mansion would be set in a beautiful countryside estate with a huge...

Shibuya

Old Shibuya Photos

The area around Shibuya station is well known to the millions of people who flow through the train station. What is not so well known by all those people is...

Shibuya

Railway Construction

There has been a lot of railway construction going on recently around Shibuya station. The Fukutoshin (副都心線) line construction was completed between Wako and...

Conbini

Post Office Conbini

A few years ago, with the postal service in Japan being scrutinized by politicians for privatization and everyone looking for ways to restructure the business...