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...
Month : July 2009
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...
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...
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...
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 Night” will...
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...
Wedding Proposal Planner
When asked by your friends ‘How did he propose to you?’, imagine if you could say that your husband rented out an entire movie cinema,...
Conbini Monday Wk14
Calbee make some great potato chips and this weeks to pick is no exception. With the top left hand label mark saying “we introduce new...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Princess Kaiulani, Emperor Meiji
I have always been interested in the Japan and Hawaii connection. Hawaii is such a beautiful place to visit and has a fascinating history. This...
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 23...
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...
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...
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...
Tokyo Disneyland Bloggers
Tokyo Disneyland located in Urayasu, Chiba-ken, is extremely popular with Japanese as a tourist attraction. It also has the highest repeat visitor rate of any...
Conbini Monday Wk13
Banana Diet was big with the ladies last year and ever since banana flavored products have been coming on to the market in an attempt...
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, 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...
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...
Shibuya Streets Vol. 2
It’s been a while since we have had a Shibuya Streets series. The weekends are always busy with foot traffic and with a spare hour,...
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...
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 Shibuya linking...
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...