It is late today and I haven’t had chance to eat dinner. Time to run down to the conbini and pick up something to share with my microwave. You can...
Archive - November 2009
Michael Moore was in Shibuya today filming with what looked like the NHK film crew. I was just passing through and saw him as they were filming near Hachiko...
Most users of Japanese cell phones (keitai’s), have a strap on their phone. I think the original idea was so you could hold the strap in case you dropped...
Center-gai in Shibuya is a popular place for many to walk through, with no cars passing, as they pass through to shop at Tokyu Hands, HMV, Seibu Loft, Parco...
I was looking out of my window at lunch time and saw this police car stopped behind another car with people milling around. At first I thought we might have...
After a number of fires at restaurants and small zakkyo (雑居) buildings, the fire inspectors have been out performing spot checks at various buildings around...
If you want an original phone charger when you come to Japan, these might be for you. A mixture of Hello Kitty, Rilakkuma and then original JR train phone...
Hachiko is working it hard at the moment to support the Labor Insurance month campaign. Go Hachiko! It is strange that nobody has taken off his sash whilst...
A few purchases from the Rilakkuma store yesterday. The apron Rilakkuma is about to be sent overseas. Xmas Kiiroitoris going to sit on the desk for a while ^_^...
Following the recent giveaway contest I decided the packages I was sending out needed a few extra items added from the Rilakkuma store. sorry, guys it has...
This week, Monday is a holiday in Japan, so for all those who normally have their Conbini Monday on the first day back at work, you will have to wait until...
I spotted these birds moving in a group around the canals in Shinagawa. Looks like they were either trying to drink some beer at the local Brewery, or they had...
Since so many people said they liked the photos from the last set of Shibuya Streets and were looking for more, I decided to take some follow up photos on the...
The movie for Nodame Cantabile comes out on December 19, 2009. This popular anime, book and drama series created a boom for classical music in Japan and saw a...
The Rainbow Bridge can be a great sight at night looking from Odaiba back towards the skyline of Tokyo.
Mr Natsuno (夏野さん) is well known in Japan as the creator of Docomo’s Imode platform for their cell phones. I had the chance to go to a speech yesterday at...
Looks like the train advertising is really catching on with many companies. Here is some colorful advertising for the new macross movie featured on the...
Cosplay comes in many forms in Japan. When you combine Christmas it can either be very cute or a little too much Rudolph Reindeer. I went shopping on the...
This week I was in search of some nuts at the convenience store. After having kidney stones in the past and recently being told I have them again, (apparently...
I started my Sunday walk in Shibuya having a look at Yamada Denki and then checking out the H&M Store that opened recently. mmmm, looks like there is more...
For this product, they are taking the normal Japanese maneki-neko and converting it into a maneki-neko duck. The ad below shows a cat teaching the duck how to...
In the basement of my mansion, along with the garbage room, the bicycle sheds and the car parks, there are also 2 floors of trunk rooms. The storage space here...
Spotted this Christmas Bear on the train heading towards Makuhari the other day. I wonder if bears ride for free? I saw this about the same time I posted on...
Looks like the new Japanese Government formed under Hatoyama-san have started a blog on Ameba. There is an official editor for the blog talking about major...
I am just checking out the Shibuya area twitter map which shows those people who are tweeting locally with a GPS enabled device. As more people use...
I came across an interesting picture showing a comparison of searches in Japanese on Google for “husband” and “wife”. It looks like the...
