Author - Shibuya246

Shibuya

Shibuya afternoon

Great weather today and the crowds were out in Shibuya. As well as the many couples, tourists and others, the Hot Pepper mascot was out and about...

Living

Classic Mercedes

Found this classic Mercedes car on the street yesterday. I asked the owner if he would let me take a picture. He was kind enough to say yes, but I...

Trains

Japan Railways

While out the other day at Ikspiari, Maihama, next to DisneyLand, I found a store that specialized in model railway parts, bus models and generally...

Shibuya

Danny Choo in Shibuya

There is always something interesting going on in Shibuya. Today, I bumped into Danny Choo from who was in Shibuya to do some filming. Many of you...

Marketing • Shibuya

What’s GREE?

As you can see by these photos, there is a big advertising campaign at Shibuya station for the service called GREE. It is a Japanese based social...

character goods

Rilakkuma Golf

San-x company have brought out a range of products for the golf. If you are a Rilakkuma fan who plays golf then these goodies will surely be on your...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...