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...
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A while ago I visited a number of different magic show “spots” in Tokyo. I recently saw two of the places I visited advertised in this...
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...
Mameshiba, a character created by Dentsu, Japan’s largest marketing agency, was created in 2008. The range of characters has now grown to over...
Continuing the “Street Walk” series following the building construction photos, I photographed a number of street signs that are quite...
Update: Just discovered this wasn’t new, but has actually been going on for 1 year. I saw it today and thought it had just started. Thanks to...
There are a lot of services on the web for making photo books, although many of them cost more to ship from the US back to Japan than the actual...
The river in Shibuya is not normally noticed as it has been largely built upon, concreted around and most importantly flushed with clean water to...
Following up the Spo-Vege drink from last week, I thought we would stay with the drinks and take a look at this interesting find that i saw sitting...
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...
Rilakkuma started its tie-up promotions with Lawson late in 2007 and since then has been increasing its visibility in store. I went to this Lawson...
I recently wrote about the gaining popularity of golf with Japanese girls. Today, I received a promotion mail this morning from ALBA.Net, the...
Advertising outside Shibuya station. Guess what I am having for lunch after seeing this? What’s your favorite Japanese lunch? Let me know in...
It’s a bit quieter this week with Golden Week being in full swing. I didn’t have to line up today at the convenience store which is...
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...
I posted recently on some mini-tours that were available in Japan including Gunkanjima and the Morioka Silk factory. To follow up on that I am going...
I decided to get a bento lunch today from the corner store, rather than mingling with the crowds around the station. This is a delivery bento place...
We are passed Valentine’s Day now but one product which has proven a hit and is sticking around long after the novelty should have worn off is...
It was busy out in town today with shoppers everywhere. The official reason for the day off was to celebrate Showa no Hi, for the previous Emperor...
I recently had the chance to play golf at Asagiri Country Golf which is located right next to Mt Fuji. The views from the golf course of Mt Fuji were...
I have written a number of posts about trips to the convenience store and talked about the regular change over of new products on the shelves...
This building always makes me think when I go past it. How did the architect convince the building owner this would be a good idea? How did they...
Once a thriving coal mine, more recently a derelict deserted mass of buildings on an island off Nagasaki, Hashima Island, also known as Gunkanjima...
I went to the Rilakkuma store at Tokyo Station a week ago and finally have got around to posting the photos from the visit. I went on a weekend and...
Having spent four hours on the golf course staring at Mt Fuji most of the time it was nice to get back in the clubhouse and hit the locker room for a...
I went away on the weekend to play golf near Mt Fuji and just got back. On the way to the golf course I passed a rest area with parks and childrens...
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