Category : Tech
Mobile Phone Straps
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...
Father of i-mode
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...
Japan Twitter Map
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...
Docomo Wooden Mobile
Docomo has released a wooden case mobile phone made from trees that are part of the more trees project that musician Sakamoto Ruyichi helped to...
Site Upgrade
Had some major site traffic over the last 2 days thanks to everyone for checking out the Gundam Wedding Photos. Much appreciate all of you...
Earthquake News
There have a been some large earthquakes in Japan recently to go with the hundreds of years of earthquake activity Japan has experienced. In 1923...
Google Android in Japan
The ads are starting to come out at the train stations for the new NTT docomo Google Android phone. This ad at Shibuya station says...
Japanese Twitter Users
Social Networking in Japan Whilst there are many popular social networking sites in Japan, including Mixi, GREE, Ameba, Livedoor and more, one site from overseas...
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...
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...
Twitter Japanese platform with adverts
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....
Making Photo Books in Japan
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...
Worlds Smallest Robot
Takara Tomy earlier this year released a new line of miniature walking robots called ROBO-Q. They are billed as the world’s smallest consumer robot standing...
Omron Fitness for Mobiles
Omron have brought out a set of digital scales that not only measure your weight and body fitness but also allow you to capture that...
YouTube on my home TV
I have obviously had internet access at home for some time now, but tonight I feel as if the internet has arrived at my home...
SDXC Memory Card targets 2TB storage
It is just a spec at the moment and pricing will certainly be a watchpoint, but the SDXC Association has announced they will be able...
Eating Healthy? Ask your phone
A balanced diet is the base of a good lifestyle. In Japan many television programs focus on food and cooking, explaining the benefits of different...
Sharp Ion plasmacluster
Having initially posted about this machine I bought, I see a lot of people searching for information about Sharp’s Ion plasmacluster and thought it would...
LABI says “Thanks for dropping in”
If your wallet is anything like mine then you probabaly have a lot of members cards to various places. It would be nice if all...
Walking Assist Robot ?
Just when you think you have seen everything in Japan along comes another gadget or gizmo that proves you wrong. For those of you who...
Plasma cluster Ion cleaner from Sharp
This machine is hot and was just released in Japan last month. I recently purchased a Plasmacluster Ion machine from Sharp. According to the maker...