There are often mini festivals on in Japan around the station area. This one was a couple of days ago, but I forgot to put the pictures up. I was passing by on...
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It is raining in Tokyo and most of Japan today. I was planning to play golf, but decided to cancel due to the rain. I much prefer playing in sunshine ^^. With...
Many of you following me on Twitter saw that I forgot my camera bag on the train today with my Nikon D700 and lenses inside. When I got on the train I was...
CGM Night #6 was held last night at the Shibuya head office of Cospa. The location was perfect and by the time I arrived the room was already full. The room...
Looks like someone has been playing around with the statue in front of Shibuya station near Hachiko. I walk past this statue all the time, but normally...
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...
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...
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...
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 came across an interesting picture showing a comparison of searches in Japanese on Google for “husband” and “wife”. It looks like the...
The other day was a nice clear sunset which gave the view from my window an extended reach all the way down to Yokohama. I could just make out the Yokohama...
Many Japanese housewives keep a record of the months spending in a book called a 家計簿 (kakeibo), housekeeping book. When they are out shopping they will keep...
I was at Mizuho Bank in Shibuya yesterday to change some details on my account. Unlike the ATM’s, getting service at the counter can take a little while...
Japan is starting to roll out its domestic vaccine for Swine Flu or Shingata Influenza (new form of Influenza) as it’s called in Japan. The vaccine will...
Have been going through a number of the pictures I have uploaded to flickr during the year and ran across the bighugelabs website where you can easily make...
Tokyo has been bidding for the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Today is the final vote in Copenhagen to decide which city will win the right to host...
JT or Japan Tobacco has been trying to win over the community by promoting a message of “Smoking Manners”. You can see the posters on the train, at...
Many of you probably already know the DannyChoo.com brand and have enjoyed reading about Japan life along with Figure reviews and dancing Stormtrooper video...
Another day, another matsuri (festival), this time in Sakuragaoka-cho (桜丘町), Shibuya. This was just a local matsuri involving the kids carrying the omikoshi...
