Category : Marketing
Tokyo Day, London
I just found out that London is hosting an event called “Tokyo Day” this weekend. The event will be at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference...
Japan Hamburgers
With Wendys leaving Japan, at least for the moment, McDonalds is not letting up its campaign to keep people eating its hamburgers. After introducing the...
Parco Can Campaign
I have been busy working on the Site today and have almost finished the code so that you get leave comment annotations directly on the...
Quiksilver Japan
Caught a few shots of this promotional vehicle for the Quiksilver Roxy store in Harajuku the other day. The vehicle was rolling around Shibuya on...
Japan Aflac Merry Xmas
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...
JR Suica Adverts
SUICA, Super Urban Intelligent Card, was introduced in 2001 and has steadily increased in its functionality and user base. Now most Japanese commuters in Tokyo...
Gundam Wedding
The Gundam project at Odaiba is now set for a wedding. The Wedding Planning company, T&G (Take & Give) have a special wedding ceremony planned...
Moe Konbu (kelp)
The latest product to promote itself with a Moe blend is konbu from the town of Erimo in Hokkaido. The brand named Seishun Konbu is...
Wedding Proposal Planner
When asked by your friends ‘How did he propose to you?’, imagine if you could say that your husband rented out an entire movie cinema,...
Uniqlo Models
Uniqlo is a popular clothes store in Japan which many have compared to the Gap in the US. The range of products, pricing and service...
Tokyo Disneyland Bloggers
Tokyo Disneyland located in Urayasu, Chiba-ken, is extremely popular with Japanese as a tourist attraction. It also has the highest repeat visitor rate of any...
Mobile Advertising
Looks like after seeing the electronic billboards, the trucks with advertising on them, and occasionally small car/bike advertising, we now have a new player in...
Big Sight Exhibition
I went out today to help out with some friends at an exhibition at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center in Odaiba. It was great...
Fuji TV vending machine
This vending machine is located at the Kokusai Tenjijo Station at Odaiba, which is the nearby station for Fuji TV. They have a panel of...
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...
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 so on. It...
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...
Bar Code Car
Spotted this rather expensive Lamborghini in Shibuya today. As it drove past me I could not figure out what the bar code was doing on...
Golf gains popularity with Japanese girls
In the bubble years, the image of golf in Japan was one of wealthy businessmen paying exorbitant sums of money to be members of elite...
Rilakkuma Fair at Lawson
Lawson seems to be firmly tied up wtih San-x and the Rilakkuma Bear now. Every time Lawson comes up with a new promotion Rilakkuma looks...
Face Masks – How do you choose?
The face mask is a common site living in Japan through both the winter months and through hayfever season. Your initial reaction may be to...
Shibuya sells off toilets to highest biddders
In order to raise cash for the local Shibuya area, the Shibuya Council ward have decided to sell the naming rights to 14 public toilet...
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...