Shopping
Shibuya Center-gai
Center-gai in Shibuya is a popular place for many to walk through, with no cars passing, as they pass through to shop at Tokyu Hands, HMV, Seibu Loft…
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Living in Japan
Japan Drama Location
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…
Living in Japan
Japan Fire Inspections
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…
Shopping
Japan Phone Chargers
If you want an original phone charger when you come to Japan, these might be for you. A mixture of Hello Kitty, Rilakkuma and then original JR train phone…
Shopping
Hachiko for Labor Insurance
Hachiko is working it hard at the moment to support the Labor Insurance month campaign. Go Hachiko! It is strange that nobody has taken off his sash…
Characters
Rilakkuma Purchases
A few purchases from the Rilakkuma store yesterday. The apron Rilakkuma is about to be sent overseas. Xmas Kiiroitoris going to sit on the desk for a…
Characters
Rilakkuma Store visit
Following the recent giveaway contest I decided the packages I was sending out needed a few extra items added from the Rilakkuma store. sorry, guys it has…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk29
This week, Monday is a holiday in Japan, so for all those who normally have their Conbini Monday on the first day back at work, you will have to wait…
Outdoors & Sport
Shinagawa Birds
I spotted these birds moving in a group around the canals in Shinagawa. Looks like they were either trying to drink some beer at the local Brewery, or…
Shibuya
Shibuya Streets Vol 7
Since so many people said they liked the photos from the last set of Shibuya Streets and were looking for more, I decided to take some follow up photos on…
Culture
Nodame Cantabile Movie
The movie for Nodame Cantabile comes out on December 19, 2009. This popular anime, book and drama series created a boom for classical music in Japan and…
Outdoors & Sport
Rainbow Bridge at Night
The Rainbow Bridge can be a great sight at night looking from Odaiba back towards the skyline of Tokyo.
Tech
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 to a speech yesterday at…
Culture
Macross Frontier Movie
Looks like the train advertising is really catching on with many companies. Here is some colorful advertising for the new macross movie featured on the…
Living in Japan
Cosplay Christmas
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…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk28
This week I was in search of some nuts at the convenience store. After having kidney stones in the past and recently being told I have them again…
Shibuya
Shibuya Streets Vol6
I started my Sunday walk in Shibuya having a look at Yamada Denki and then checking out the H&M Store that opened recently. mmmm, looks like there is more…
Marketing
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 duck…