Trains & Transport
Ikoma Cable Car
Only a few years after trains first starting running in Japan back in the late 1800's, and when it still took about 12 hours to travel from Tokyo to…
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Marketing
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 TV screens set up…
Culture
Gundam Odaiba
I had heard that the Gundam model was almost finished and had some requests for photos
Characters
Rilakkuma at golf
Just catching up now on the photos from the golfing trip last week with Rilakkuma. The weather was not bad, the score not the greatest, but Rilakkuma came…
Food & Drink
Yamanote Train Green Tea
You don't normally associate the Yamanote train line with green tea, but from April 20th, this year, Mokku company have been selling their unique product…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk7
Rilakkuma did the shopping this week for Conbini Monday, and I can warn you now, he went wild!! Trendy Magazine, in their latest July 2009 edition, are…
Shibuya
Shibuya afternoon
Great weather today and the crowds were out in Shibuya. As well as the many couples, tourists and others, the Hot Pepper mascot was out and about…
Marketing
Site Review, May 2009
To help make the site better for all visitors, I have published below some visitor traffic numbers for the site shibuya246.com. Currently, the site is…
Shopping
Battle Underwear
Following from the success of Capcom's video game 戦国ＢＡＳＡＲＡ, Battle Heroes, (selling over 1,400,000 units) a number of goods and services related to…
Living in Japan
Classic Mercedes
Found this classic Mercedes car on the street yesterday. I asked the owner if he would let me take a picture. He was kind enough to say yes, but I didn't…
Trains & Transport
Japan Railways
While out the other day at Ikspiari, Maihama, next to DisneyLand, I found a store that specialized in model railway parts, bus models and generally all…
Shibuya
Danny Choo in Shibuya
There is always something interesting going on in Shibuya. Today, I bumped into Danny Choo from http://dannychoo.com who was in Shibuya to do some…
Marketing
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 based social…
Characters
Rilakkuma at the Zoo
You might know Rilakkuma, but you have probably never seen him playing like this? The monkey here was born at the zoo. The mother monkey would protect the…
Characters
Rilakkuma Golf
San-x company have brought out a range of products for the golf. If you are a Rilakkuma fan who plays golf then these goodies will surely be on your…
Conbini Monday
Medicine, Drugs now available at convenience stores 24 x 7
Today marks the first day, under a revised law, that allows stores other than drugstores or pharmacies to begin selling certain types of medicines /…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk6
What a long week in between Conbini Monday's. There are some interesting topics to look at in the convenience store arena at the moment. The law for…
Marketing
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…