Living in Japan
Nozoki cats?
Looks like these cats in Kyoto are trying to get a peek inside the store. I wonder what they can see?
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Living in Japan
Everyday life in Japan: homes, schools, language and the small things that are different.
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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…
Living in Japan
Rubbish
Rubbish in Japan, particularly the big cities, is always a problem. The biggest problem is, there is a lot of it. Then there is the issue of its disposal…
Living in Japan
FX popular with Japanese
I visited the bookstore today to look for a design book and in passing the finance section was surprised to see how many books were being published to…
Living in Japan
Pachinko Promotions
Pachinko is popular throughout Japan and while some of the parlors have ultra-modern architecture and look more like Las Vegas casinos, some still are the…
Living in Japan
New recruits accomodation survey
In a year of economic downturn, this years group of university graduates looking for a job must be finding things very tough. Companies seem to be busy…
Living in Japan
Ear Cleaning Service
You can find almost any kind of service in Japan from the mundane to the obscure. This is the land of maid cafes, muscle-building theme parks, cosplay and…
Living in Japan
iPhone Earthquake Application
The iPhone has not proven a big hit in Japan but that has not stopped a number of applications that were popular with the imode range of phones being…
Living in Japan
Home Service Company
Here is an interesting home service company that seems to be making a big push to the English speaking market as well as the Japanese one. They have a…
Living in Japan
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…
Living in Japan
Shibuya Koen-dori Walk
I took a walk up koen-dori today and took these pictures while I was out. Walking further up Koen-dori I went past the usual suspects of stores: and then…
Living in Japan
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 of these points could be…
Culture
Chocolate Underground Movie, Shibuya
The movie "Chocolate Underground" is set to open this Saturday (Jan 31) at the Shibuya Tsutaya Theater. Since Jan 16 the ads have been up in Shibuya…