Marketing
ABCLoop Launch Party, Roppongi
I just came back from the launch event for ABCLoop.com in Roppongi where I met up with Billy and John Martyn, the founders of ABCLoop. The Site is for…
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Advertising and marketing in Japan: campaigns, signs and how brands sell.
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Darth Vader for docomo
I came across this new promotion that NTT Docomo look to be spending a lot of money on. They are hoping it will have a social viral connection and spread…
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Suica Penguin Store
The Suica Penguin store at Tokyo Station opened recently. I decided to follow up on my article the other day and take a visit to Minami guchi at Tokyo…
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Shinagwa Station
I have been following the progress of Shinagawa Station in installing some new advertising boards. With a crowded walk area all day long, they have…
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meiji chocosk
Saw this great form of advertising at Tokyo Station for meiji chocolate. The whole kiosk is wrapped up in meiji milk chocolate brand with the back of the…
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Google Buzz
I was talking with a friend the other day and saying that Google was missing out on the SNS boom that Sites like Facebook and Twitter have caught onto.…
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Tokyo Business
A lot of people ask me how they can establish their business in Tokyo. Some of those companies already have a good export business to markets like Europe…
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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 Centre. It is…
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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…
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RSS Feed, Full or Partial
I have had some email feedback that the RSS feed is getting too big and people are having trouble with it in their RSS readers. I have asked on Twitter…
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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 images. I first saw…
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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 a later…
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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…
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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…
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Site Review, Aug 2009
A little late with the review for August. Took a while to recover after the sudden increase in traffic from the Gundam Wedding photos at Odaiba. New…
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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 for one…
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Site Review, Jul 2009
We have seen some more increases in traffic this month which is always good to see. Last month we saw a total of 24,655 unique visitors for the month…
Culture
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 using 2 characters…