Living in Japan
Police Cars
The police cars in Japan have a great look about them. The black and white color shines in the sun and most cars always appear to be well cleaned. Check…
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Photos
Yokohama by Day
Yokohama is an amazing place with a mixture of foreign blended history from the French and English settlements over 150 years ago that shaped the harbor area and the Chinese settlements that still shine strong today in China Town. Whether viewing by day or by night, the scenery of Yokohama is quite unique. Here are some shots of Yokohama by day.
Travel
Railroad tracks
I took a trip to Yokohama yesterday. There are many places being redeveloped and the old railroad tracks and bridges and storage warehouses have been…
Photos
Tokyo Bike Rental
The camera is a bit bumpy as it sits atop the bicycle ride from Daikanyama to Shibuya in this video from TokyoRentaBike , but the scenery is enjoyable to…
Characters
Tokyo Figure Show
The Tokyo Figure Show was on last week. I went down to Harajuku and take a look at the collection of figures on display by Danny Choo and GoodSmile…
Food & Drink
Umeshu
This is a guest post by Nicolas Soergel , the Managing Director of Chinriu Honten Limited, a company that has been producing and retailing traditional…
Living in Japan
Kidney Stone 3
I am glad to say this is the last part in the Kidney Stone series. Having been back to the hospital for more tests on Monday including an IVP, where they…
Tech
Earthquake News
There have a been some large earthquakes in Japan recently to go with the hundreds of years of earthquake activity Japan has experienced. In 1923 when the…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk15
I was stuck in hospital last week, so Conbini Monday was a no show. This week the series is back and Rilakkuma has been down to pick up some 'get well'…
Buildings
Shinagawa InterCity
Shinagawa is one of the major stations on the Yamanote-sen. It also has platforms for the Shinkansen, Narita Express、Tokaido-honsen, Shonan-Liner and…
Living in Japan
Japan Earthquake
Just had a strong earthquake here in Japan. Tokyo shook strongly, but everything looks fine now. The center of the earthquake was at sea, 340 kilometers…
Shopping
Okaimono Japan
I met with the team from Okaimono Japan the other day at the Advance Partners office (my company in Japan) in Shibuya. Okaimono Japan are part of the…
Marketing
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…
Characters
Rilakkuma Odaiba
Looks like Gundam is not the only character that is making it big in Odaiba. Here are some great Rilakkuma goods from Aqua City, Odaiba. I have been…
Photos
Miniature City
Some great scenery here captured by mockmoon of central Tokyo that is both scaled down to miniature size using tilt shift camera techniques and then also…
Food & Drink
JR Train Tea Found!
A while ago I wrote about the great tea drink product in the shape of the Yamanote Line. A lot of people asked me where they could buy it. Well, here it…
Culture
Pokemon Yamanote Train
Each year at summer, Nintendo and JR hold a stamp rally for the kids. The stamp rally requires the children to collect rubber stamp imprints for each…