Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk12
This weeks Conbini Monday is presented by Rilakkuma , Mameshiba and Jiji, the cat from Majo no Takkyubin (魔女の宅急便). Morinaga have two cornflake based…
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Characters
Cheeba kun, Chiba
I was invited to a party given by a friend who is a Council Member of the Ichikawa City Council in Chiba. Maki Namiki's blog can be found here detailing…
Photos
Tokyo Soccer
Tokyo Verdy played Tokushima Vortis in the J2 League Match on 11 July 2009 at Yoyogi National Stadium. I covered the match for the Tokyo2016Today site. Tokyo Verdy finished out the match winning 4-0.
Tech
Google Android in Japan
The ads are starting to come out at the train stations for the new NTT docomo Google Android phone. This ad at Shibuya station says "ケータイするGoogle", A hand…
Culture
Odaiba Gundam on Flickr
Yesterday, flickr featured the 1/1 Gundam statue at Odaiba on its daily blog. They have an English and Chinese version of the blog. My photos of Gundam…
Characters
Rilakkuma PC Netbook
Bandai Networks has released a notebook PC for kids based on the popular San-x character, Rilakkuma . More Rilakkuma information here from shibuya246…
Marketing
Mobile Advertising
Looks like after seeing the electronic billboards, the trucks with advertising on them, and occasionally small car/bike advertising, we now have a new…
Marketing
Big Sight Exhibition
I went out today to help out with some friends at an exhibition at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center in Odaiba. It was great to see so much activity…
Characters
Rilakkuma Bento
There were a lot of character goods on display in Kyoto and Rilakkuma didn't miss out. From a Rilakkuma bento lunch to eat on the train to the goods in…
Tech
Japanese Twitter Users
Social Networking in Japan Whilst there are many popular social networking sites in Japan, including Mixi, GREE, Ameba, Livedoor and more, one site from…
Marketing
Site Review, Jun 2009
I am a little bit behind in providing the site review for this month. It is a good exercise to review the site consistently so that the content and…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk11
I went down to the Disney convenience store to check out their supplies for this weeks Conbini Monday. They had a few special Disney goodies as well as…
Characters
Mameshiba in Kyoto?
Spotted this very green Mameshiba looking character in Kyoto. It's good to see the Mameshiba character getting out to see the sites! or is it Mameshiba?…
Trains & Transport
Rail Fans
Trains are always popular in Japan and there are many books and magazines available for rail fans to enjoy. Just recently a number of new magazines have…
Food & Drink
Yatsuhashi
Yatsuhashi is a Japanese desert sweet. It is particularly well known as a product of Kyoto and can be bought at many of the tourist stores around the…
Travel
Yukata, Kimono in Kyoto
The photos I took in Kyoto are going to take quite a bit of sorting out. Whilst I am still on the laptop and with the memory cards filling up quickly…
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?