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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…
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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…
Tech
Karaoke, Keeping it quiet
Most visitors to Japan have probably tried out Karaoke at some time, whilst those living abroad either have a local version of it or have at least heard…
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…
Shopping
Shopping for Vitamins?
I found this guy shopping for his vitamins, and it wasn't even Conbini monday. His mom did say it was ok to put up his photo though.
Shopping
Twitter, SNS, Blogs
This months issue of 日経ＴＲＥＮＤＹ magazine, June, 2009 (yes, the magazines always seem to come out about 2-3 weeks before the actual month), carries a very…
Buildings
Real Estate slump?
After the bursting of the "Bubble Years" in Japan it took property prices a long time to stabilize. Some parts of Tokyo were more resilient than others…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk5
I have about 7 convenience stores all within 3 minutes walk of my house. The Lawson is about 10 seconds away (too close to avoid visiting anytime of the…
Trains & Transport
Station Concert
Passing through Shinkiba station (新木場) I saw this classical music concert inside the station building. What a great idea. If you cant get the people to…
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Rilakkuma spotted at station
Saw these 2 guys waiting for the train at Shinkiba station (新木場). One of them had a cute Rilakkuma keychain holder. Can you find it in the photograph?…
Outdoors & Sport
Golf is never boring
I played golf in Chiba yesterday and for those following on twitter @Shibuya246 you will have seen some of the tweets live as I made my way round the…
Outdoors & Sport
Cloud Patterns
I played golf today in Chiba and will be posting tomorrow details of the day which included a detour to the back of a police wagon for my friend after…
Food & Drink
Where is Doria from?
Visiting restaurants in Japan that serve Western style foods, particularly Italian, you tend to see a lot of doria (ドリア) and gratin （グラタン） on the menu…
Culture
Tokyo Magic Shows
A while ago I visited a number of different magic show "spots" in Tokyo. I recently saw two of the places I visited advertised in this guide book (TOKYO…
Conbini Monday
Conbini Monday Wk4
In this weekly convenience store series, Conbini Monday, we are going to have a look at the inside of the Lawson store near my house. There is always…
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Mameshiba to debut in English
Mameshiba, a character created by Dentsu, Japan's largest marketing agency, was created in 2008. The range of characters has now grown to over 25 and has…