Tech
Eating Healthy? Ask your phone
A balanced diet is the base of a good lifestyle. In Japan many television programs focus on food and cooking, explaining the benefits of different food…
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Shibuya
Ready for Valentine's Day?
You can't go anywhere in Tokyo at this time of year without running into people buying Valentine Day Chocolates. They are everywhere. The economy might be…
Culture
Mini Butter Roll Towel ? for Valentines Day
Of course most people love chocolate and in Japan the women generally give the chocolates to the men, but for those who want to join in the Valentine fun…
Characters
Rilakkuma store @ Tokyo Station
For all those fans of Rilakkuma you will be pleased to hear they are opening a store at Tokyo Station on the 20th of February. Here is a snapshot of the…
Marketing
Shibuya sells off toilets to highest biddders
In order to raise cash for the local Shibuya area, the Shibuya Council ward have decided to sell the naming rights to 14 public toilet locations in…
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…
Culture
Valentines Day - Men giving chocolate to ladies ?
Morinaga have decided in order to boost the sales of chocolates around the Valentine Day period, they are going to encourage men to start giving chocolate…
Characters
Rilakkuma FREE bath salts
Lawson has a promotion on at the moment giving away free packets of Rilakkuma bath salts when you buy some candy. Rilakkuma was created by San-x 5 years…
Shibuya
UFO Catcher - Ready for Valentines Day
UFO catchers have been around for ages and they never seem to go out of fashion at Japanese game centers. At a local Game Center in Shibuya the UFO…
Characters
Mameshiba character goods
Mameshiba is a mascot character series created by Dentsu which has taken off as a series of hit products. There are 20 characters in total. The above…
Shibuya
Tissues and promotions
If you pass through Shibuya then you invariably will see or receive those free tissues offering easy loans or promotion material from those such as the…
Shibuya
Cruising Ad - Doubledecker Bus
I was on my way home tonight and i saw this double decker bus passing Shibuya station. I didnt manage to get a good shot of it before it cruised off into…
Outdoors & Sport
Golf in Shibuya
Whilst many people are familiar with the driving ranges at Lotte Kasai or Jingu Golf Club, some of the smaller ranges often go unnoticed on the roof-tops…
Tech
Walking Assist Robot ?
Just when you think you have seen everything in Japan along comes another gadget or gizmo that proves you wrong. For those of you who have not seen this…