Living in Japan
Hama-san
A friend shared these 2 photos with me from their outing to Hamamatsu-cho (浜松町). Hamamatsu-cho Station on the Yamanote Line is undergoing redevelopment at…
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#pokemon
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Characters
My Pikachu Car
Click on this link for Amazon Japan. When my boys were growing up, they always liked a full basket of different mini cars to dip into. They were kept…
Culture
Giveaway Contest Results
We have a number of winners for the recent K-ON, Rilakkuma giveaway contest . It has taken me a while to go through the list and figure out who won each…
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…
Trains & Transport
Shinkansen Cleaning
The trains in Japan always look clean, particularly the Shinkansen. At Tokyo station, the cleaners quickly board the incoming trains, perform a quick…
Trains & Transport
Pokemon Shinkansen
The Pokemon decorated Shinkansen series was started last year during the summer holiday season and became a popular success with families. I went down to…
Marketing
Making Photo Books in Japan
There are a lot of services on the web for making photo books, although many of them cost more to ship from the US back to Japan than the actual making of…