All Items for October 2008

A screenshot of the corporate site for Infobahn who own sites like Gizmodo and Lifehacker in Japan. Very simple but love the main image depicting a very typical daily scene for salary men in Tokyo. A few things I wanted to talk about here. 1. C...

Have always wanted to capture this in a photo for many moons now - children being lead holding onto a rope. I saw something similar to this back in the UK but the big difference was that the children's hands were *tied* together. I remember laughing...

Unless you can receive satellite TV (the BS channels), more often than not, you will see stuff like this on Japanese TV. The lack of serious documentary's here is disturbing. Original text from Joe1991 below.made my morning XD Sauce : http://w...

Starting off this weeks installment in the morning at Shinagawa station. Didn't know that there were so many hotels around here. Good location though. Easy to get to Akiba and not too bad for getting to Shinjuku/Shibuya. For folks who have been t...

Japan Probe reports that 52% of Japanese don’t have a problem with counterfeit brand goods and pirated movies. A majority of Japanese adults now believe that it is acceptable to buy counterfeit brand goods or pirated music and movies: A survey...

Many moons ago, there were so many school girls selling their used pantsu that Japan had to introduce a law to ban this activity. But the used pantsu fan can still buy "looks like used pantsu" - pantsu which looks used with some sort of dried subs...

Yet more groundbreaking technology from the land of the rising sun. Folks who live in Japan will know that there are always folks sleeping on the trains like this fellow and that many people miss their stops because of this. But thanks to this de...

Today we are going to look at some useful terms to know when looking for a place to rent in Japan. This is a pic of a board outside an estate agents full of info on nearby apartments to rent. If you are looking for a place to rent, I recommend...