Items for December 2009 in "Japan"

Stumbled onto some photos of Tokyo Tower being built and thought I'd share. Love looking at photos of Japan in the past. Really tough finding decent ones though. Do let us know if you know of any libraries or stocks online.

Sharing a video with gorgeous night time aerial views of Tokyo Metropolis found at Goshaku Gomen. Have been making a point to go but never got round to it - if you want to see the same views of Tokyo with your very own set of optical eyes, you may...

The final installment of the A Week in Tokyo series for this year. Its been a tough but fantastic year with loads of progress in life - but will cover that in the "dannychoo.com in 2009" article later. Starting off today with a photo at Kawasaki s...

A most fantastic movie indeed. Its not just watching a movie but watching a work of art. The whole film is breathtaking and watching it in 3D for the whole duration was simply stunning. If you have the option of watching it at an IMAX then pay the ex...

Merry Christmas folks! Or as folks in Japanese would say - "Merri Kurisumasu." I realize that folks on the West side will have to wait until tomorrow so I will post a very very special giveaway tomorrow as a prezzie for me ^o^

Folks who missed the 1/1 scale Gundam at Odaiba this Summer will have the chance to see it next July in Shizuoka. A spokes person said that it will be erected at the East exit of Shizuoka station. Will gve you more details closer to the time. Detai...

Manga illustrator and character designer for Mirai-chan Azami Yuko done a broadcast the other day of her working on a new illustration over at her Ustream Channel. I watched and thought it was quite interesting.

Abercrombie & Fitch recently joined the fashion war district in the middle of Ginza by opening their first Japanese outlet last Tuesday.

By the end of the year Wendy's will be no more as all 71 stores across Japan will close. The report at AP writes how Wendy's severed the agreement with franchise holder Zensho but the news report below says that Zensho decided not to renew the agree...

Japan Reference has an ancient poll on "What is/are Japan's greatest contribution to the world ?" Thought it would be interesting to read each others list. As for my list, in no particular order:- -Dollfies (Mini daughters - very cute n adorable)...

Its been about 3 weeks since we got back to Tokyo. This post covers a few days running up to the Singapore trip and the past few weeks. Tis been a load of fun for the latter half of this year with so much progress on building the brand and business....

If you like ramen and If you live in or are visiting Osaka then you may (or may not) want to check out Menya Bushido where your ramen will be prepared by a topless Samurai... Via Marinocat.

"The People vs George Lucas" is a Star Wars documentary movie which is due to be released in movie theaters around the world next year. The producers contacted me recently and asked if I would like to be in the movie. "You bet!"

Interesting to see that the live action Dragonball is being used to promote fire and smoke detectors by the Tokyo Fire Department. By next April 1st, all households in Japan are required by law to install fire and smoke detectors. There have even be...

Good luck to those who are taking the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) tomorrow. Many moons ago I passed level 4 and then level 2 the following year. After I graduated from university studying Japanese and Korean language, my teacher said t...

One thing I found rather interesting about Japan when I first arrived was how Japanese school children would travel to school on their own. These kids are in a group but you often see them alone on the trains. Never saw anything like this back in the...