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These past few weeks turned out to be one of the most busiest periods since the start of Mirai Inc. Interviews, TV filming, events, networking, beta launches, iPhone apps and preparations for the Tokyo Figure Show. Wont be anywhere near the scale of the Wonfes but then aga... (more)

Taken this Thursday at the official Softbank iPhone 3GS launch event just past midnight. On the left of the photo is Masayoshi Son - CEO of Softbank. On the right is tech journalist and consultant Nobi Hayashi. The chap in the middle is some git who realized that he shoul... (more)

Went along with comrades from the web2.0 Tokyo scene to attend Tokyo Transformers Night held at The IMAX cinema at Lazona in Kanagawa. In this photo we have:- Zuco Pietro (+waifu) - Linux Specialist (AXA), Photographer. Joseph Tame - Pod Caster, Photographer. Frankiebi... (more)

Organizing Tokyo CGM Night with Andrew Shuttleworth has been a great learning experience. We've had 5 episodes so far and they seem to get better each time. Last nights CGM Night was the best ever! The venue for the evening was at the offices o... (more)

Just got back from Odaiba to see the 1/1 scale RX78 Gundam. WOW. Seen pics of it by day and wanted to see it by night. While its mostly completed, the fence was still up and I guess they still need to work on some small bits n pieces includin... (more)

Has been a while since the last Photo Walk. Todays walk includes photos from Ebisu, Nishikoyama, Musashikoyama and Gakugei Daigaku. First photo taken at a newly built park nearby. The Lumix LX3 is incredibly good at taking pics at low light. This shot was f/2.0, ISO 100 w... (more)

Ever wished that there was an encyclopedia in English with all things Otaku so that you can impress your GF or BF on your first date with your Otaku knowledge? Well you need to wish no more - Kodansha International brings us the Otaku Encyclopedia! ... (more)

Didn't leave it as late as last time but still two weeks behind for this episode of A Week in Tokyo. About 80 photos to go through so this article will probably balk as usual with Google Reader and Firefox - click through to the article or read this post in your inbox. Fi... (more)

Been living in Tokyo for nearly 10 years but only recently managed to visit Yokosuka last Saturday - inspired to go after member punynari joined dannychoo.com and watching something on Yokosuka on the TV the other day. Photo was taken in the afternoon-ish in Dobuita stree... (more)

Had the honor of speaking this week at the largest university in Japan - Nihon University. And you could squeeze them like this while making a "puni puni" sound. Zooming back in time to the morning at about 10:40... (more)

Apart from the annoying git who sat next to me in the cinema, last Friday went according to keikaku. We was to finish up work early, drop off at the Wieden and Kennedy offices, go to Roppongi Hills to have some din dins and finish up with some Angels and Demons. ... (more)

Very late with episode 38 of A Week in Tokyo - its been about a month! Making up for it with 85 photos which may balk in Google Reader - if that happens then just click through to the www article or you can get updates by email instead. Am also interested to hear what loa... (more)

Had a health checkup this time last year and wrote about it in the Health Care in Japan article. "You never know until you ask" has been a motto I've been religiously following and this time asked if I could bring my camera to take pics of the medical equipment used in th... (more)

Will still be continuing the A Week in Tokyo series but will post these A Day in Tokyo articles when I take a load of pics in a single day. For the first photo we shoot ahead of time to the evening at just before 7pm-ish at Lalaport Toyosu. This is where we d... (more)

Thank you all for the kind words regarding the Nikon CM! Am pleased with the great work by the Weiden and Kennedy team and producer Timothy Saccenti. Today we look at the behind-the-scenes of the shoot but before we do, thought we'd take a look at an interview with Timoth... (more)