All Posts in "Japan"

Look closely before you pick these up at the super market thinking that they are salads - because they are actually beetles.

Attempting to try to bring you more life from Tokyo as it happens using Instagram. All these are posted live from my iPhone to my Facebook, Twitter and now Tumblr. This batch of photos actually taken over 2 days. I *usually* try to post Instagram p...

Been playing around with Instagram of late - the mobile app that allows you to easily snap and share to multiple social networks. I currently use it to update my Facebook and Twitter. It really is hard finding time these days to just sit down and wr...

This morning, the annular solar eclipse was visible from Japan and millions took to the streets to glare up at the "ring of fire" - called Kinkan Nisshoku [金環日食[きんかんにっしょく]]。 I only had my Sony NEX 5N with no zoom lens so these were the...

Located towards the North of Tokyo in the Nagano Prefecture is Shinshu Ueda [信州上田[しんしゅううえだ]] - the home of Summer Wars and Sengoku Basara. After leaving Tateshina, wifey and I drove up to Shinshu Ueda to explore.

Managed to take a day off to get out of Tokyo and went to a town called Karuizawa [軽井沢] in the Nagao prefecture. Karuizawa has a population of 17,833 and is recognized particularly as a summer retreat spot.

Spent last Sunday near Mount Fuji doing some filming. Been living in Japan for about 13 years and realized that we should have done this more often! Was a gorgeous sunny day and we were just in time for the Shibazakura (Moss Pink) season at the Shiba...

As its name suggests - Super Potato is a fortress filled with retro games covering all eras - everything from Nintendo Game Watch to PC Engine, Megadrive, Super Famicom, Dreamcast and more. Today we are back at Super Potato filming once again - this...

A 500 meter wide tonado struck the city of Tsukuba (located 50 kilometers North of Tokyo) a few days ago and images of the damage have just come onto TV. The tornado wrecked everything in its path, injured 55 and killed a young boy. While researcher...

Photo taken the other day at the Cool Japan Strategy Conference. To my left is Yukio Edano - currently the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and formerly the Chief Cabinet Secretary - if he looks familiar to you then its because he was t...

Located in Nagano about 200km North of Tokyo are the Tateshina Kougen Heights [蓼科高原[たてしなこうげん]] - this Google image search will give you an idea of the type of nature and scenery that can be enjoyed up there. Tateshina is where one would g...

Culture Japan is the TV show that brings Japanese Culture to the world! The show is broadcast on Tokyo MX TV in Japan and across the world on various cable, terrestrial and online networks including Animax Asia, Mnet in America and Crunchyroll. Cult...

Fed up of getting wet while riding your bicycle? Annoyed at the searing sun burning your face while out n about on your two wheeler? It looks like this chap has the answer to your annoyances with this simple mod. Looks straight forward and awesome to...

Its the Cherry Blossom Hanami season in Japan and the whole nation is out n about enjoying the sights. The photos in this post taken around the Meguro River and Onarimon area in Tokyo. First photo was taken at Onarimon with Tokyo Tower in the backgro...

The A Week in Tokyo series started back in 2007 - the purpose was to help me keep a log of my life and to share what life is like in Japan with folks around the world. 2007 was when I started up my company Mirai Inc and if you read through the serie...

You've seen the Fujisawa High School Photos part 1 and here is part 2 which we filmed for Culture Japan. Here we have the 3 school girls who will star in the Fujisawa High School segment on the show - and yes they are all members of the K-ON (Keion)...

My wife and I have been trying to make smaller versions of ourselves for many moons but have been through 3 miscarriages. We were told that the likelihood of a miscarriage is only 5% but from the amount of friends who we have spoken to who have been...

Some announcements and updates that I should have made earlier but just didn't get round to it >< I'm presenting on a new TV show called Check Time which starts next Tuesday April 2nd in Japan on Tokyo MX TV where I share Japanese Pop Culture on more...

Photos taken a few weeks ago in the holy land - Akihabara. Some of these snapped just before the Good Smile Company Broadcast and the Hobby Maker Show 2012 Winter event. I've asked this question before but that was a while ago - if you was to recomme...

More Harajuku Fashion - this time in the form of...something...pink. What would you call this style of fashion? Loading Poll... Thanks to Liam for taking this shot for us.

Back in December I gave a talk at the My Japan Conference - an event supported by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese tourism agency. The theme of the conference was "How to make Japan in...

Filming at Fujisawa high school this time last Friday for Culture Japan. You've seen what high schools look like in 2D anime and I have always wanted to show you what it looks like in 3D real life. The great folks at Fujisawa High School let us go t...

Located in West Tokyo is an area called Koenji [高円寺[こうえんじ]] - a very cozy residential area filled with Shotengai. Shotengai [商店街[しょうてんがい]] are streets filled with shops which cater for the residents living nearby - restaurants, groc...

Every March the 14th is "White Day" which is today. To make more monies from Valentines day, the Japanese invented "White Day" as an excuse for men to buy candy to give to women in return for the chocolate that they received - theres even an official...