Posts in "Japan"

Had my PS Vita since the launch in Japan and am starting to like it a lot! Lots of eye candy graphics and decent games are starting to come out. But, the PS Vita comes with a lousy feature that prevents you from charging the unit unless you use the a...

More life in Tokyo through photos. Photos taken throughout today on the Sony NEX-5N with Zeiss Sonnar f1.8 24mm lens. This snap taken at Gotanda [五反田] during lunch. The Rollerblades have been an incredible time saving tool. Have only fallen over o...

I thought I couldn't get any busier during the last quarter of 2011 when I was in the middle of producing Culture Japan Season 2. Was hoping to make it to January alive where I could take a couple of days break. Now that its January however, its b...

There are many resume templates that you can download from the Internets but I thought I'd share a tried and tested resume format that got me jobs at companies like Amazon and Microsoft and interview/job offers from Google and Apple - which I turned...

Was out n about in Akihabara last week giving a lecture at Digital Hollywood University. I dont go that often of late but when I do, everything seems so different. Many shops disappear while many new ones spring up. One of the things that I'm happy...

Pretty much knew it was going to snow due to the very cold weather we've been having in Tokyo. Last year we had to wait until mid February to get settling snow but this year our serving came early and it was really bucketing it down last night. Phot...

Today we are going on a tour of Tokyo - not all of Tokyo mind you but on one of my favorite routes from Lalaport in Toyosu down the river on to Asakusa - a nice blend of the modern and the traditional past.

Was cleaning up my HDD a bit and stumbled across these photos of some apples which looked nice so I thought I'd do a post. The following text copy pasted from Wikipedia. The Fuji apple is a Red Delicious apple and Ralls Genet apple hybrid developed...

Yesterday was a public holiday known as "Seijin no Hi" [成人の日] or "Coming of age day" where those who have turned 20 are declared adults meaning they can now do SDV (Smoke, Drink and Vote). In the past, the coming of age day was celebrated onl...

I love Teh Tarik so much that I've opened a Teh Tarik cafe in Tokyo and here are my supplies ^^ Thanks to Maurice who brought all of this over from Singapore. The cafe is located in Musashikoyama Tokyo and will only be open for a limited time - unti...

In Japan, on the 1st of January, a ton of postcards usually arrive called Nengajo [年賀状[ねんがじょう]]. Nengajo are new year greeting cards that families and business partners send to each other. Today we take a look at what some anime, figure and...

Japanese amulets (charms, talisman, omamori, ofuda, gofu etc) are carried or displayed about ones person which either bring good fortune, ward off bad luck or evil spirits or protect us from calamity.

Osechi Ryori [御節料理[おせちりょうり]] is a traditional Japanese cuisine that is eaten at the beginning of the year. It is characterized by being served in a 3 tiered box which is stacked before and after eating. The contents are usually eaten over...

Photo of the final sunset of 2011. Its past midnight in Japan now on the 1st of January 2012. I hope that you achieved all the goals that you set for yourself in 2011. Are you pleased with how last year went? If you felt that you had a bad year then...

When I first came to Japan, I asked my comrades where they recommend me visit. One of the places they said was Harajuku [原宿[はらじゅく]] because it had a load of school girls ^^; There is lots to see and do at Harajuku - especially on a Sunday. Y...

After closing all 71 stores across Japan 2 years ago, Wendy's have made a come back and their first store will open tomorrow at Omotesando. They plan to have 100 stores across the land of the rising sun within 5 years. Their long term goal being 700...

Folks may be wondering why the Japanese eat Chicken during Christmas from seeing it in anime, Jdrama or actually visiting here. This photo taken yesterday on Xmas eve in Shinbashi. Throughout all of Japan, folks can be seen queuing up outside KFC for...

Tis the Winter season in Japan right now. While the temperature is distinctly Winter, the surroundings look very Autumn. These photos taken the other day at my local park called Rinshi no Mori [林試の森] which is one of the larger parks in Tokyo....

Some lovely photos taken in Akihabara by NagatoPyon who regularly appears here n there on Culture Japan ^^; Even though we are well into Winter, the trees around Tokyo still make it feel like Autumn.

"You are not the droid I'm looking for. Please leave me alone." How would you caption this photo?

The 1/1 scale Gundam has returned to Odaiba - for those who missed it last time can get along to Odaiba now to see it before its officially opened to the public. The head was put on yesterday and is currently located infront of Diver City which is a...

Located in the Chuo ward in Tokyo, Ginza is where one would go to find department stores, fashion boutiques, restaurants and brand names such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Gucci. On a Sunday or national holiday, the main wide street that runs through...

It was 9 months ago a few days after the 3.11 earthquake when I was in Shibuya on a day like this - blue skies Shibuya I call it. I was taking photos of the apparent Tokyo evacuation that foreign media was reporting. To this day, I still get folks ou...

Photo of a netted golf practice ground discovered in yet another uncharted evening after-dinner walk. Golf is a popular and yet expensive sport to play in Japan - I'm guessing that its due to popular demand that one has to pay a bladder and a spl...