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Hi guys! Its been a really long time since I posted on here, but that's because I been traveling like crazy. I been traveling to different parts of Asia these past few weeks and finally settled down in Tokyo now in the Asakusa/Ueno/Iriya area. I will...

Every begin has an end. Like my trip to Japan has come to an end. The effort for saving up the money for the trip and looking towards the moment the journey begins was a long long wait. As I am back at my own place starting to write my experiences du...

I had a great time at Culture Japan Night Tokyo 9 last night. So happy to meet up with many comrades there and enjoyed OTAKU talking very much. Thanks everyone who talked with me. Thank you Danny-san! Tokyo CGM Night Vol.8 [18th Jun 2010] http://www...

On April 12th, I went to the Kyoto Botanical Gardens. It’s Spring and with the sakura fully bloomed (gone by May), there was no better time for me to visit a botanical garden for the time that I’m here in Japan, me thinks. First, I passed by the Kamo...

Just to share some pictures I took of the Tokyo cityscape and the two prominent towers, namely the Tokyo Sky Tree and Tokyo Tower. There are many skyscrapers in Tokyo with observatories that offer great views of the city and I would highly recommend...

I'm sure many of you would have known about Asakusa, which Danny had written posts about and also featured in the season 2 of Culture Japan. I visited Asakusa one morning during my Tokyo trip and so here's my take on the happenings along the Nakamise...

Metropolitan Tokyo photos that I shot with my iPhone4 these days. + Metropolitan Tokyo III + Metropolitan Tokyo II + Metropolitan Tokyo

Hi, I am still quite new on this. Just wondering, would anyone of you be so kind to give me tips on where should i go around Tokyo.I wanted to hunt some Figmas , Transformers, and looking for some cool souvenirs... at reasonable price.. Also just ou...

Went on a trip to Japan during late March and took these photos on one of my last days there. Most of the sakura trees have not bloom yet except for some early blooming species, so the sights were not as nice compared to full bloom now. Anyway, hope...

I have arrived in Kyoto for about a week now, and while studying, I thought that I would just share some new things I have came across. First, I ate something really delicious the other day and it was メロンパン Melonpan! My Japanese probably has mis...

I had been to Kyoto before, but this time i decided to do it in another way. Able to guess which scenes they are being adapted in the K-ON anime? Most K-ON scenes are based in Kyoto. For starters, these scenes, exluding the '修学旅行' (school's ro...

The Japanese Consulate held an appreciation event called Japan. Endless Discovery. at The Grove LA, to express their gratitude for the outpouring of support in response to last year’s earthquake and tsunami. There were cosplayers, a Japanese Street F...

Received a box of cuteness a while ago ^^ It's sooo adorable! NagatoPyon.com

Hey Figure.fm Can anyone that lives in Tokyo and frequents maid cafe's help me identify what cafe these girls are from? I got the picture from the Uchimizu blog from Dannychoo.com. I really like the outfits from this particular cafe tho. The poster i...

(Picture was inserted for the sake of including a picture.) I know that I'm not the most well known person in this community. In fact, I don't make as many posts as I probably should on this website. However, there comes a time when we have to make o...

Woke up to find out that the Tokyo Marathon was going to be running right down the street where my hotel was so I figured it would be a good time to take a cruise down the river. Quite surprised I was able to get to ride the Himiko cruise ship which...

Hey guys, as promised - here is the Windows version. Unfortunately, you will have to enter your password when you run the shortcut, but apart that, it works the same comfortable way as it does on Mac & Linux as described before :) Here is the link to...

親子丼！ Today's Dinner! Oyakodon. One of my favorite Japanese dishes. Miku and I thought I'd share it with you today. Ingredients 1 Tbsp oil 3/4-1 lb chicken 1/2 onion sliced VERY thin 1 cup chicken broth 6 shitake mushrooms 1 carrot julienned 1...

In a long blog post, I've described how to install Kanatest on a Linux server and then X-Forward it to a Mac desktop. I guess this could be of interest for some people here :) This should also work with putty on a Windows client. I will create try it...

Hey Figure.fm, hope everyone is having a good weekend. I am a long time lurker, but I seldom post. I'm fortunate enough to be able to travel to Japan this summer. This is my first time going, and while I've done a lot of research(Rin's Guide is a lif...

Well, i was planning on going to Tokyo, Japan sometimes this summer, but i need some insight on some of the do's and dont's. this is my first trip to any other county, and actualy my first time on a plane. So i have no idea what i need to know, what...

ok i went off to Nikko for 2 nights 3 day stayed. there is that saying "what a difference a day make", cuz on day one when i arrive it was rather sunny but the next morning i woke up to a snow filled land scape. nikko was fun, due to the owner's of...

Well, today was the first time in more than 20 years that I've seen snow in person and it happened in Tokyo of all places. I knew it was going to be a rainy day but got quite a surprise when I saw it was cold enough to make it snow. Decided to stay c...

Well today was my last day here in Tokyo, I really enjoyed the time here and I was really lucky with the weather! I'm quite glad that I can go back home...mostly because of that one person, but I know that it won't be the last trip to Japan! Today I...