Posts in "Japan"

I love the vending machines in Japan. They are everywhere. I think it's computer games like Shenmue and the Yakuza series which got me intrigued in them. When I finally got the chance to visit Japan last year I took loads of pictures of them. Here ar...

日本には、暑中お見舞いや残暑お見舞いという　季節ごとに相手の消息などを確かめるための挨拶？ｗの手紙のやり取りをやったりします。海外には、こんな風習ないとは思うけど、とりあえずｗ　動画は、私の共同事業者が、キャスティングしているあぷりこっとちゃんのPVで...

Having attended Wonder Fest Summer 2011, these are the rest of my photos. Its not much but had a fruitful trip. Did not take much photos as most of the time is looking at map finding directions and looking for landmarks overhead. These are taken when...

10pm 14th / Aug. / 2011. Ah... Wake up now. I slept like the dead since I backed to base from Comiket 80. Twas absolutely hot & hard day. But, I could get my faves there! Here is a short report of my battle in Tokyo Big Sight and show you my lovely l...

today was my 1st time to Comiket, got up at 11am and made my way about 12pm. got to the Big Sight around 1pm. talk about being packed, japanese love to queue - the smell was rather off putting when everyone around u is sweating. i 1st went to the eas...

From japantrends.com Coca-Cola and the Japanese Red Cross have rolled out a vending machine that lets users donate money directly to the vending machine. Making use of the fact that Japan has the highest number of vending machines per capita in the w...

its been very slow over here, been spending more time in my hotel than outside cuz the hot humid weather makes u tired / sweating after a few mins outside. i have to go to Kansai airport later today to buy a train ticket pass that they only sell at t...

Whilst the events of Summer Wonfest 2011 was taking place in the land of the Rising Sun, we here back in Ol' Blighty, were having our own festival of Japanese Culture also known as Hyper Japan. I covered this event for the first time last year and we...

Been wanting to get round to posting this up but never got around to it so here it is. few weeks ago I got the sudden urge to make my first batch of Onigiri. I got lucky and Tesco just happens to sell the right Sushi rice and Nori :D I wasnt to sure...

today is in fact day 6 and not day 5, i was too lazy and tired to update. on day 5 i woke up at 1am and left the hotel at 5am to make my way to Osaka by normal train instead of the shinkansen. the whole trip took 11 hours lol from hotel to hotel. i...

Just as the title says, A new Kotobukiya shop has been opened, moving the old one that used to be in radio kai kan to a whole new different location. Was there on the first day and got a signature (and talked to her ^^) from Arai Satomi Sama! (Seiyuu...

This year was as big as the other times, but for me it was quite disappointing actually. Was able to get there early enough for the Goodsmile company line but during the waiting time, both of the things i wanted (1/1 scale kyubey doll, and Madoka nen...

today is WF, got up at 3am and left the hotel at 7am and got to WF at 8am. i walked the wrong way into the convention centre and had to walk all the way back around. this wrong turn costed me about 20mins. normally u would have thought the queue star...

another uneventful day woke up at 6am after 3 hours of sleep, by 9am i made my way to Shibuya. the weather is hot/humid and the sun was out today - the kind of day i rather stay indoor. after Shibuya made my way to Harajuku then back to the hotel by...

Hello, guys. It's time to "Train Otaku" again:3 Now, I'm boarding "Shinkansen" the high speed bullet train and will show you my tweets/pics with my iPhone4 on the train. Here we go.

Are you disappointed that analog broadcasting in Japan will end tomorrow?Yes! 0%I don't know... 0%No! 0%Vote recorded. Thanks!Your vote has already been recorded It's July 23, 2011. If it reaches midnight (which is July 24, 2011), analog broadcasting...

Tama-chan wrote her first outdoor experience with me~! The following entry is penned by Tama-chan originally, so I'll be posting this on her behalf without any editing... ^w^ Enjoy~! ^_~ Tama-chan’s very first outdoor trip with Goshujin-sama! Doki...

日本おめでとうございます！Congratulations to Japan for Winning the 2011 Women's World Cup. Japan defeated USA in Penalty kicks 3-1 .

Hello again! I`m cathing up in my posts again and today I`m covering day 3. So at the start of the day I checked out of my hostel and moved to a capsule hotel about 15mins away but still in Asakusa. Things didn`t start out to good since I had to che...

Hello to all and welcome to new addition of my tales in Japan. If you missed the first post and are lost, please refer to the link below: ... Thank you! So in the last post I might`ve said I had some plans to go to a maid cafe but it was too late by...

Hey if some one call help me out i would love it XD I have fios for my tv (IN CALIFORNIA) and i go to the channel on the Mnet page it said to go to 229 and there is no danny choo or culture japan i looked every where can someone please tell me why It...

First day poking around Akihabara.. Needed a 1m Cat-5 cable and an adapter for the power plug on my laptop to go from 3-prong North American to the two prong in the hotel.. Wandered around in what was sweltering heat and humidity compared to home.....

ok, just this week i have quit my job and have all this time on my hand, so i thought it would be nice to tick off one of the things i have to do in life - Summer Wonder festival (WF) & Summer Comike (CM). this being the 1st time to these events i wo...

The D-day is coming at last. Radio Kaikan, the representative building of Akiba as you well know, is going to be closed due to aging of the facilities at the end of this July. The building is dismantled completely and the shops which vacated from it...