Bruce, Cameron, Arnold, and Tommy
June 30, 2008 · Ads / Signs, Japan · 8 Comments 

Hollywood actors often do ads in Japan that they would never do back in the US. I don’t know why really, though I suspect it’s because that kind of ‘selling out’ in America is more likely to negatively impact their…

Ikebukuro Excavation Card
June 26, 2008 · Ads / Signs, Japan · 2 Comments 

On my way through Ikebukuro the other day I spotted this poster for an Ikebukuro ‘excavation card’: I had a look around and found the same poster on this pillar: “Curioser and curioser,” I said to myself. Just what is…

Meiji’s Acerola and Lemon
June 24, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 2 Comments 

Acerola and lemon, yum yum. It’s so delicious that stars will come out of your mouth. When I first came to Japan, I had no idea what an acerola was. Now, thanks to drinking plenty of acerola juice, and also…

Meiji Memorial Gallery, Aoyama Itchome
June 23, 2008 · Guides, Japan · 2 Comments 

The Meiji Gallery in Aoyama Itchome holds 80 works of art depicting scenes from the life of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912), half painted in the Japanese style and half in a Western style, each about 3 meters square and really quite…

Fukutoshin Shibuya Station
June 22, 2008 · Guides, Japan · 6 Comments 

The new subway station on the F-line in Shibuya is remarkably large, spacious, and modern. It reminds me of the subway system in Washington D.C. for all its brushed concrete blocks and cavernous oval underground spaces. Even now a week…

Stopped by the Police
June 22, 2008 · Guides, Japan · 9 Comments 

Last night I was stopped and questioned by the police. I was riding home on a friend’s tiny BMX-like bike at around 2am, just coming to the hill on Meiji Dori before my house, when I heard something from behind…

Kit Kat Triple Berry
June 21, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 8 Comments 

Kit Kat in Japan exemplify the gad-fly product life-cycle model that rules the confectionery business here, in that they constantly release colorful new but very short-lived product variants. To see a wide range of past Kit Kat flavors- check out…

Stunning Graffiti in the Ruined Keishin Hospital
June 17, 2008 · Grafitti, Haikyo, Hospitals, Kanagawa · 16 Comments 

The gutted shell of the abandoned Keishin Hospital stands blank and ghostly on the rural Kanagawa sky-line. It once housed state-of-the-art radiology and cancer departments, now the only pieces of equipment remaining are the chairs bolted to the floor in…

Fukutoshin Line Opens
June 15, 2008 · Uncategorized · 4 Comments 

On Saturday June 14th the latest and possibly last subway line through Tokyo, the Fukutoshin F-line, opened up, and I was one of the first people on it. The line runs from Saitama down through Ikebukuro and on to Shibuya,…

Gachapon Toys
June 14, 2008 · Japan, Toys / Games · 6 Comments 

Capsule Stations or ‘Gashapon’ are a big deal in Japan, located outside any place that kids or otaku (nerds) might go. They are basically toy vending machines, like gumball machines, but for toys in plastic egg-shells. The name Gashapon is…

Negishi Racecourse Ruins Video
June 11, 2008 · Uncategorized · 3 Comments 

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Ashes to Ashes: season 1- 5/5
June 11, 2008 · Uncategorized · Comment 

Ashes to Ashes is a sequel series to the fantastic Life on Mars, the show depicting a Manchester policeman sent back in time after being nearly killed in a hit and run accident. That show ended on a massive high…

Blue Pepsi, Brazilian Pocky
June 10, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 1 Comment 

After my review of Bean and Beer Pretz last week I decided the snack-cocktail combo-review should continue, so this week I bring you: Pepsi Blue Hawaii and Brazilian Pudding Pocky! This snack-cocktail should be aided by the fact that Blue…

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