Archive for the 'Living in Japan' Category

Entertainment Cafe Pink Big Pig in Kabukicho

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

No, Pink Big Pig located in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo is not some kind of sleazy fetish bar but a Pork themed restaurant,  lounge and karaoke complex .  The restaurant has a buffet that features over 50 types of pork also includes  delicious bread, rice, pizza, pasta, sweets and ice cream.

The complex also has darts, fortune [...]

Japanese Watermelon the size of Godzilla’s Egg

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

This big watermelon is the same size as Godzilla’s Egg so it seems.

Hello Kitty at Hard Rock Cafe Tokyo

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

From May  last year, photos showing an exclusive limited edition Hello Kitty pins and apparel at the Hard Rock Cafe Tokyo Japan.

Some items still available.
Source: Tokyobling

Adult Diapers are big sellers in Japan

Monday, March 1st, 2010

With it’s elderly population growing, adult diapers are big sellers in Japan.  Here’s a typical TV commercial for adult diapers

Japanese Train Station Engrish restroom sign

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Photo taken at a Japanese train station. A restroom sign using bad Engrish.

Takuo Toda world record holder for flying paper planes

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

How long can your paper plane fly for?  In competitive paper airplane throwing, a 20-second flight is exceptional, 25 or better is world class and over 30 is the ultimate.  Japanese paper plane master Takuo Toda 戸田 拓夫 holds the world record of 27.9 seconds he set in Fukuyama city, Hiroshima in April last year.

Toda, an [...]

Japanese upskirt guide

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

From a dubious Japanese magazine: The science guide of looking up skirts.

Sign warning of upskirt photo takers.
Or you can just look at your new upskirt iphone app or watch crazy Japanese TV (from early 2000)

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Japanese dash for work

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

It’s an all too common site in the morning, Japanese workers dashing  to catch the train to get to work on time.  Don’t be late for work tomorrow (Monday morning).

Pachinko Matrix TV commercials from Daiichi

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Here are some great Japanese TV commercials from Daiichi Pachinko パチンコ promoting their new updated Matrix game called Enter the Martix. The TVCM’s show some funny Japanese Matrix type scenes including at a ramen shop and on a train.
The Enter The Matrix pachinko game has a new  LCD with an industry first multi-layered “VFX-Vision” in [...]

Tokyo 3rd most livable city

Monday, February 15th, 2010

According to Monocle magazine Tokyo is ranked as the third most livable city in the world.  The magazine ranked the “World’s Most Livable Cities (Quality Of Life)” using the following criteria:

Safety / low crime
International connectivity
Climate
Quality of architecture
Public transportation
Tolerance of others
Environmental issues and access to nature
Urban design
Business conditions
“Pro-active policy developments” and
Medical care

Their entire Top ten “most [...]

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