Archive for the 'Living in Japan' Category

Darth Vader Mint Chewing Gum in Japan

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Darth Vader Mint Chewing Gum ダース・ベイダー ガムポット in Japan.  Why not?  Get some  gum by opening Darth Vader’s helmut to get to the shiny black chiclets of minty gum out.

Cost is 760 Yen available at the local Lawson combini convenience stores.
If you want to see Darth Vader, he lives in Tokyo and you can catch [...]

Japanese hi tech multi story graves

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Japan is a densely populated, mountainous country with a fast aging population.  There is a shortage of final resting places, especially in the big cities such as Tokyo where burial plots  can cost more than US$100,000.

Japanese company Nichiryoku has created an interactive family plot that fuses technology with the traditional -  multi-story high tech graveyards.  [...]

Japan daily train commute

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

What is your daily commute like? Like this daily train commute in Japan?

First maid cafes, now Samurai maid cafes

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

We all know of Maid cafes in Tokyo’s Akihabara district. One of the newest themed bars is the Samurai cafe which capitalizes on the “Sengoku” Boom.  The  Sengoku Style Cafe & Bar Mononopu is staffed by cute girls who wear a combination of maid costumes and samurai armor and caters to lonely history buffs.

Samurai maid [...]

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 [...]

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