Japan it UP!Japan it UP!A blog by an guy living in Japan with pictures and first hand encounters, Articles
Japan Adventures
2008-05-20 03:09:00 A few of our close friends have come to visit for our wedding! I won’t be updating this site until June 1st, so until then if you’d like to see some daily updated pictures you can visit their site. More About: Japan , Adventures
Finding a barber shop
2008-05-13 23:55:00 One of the easiest things to find in Japan is a barber shop or hair salon. Barber shops have the old school barber pole in front. Hair salons usually are bright, or trendy, or they have a person outside handing out flyers. I live downtown and a haircut is costs 4000-5000 Yen for men which ... More About: Shop
Hiragana - DONE!!
2008-05-06 15:56:00 I posted back on April 11th about learning Japanese and starting with Hiragana. The following day I went to a Japanese conversational lesson and I had no freaking clue what was going on. The sensei spoke very little English and the other students were Chinese and were reading Kanji. After class the sensei suggested in ...
Downloading Nine Inch Nails super fast!
2008-05-06 10:39:00 A little while ago I was talking about my internet speed here in Japan and I must say that today I’m loving it! I downloaded the latest Nine Inch Nails album in about 45 seconds. Not bad for $50 a month internet service! Here’s a screen shot I took. More About: Super , Fast
The Gym
2008-05-01 08:28:00 I mentioned them gym in my post about shrinking. Well, a gym membership is very expensive in Japan. In the U.S. I was a member of Gold’s Gym in the U.S. and paid $25 a month. Before that I paid $50 a month for a bigger gym with more options. Both were open 24 hours ...
Some bathroom pictures
2008-04-30 08:55:00 Here are some pictures I took of a few toilets here in Japan. I find it interesting how they have traditional toilets, then toilets we use in America, and how they have many public toilets. Right by Tenjin they have a men’s toilet with no door and you walk buy and can see a guy ... More About: Pictures , Bathroom
I?m Shrinking? Time to get big!
2008-04-29 13:30:00 I’ve been in Japan for almost 8 months. My diet has changed, I walk a lot more (or further) on a regular basis, and I don’t drink as regularly as I used in the U.S. with my friends (and the bowling league!), and I’m not doing as much manual labor type of things (casual sports, ... More About: Time
My Wedding is in less than a month!
2008-04-28 08:55:00 I tend to keep personal aspects of my life… well… personal, but this is a very exciting time in my life so I wanted to share. We’re both really excited and still have a few things to take care of. I can’t believe it’s in 26 days! In about 20 days some guests from America will ... More About: Wedding , Family and Friends , Month
500 ML Coke for 100 Yen
2008-04-27 10:51:00 I was craving a bubbly soda and I’ve hit the jackpot! I’ve seen soda in the (estimated) 16oz/500ml plastic bottles just like the U.S. but they run about 150 yen. A while ago I went from convenience store to convenience store to see what the different stores offered and I found a 500ml can of ... More About: Cost of living , Coke
A Cheap Snack
2008-04-20 06:43:00 If you’re ever in Japan and you’re craving something cold, sweet, and cheap I highly recommend the Tiramisu which you can find at Family Mart. This inexpensive Tiramisu is made with one layer of chocolate cake, one layer of vanilla pudding, and coffee + cocoa sprinkled on top. The price… 105 Yen. The satisfaction… 80% It seems to ... More About: Food , Snack , Cheap
My Cherry Blossom Viewing
2008-04-16 06:52:00 Cherry blossom trees, or sakura (see more info at Wikipedia) look amazing and this year I got to experience them for the first time ever in my life! I’ve seen some pictures of the trees, I heard they’re beautiful, I heard they’re romantic, I heard they’re magical, but I didn’t hear about the crazy drunken madness ... More About: Cherry Blossom , Cherry , Viewing
I?m not on vacation any more!
2008-04-11 02:32:00 It’s time to learn Japanese. I’ve been in Japan for a little over 6 months and I like the country a lot. It feels like I’m in another world, a much different feeling I get from traveling to other countries. My main barrier is that I don’t speak the language and that makes it difficult to ... More About: Vacation
The Hair Salon that Failed
2008-04-07 05:16:00 A new salon opened here in Fukuoka a few months back. The name made me laugh every time I saw the sign. Ahhhh, good times, good times. Unfortunately it seems like they were open for a few weeks and then closed up shop or moved. I’m not sure why, but the prices were comparable or a ... More About: Hair , Salon
Construction in Japan
2008-04-04 11:30:00 One of the interesting things I’ve seen in Japan has to be how manual labor works. There are always two or more people to complete a task and most of the time it looks very efficient compared to the U.S. Let’s take construction for example… construction workers tend to get busy using everything from cranes ... More About: Construction
9 Pounds of Oatmeal
2008-03-09 08:09:00 When we first moved to Fukuoka we stopped by Costco with some friends. One of the items I bought was 9 pounds (4.08 kg) of Quaker Oats which I eat for breakfast a lot. I ran out this week but luckily we went to Costco a few weeks ago and I grabbed another box. Sure ... More About: Oatmeal
Chihuahua Cosplay
2008-03-07 07:33:00 You may remember back in 2007 that Lulu was dressed up for halloween, well this morning was cold so I decided to dress her up. She was loving her bee outfit and it was cute and funny at the same time because she was running around and playing It’s amazing how big she’s gotten and ... More About: Cosplay , Chihuahua
Starbucks in Japan
2008-03-05 09:26:00 Yeah… I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it or not but I’m 15 minutes away from 6 Starbucks Coffee shops here in Fukuoka. Now that’s going north, south, and east. I haven’t checked west yet…. there’s probably 3 more that way somewhere. One of the Starbucks is across the street from another Starbucks and about 3 blocks or so from another one down the side street. So here we are… going into the Starbucks that’s inside Tsutaya. For the record… Tsutaya is pretty sweet. It’s 6 stories and you can rent DVDs, CDs, buy them, get books and magazines, and enjoy some Starbucks. The DVD releases that have been out for a while usually run on a special that’s 4 DVDs for 1000 Yen. I’d say about $9-10 US. Here’s kind of a cool photo And here’s a picture I took from Starbucks of Starbucks across the street while enjoying some coffee with some friends. By having so many Starbucks so close to me I&rs... More About: Japan
What?s your internet speed?
2008-03-01 08:03:00 I have fiber optic internet here in Japan and for about $50 USD per month it’s a pretty good deal for how fast it is. It’s cheaper than my old Comcast cable modem too. Sometimes it seems lightening fast, other times sites from the U.S. load slow but it could be on the other end and not the fault ... More About: Internet , Cost of living , Speed
Japanese Commercial: Street Fighter 4
2008-02-29 04:04:00 Here’s a commercial for Street Fighter IV: A New Beginning. This looks really awesome! I decided to post this video because of my friend Nick back in California… it reminded me of the home built arcade style controller we used for tournaments during poker night. It seems so advanced compared to the original. You can ... More About: Commercial , Japanese , Street Fighter
More Yahoo! Dome Action
2008-02-21 23:32:00 I forgot to include this picture so here you go! What’s interesting is right when we entered the Yahoo ! Dome there was a cell phone company giving us king size snacks that taste like Cheetos. And there’s a snack bar, just like any other baseball stadium, but instead of beer, brats, and burgers they sell ... More About: Food , Action , Yahoo!
Shochu Fair at the Yahoo! Dome
2008-02-21 03:28:00 How do you get your drink on for only 300 Yen? Easy, hit up the shochu fair at the Yahoo ! Dome here in Fukuoka! We went to the shochu fair the other Saturday (Feb 9th) and it was pretty sweet. This was our first visit to Yahoo! Dome (home of the Softbank Hawks), here’s a ... More About: Fair
Kani Nabe Action
2008-02-20 03:13:00 I had some nabe (pronounced: naw-bay) the other night and it was the bomb! I’m going to throw in some terminology with pronunciation on this Japan it UP! entry. This tasty dish is a soup or stew that’s served in a clay pot because it stays warm after the flame is turned off. You ... More About: Action
Pet food bill bans production, import of products deemed harmful
2008-02-20 03:08:00 A bill to ensure the safety of pet food bans the manufacture, sale and import of products containing substances deemed harmful and requires makers and importers to report their business to the government, an outline of the bill said Wednesday. (Kyodo) More About: Products , Food , Pet Food , Production , Bill
Japan brings down Godzilla of spam
2008-02-19 23:28:00 Japanese police have arrested a "prolific spammer" who allegedly bombarded inboxes with hundreds of millions of messages punting internet gambling and dating sites. (The Register) More About: Japan , Spam , Godzilla
Teenager's Rape By Marine - Public Reaction Mute
2008-02-19 23:28:00 While the Japanese government will formally complain to United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about the alleged rape of a 14-year-old junior high school girl by a U.S. marine on the southern Okinawa island, public reaction to the incident has been muted. (IPS) More About: Public , Marine , Rape , Reaction , Mute
Strange Size Soft Drink
2008-02-19 16:41:00 You might remember my post about the tiny Japanese Coca Cola, well I guess I’d call this one a huge size here in Japan. Mai (my fiancee) and I were eating at a crepes shop a few days back and we noticed this display with a different looking large size container. It’s about the size ... More About: Drink , Soft , Strange , Size
15,000 plastic containers washed ashore on Sea of Japan coast
2008-02-19 11:12:00 About 15,000 plastic containers have washed ashore on the Sea of Japan coast since January, with one third of them carrying Hangul characters, Environment Ministry officials said Tuesday. (Kyodo) More About: Plastic , Coast
Pilot misheard 'wait' command
2008-02-18 23:07:00 The captain of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet that nearly rear-ended another plane on the runway at Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport on Saturday after starting its takeoff run without permission has told investigators he misheard an instruction from the control tower to wait as permission to take off, it has been learned. (Yomiuri) More About: Command , Pilot , Wait
U.S. marine held over illegal entry in Okinawa
2008-02-18 23:07:00 A 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corps corporal was arrested Monday on suspicion of breaking into a house in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, and falling asleep on a sofa, police said. (Yomiuri) More About: Illegal , Entry , Held
Japanese women hairstyles track economy ups and downs
More articles from this author:2008-02-18 11:23:00 Economic forecasters beware: Japanese women are cutting their hair again. Women tend to wear their hair long when Japan's economy is doing well and short when there is a slump. (Reuters) More About: Economy , Track , Hairstyles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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