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Snow In Tokyo
2008-02-05 07:27:00 A day or so after i hoped we’d seen the worst of winter, i woke up Sunday morning to a good covering of snow outside. It snowed pretty much all day which to many would be an inconvenience but to someone growing up in Australia it was more a novelty. Pretty much the whole of Tokyo ... More About: Snow
Canon IXY Digital L4 Camera Competition
2008-02-02 07:26:00 After the success of the last competition and to launch Japan Singles, It’s that time again, where for as little as subscribing to my site, you’re in with the chance to win a new Canon IXY Digital L4 Camera . That’s right, the prize is a brand spanking new 7.1 meg Canon IXY Digital L4 Camera and here`s ... More About: Technology , Competition
Photo Hunt - Narrow, Semai
2008-02-02 02:38:00 This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Narrow or Semai (???) in Japanese Starved for space in Japan using the word narrow for descriptive purposes is appropriate on many occasions. The housing, streets, footpaths when existant, shops, restaurants and most other day to day activities, involve navigating your way through an all round narrow society ….. there’s certainly ...
A Long Japanese Winter
2008-01-31 08:12:00 It’s been a quiet week for me this week, we’re in the middle of long winter and it’s cold. Tomorrow signifies the beginning of the last official month of weather and fingers crossed it’s on the improve. I’m changing hosting companies at the moment due to traffic restrictions and things have been troublesome to say the least. ... More About: Japan , Winter , Japanese , Long
Miss Nippon 2008 / Miss Japan 2008 - Suzuki Eri
2008-01-28 08:58:00 Today i attended this years Miss Nippon / Miss Japan (????????????????) contest and what a day it was. Firstly let me clarify, Miss Nippon and Miss Japan are one and the same, Miss Universe Japan is a different contest which started in 1998. Miss Japan Pageant The Miss Japan pageant had existed from 1952 to 1997. During that ... More About: Suzuki , 2008
Photo Hunt - Old Fashioned, Jidai Okure
2008-01-26 02:51:00 This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Old Fashioned or Jidai Okure (??????) in Japan ese although i’m told this is not very polite and have been given some other version to use if the opportunity arises but we’ll stick with this for now. Living in Japan we’re presented with Old Fashion things every day, for such a modern ...
Mount Fuji On A Clear Day
2008-01-25 01:10:00 Coming to work this morning it was a very clear day, much clearer than the last few, which also meant much colder. The temperature when we came through the station this morning was 1′C and i felt it. Still, when got to work i was able to take a few photos of Mount Fuji , unfortunately the ... More About: Japan , Clear
Portable Subway Strap Says I?m No Groper
2008-01-23 01:47:00 According to a survey conducted in Tokyo a few years back, nearly 64 percent of Japanese women in their 20s and 30s said they’ve been groped on trains, subways or at transit stations in the city. These subway gropers — who lean, rub and pinch during the remarkably crowded rush hours — are known in ... More About: Portable , Subway , Strap
Harajuku Bridge To Yoyogi Park
2008-01-20 11:02:00 Sunday mornings in Harajuku , specifically the bridge heading to Yoyogi Park and Meiji Jingu Shrine are somewhat of a tradition for the young in Japan . The looks vary from Gothic Lolita with an abundance of piercings and dark often leather clothing to Classic Lolita wearing more traditional light coloured clothes and more mature looking and Sweet Lolita wearing childish pastel ... More About: Bridge
Photo Hunt - Important, Taisetsu
2008-01-18 23:44:00 This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Important or Taisetsu (????) in Japan ese. I thought long and hard about this weeks theme and recent events led me to choose religion as being a good way to describe “Important” while keeping a Japanese flavour to my photos. Coming from a country where religion is mainly observed by other ethnic groups, ...
Tenryu-ji Temple Kyoto Japan
2008-01-17 01:58:00 On the back of last weeks Photo Hunt i had a few emails and a request for more info from Tokyo Expat on where exactly the Temp le was i had taken the photo and if i had any others of the surrounding area. The temple was the Tenryu-ji Temple ???, nestled on a slope of the Arashiyama ... More About: Travel , Japan , Kyoto
The Coming Of Age Festival - Seijin no hi
2008-01-14 12:41:00 The Coming of Age festival is celebrated on the second Monday of January. The day used to be celebrated always on January 15 until the year 1999. This year it was celebrated on the 14th and as usual it was a National Holiday in Japan . Its Japanese name is Seijin no hi. All young people who turn ... More About: Festival
Sony Rolly Sound Entertainment Player
2008-01-13 06:57:00 I`d seen this new gadget pop up in a few places but never really knew what it actually did. After a little research the Rolly looks like a pretty neat portable music player with the added visual tricks it can perform. You can get your music in to the Rolly via USB, the software needed is currently ... More About: Technology , Entertainment , Japan , Sony , Player
Photo Hunt - Skinny, Usui
2008-01-12 00:40:00 This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Skinny or Usui (???) in Japan ese as a loose translation. Usui actually translates to thin and this was as close as i could get. Edit: It turns out the Japanese word for Skinny is Yaseta (???) thanks Paul On a trip to Osaka last year i was lucky enough to stop ... More About: Travel
Miss Nippon 2008 - 28th of January
2008-01-10 07:42:00 It’s almost that time of the year again when the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo play host to the Miss Nippon Award. I mentioned back in October i was lucky enough to meet the grandson of the guy who founded Miss Nippon back in 1950 and it was then that i made it my mission to ... More About: Japan , January , 2008
Thank God For The Meat Guy
2008-01-09 01:17:00 There`s no problem getting decent meat in Japan and certainly no problem finding decent restaurants to eat in but when you feel like some meat and foods from back home it proves a little harder - enter The Meat Guy 10 years ago with a starting capital of USD$1000 The Meat Guy started bringing in meat ... More About: Food
Who Will Carry the iPhone in Japan?
2008-01-06 09:59:00 The iPhone has taken the world by storm and the the next country to have a rumored release is Japan , and sources there say that Docomo will likely be the company to release the Gadget of the Year here in Japan. Two of the biggest players in Japan are in talks with Steve Jobs, both NTT Docomo ... More About: Technology , Iphone , Carry
Photo Hunt - Delicious, Oishii
2008-01-04 10:17:00 This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Delicious or Oishii (????) in Japanese. Oishii also happens to be one of the most over used words in Japan, that along with Sugoii. I spent Xmas in Australia this year, the first time in the last 4 from memory and was treated to some home cooking while i was there, ... More About: Food
Xmas 2007 and New Years in Australia
2008-01-03 05:02:00 As i flew back in to Narita Airport this morning i wasn’t surprised to hear the captain announce the temperature on arrival was minus 3′C. I can’t complain, after all i’ve just had a great 2 weeks in Australia with days on average over the 30′C mark, some getting too hot and hitting low 40’s. As ... More About: Travel , Years , Xmas , New Years
I Can?t Win, I Won?t Win, I Don?t Want To Win
2007-12-31 03:23:00 As i relax in Melbourne on what’s going to be a stinking hot 42′C New Years Eve i came across an interesting story on CNN about a growing group, ~4500 members so far, of Japan ese men trying to be better husbands. When i get back to Japan later this week i’ll wrap up what’s been a fantastic, ...
Australia - Beautiful One Day, Perfect The Next
2007-12-28 20:15:00 While on a much needed holiday back in Australia , finding the time to get on the internet is proving harder than i first thought. In between Xmas at the parents place in Adelaide, days up in the country and at the cricket i’ve had a few relaxing nights, pulling a few beers with friends back at ... More About: Travel , Beautiful , Perfect
Photo Hunt - Light, Hikari
2007-12-21 22:19:00 This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Light or Hikari (???) in Japan ese. Once again this week i have 2 photos i want to use, both being very different but very familiar to those living in or having visited Japan The first picture to depict this weeks theme of Light, was taken from West Exit in Shinjuku. ...
Today Is Just Another Day
2007-12-20 04:28:00 Other than today being my 35th Birthday and this afternoon i’m going back to Australia for a little under 2 weeks, today is just another day. I’ve got no real set plans in Australia, other than to catch up with friends and a trip to Adelaide to see the family in between. Tommorrow is bound to be a ... More About: Travel , Today
Top 5 Websites I Can`t Live Without
2007-12-18 07:39:00 Well i can live without them, it’s just wouldn’t be as catchy a title, and there’s a lot more than five too. Truth be known, there’s really only one i must have and that’s for my Internet Banking, so i guess this is just a list of a few of the sites i visit on a day to ... More About: Websites , Live
Photo Hunt - Small, Chisai
2007-12-15 02:36:00 One of the best things to come out of the recent competition i held was my discovery of new sites, and specifically The Photo Hunt . The idea behind this site is that each week there’s a new theme you’re supposed to follow. The themes are already listed through the first few months of next year so ... More About: Japan , Small
Mama-san Closes Sudo 1 After 37 Years
2007-12-13 02:20:00 Even though Christmas isn’t that widely celebrated by the Japan ese the month of December is full of drinking parties and celebrations to see out the end of the year and get ready to bring in the new one. I’ve never attached that much importance to Christmas but having all these year end drinking parties does ... More About: Food , Mama , Years
Canon IXY Digital 1000 Competition - Winner
2007-12-11 06:53:00 Towards the end of last month i made a spur of the moment decision to buy a new Canon Camera. This left me with the issue, “What do i do with my existing camera?” ….. hold a competition of course. What are the benefits / reasons behind me holding a competition? There were 2 main reasons; 1: New Readers - the competition was a ... More About: Technology , Competition , Make Money Online , Winner
The Japanese Salary Man
2007-12-07 11:49:00 I`d never heard of the term Salary Man prior to coming to Japan , now i hear it and often refer to it all the time, infact i am one. A Salary Man basically describes a Japanese businessman aged between 25 and 50 living a very typical existance of long hours at work, long hours at play. Living in a city like ...
Dirty Weekend 2 Hours Out Of Tokyo
2007-12-03 22:38:00 Well not so dirty, actually not dirty at all unfortunately, but it was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend away from Tokyo . Kamogawa was the location we were headed for, a city in Chiba, Japan . All up, 10 of us headed up to a friends house to celebrate their recent wedding and celebrate we did. The weekend began at ... More About: Travel , Weekend , Dirty
The Day i Drank Beer with Ronnie Biggs - The Great Train Robber
More articles from this author:2007-11-28 05:30:00 He robbed a mail train carrying 2.6 million pounds back in 1963, he broke out of prison in 1965 by scaling the wall with a rope ladder, and he has been famous ever since. I’d read the story and i’d seen the movie so the opportunty to meet the man in person, drink a few beers, and get a few ... More About: Travel , Beer , Great , Train , Robber 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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