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Narita Drum Festival 2012
Only in Japan could you find such an amount of talent in one place and at one time. 150 percussion groups and bands from all over Japan. Pure heaven for those who appreciate culture or music.
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Tokyo Christmas Lights 2011
One of the biggest surprises for westerners visiting or working in Tokyo is the extremes that the Japanese go to in order to celebrate Christmas. This is particularly unusual when you take in to account the fact that less than one percent of the population are Christians. Every store is blasting out Jingle bells and Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, all the shop windows have sleds and Christmas trees and the streets are lit up everywhere with multi colored fairy lights. One of the most spectacular Christmas traditions is the multi-media outdoor display held each year behind the Tokyo Midtown More >
Dogs in Japan
If you have to be a dog the place to live is in Japan. The Japanese worship their dogs and spoil the silly, and I mean silly. And the great thing about being a Japanese dog, as opposed to being a Japanese kid, is that there’s no homework, you’ll never have to work and there’s always someone around to clean your paws after you get home.
Here are a few examples that I saw in Tokyo
Dog attire from the pet floor of a Tokyo shopping mall
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All the clothes you could possibly need for your new baby pup
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Don't let these confuse you, More >
Tokyo on a Budget – you never had it so cheap!
Tokyo is often considered one of the most expensive cities in the world, but for those in the know there are many ways to have a great vacation without burning too big a hole in your pocket.
Here are a few suggestions for saving some Yen.
100 yen stores You’ve seen them all over the world – dollar stores, pound stores, but believe me you haven’t seen anything until you visit a 100 yen store. The Japanese believe in quality and this goes for the 100 yen stores too, so they have got it down to a real art. The 100 yen stores More >
How the Japanese keep cool in summer
The crises in Japan has caused a lot of concern worldwide. Here in Tokyo, however, what seems to worry the citizens more than anything else is the need to cut down electricity usage which at many work places means little or no air-conditioning. Outside of going into the office naked – not really company policy over here – here are some of the cooler ways (pun intended) to keep cool this summer.
1. Japanese cooling gel (source Japanese trends)
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2. The universal necktie USB cooler. (Source Reamono)
O.K. this may sound kind of stupid or all out insane but somebody has created a More >
Tokyo Design Festa #33 – cakes good enough to eat!
I found these cakes displayed at the Tokyo Design Festa. They aren’t real but they sure look it.
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More from Design Festa
Tokyo Design Festa #33 – the presenters
Tokyo Design Fest #33 – animals and monsters
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Tokyo Design Fest #33 – animals and other creatures
Here are some cute animals and not so cute monsters that I found at the festival.
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More from Design Festa
Design Festa #33 the presenters
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Sakura in the shadow of the Tsunami
The Japanese spend the whole year waiting for the Hanami. For those in the dark, the Hamani is the ancient practice of picnicking under the Sakura or Cherry blossom. Sitting under the beautiful bloom of the cherry tree is supposed to bring great luck. The blossoming of the cherry trees lasts only a few days a year but the event is talked about for months. More photos are probably taken of the Sakura than any other event worldwide. Among the thousands of Japanese participants, it would be hard to find someone who isn’t carrying a camera.
This year the Sakura and More >
There’s a Hole in My….
The Japanese version
There's a hole in my ....
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Tokyo, back to normal – kind of
In a country that has simultaneously gone though a major scale earthquake, the mother of all tidal waves and a nuclear disaster – how does one go back to normal. The crises seems to be one that will endure for months, which means that some kind of normality in everyday life has to be achieved. This is cherry blossom season and soon the Golden Week will be upon us, times usually reserved for jubilation. As a humorist, things are even more complicated. Will I be forced to perform Hari Kiri for trying to put a smile on the faces of More >
