Category: Japan
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Jogging around the park
Nice jogging path in the park across the river Random Statue Random Statue The final stretch: I can see home It has been a while, but I had time today on my day off (Happy Imperial Birthday Day everyone!) to go for a nice jog. I did my normal 6.8km loop around the park across […]
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Driving in Tokyo, buying turkeys, and Eeden Mall
Eeden Mall in Fukuzawa Palmetto Western Restaurant Real Pepsi in a glass bottle!! Good Burger! Turkeys at Kinokunia This weekend, R. and needed to go and buy a turkey because we are planning to cook a nice traditional (for Christmas, which is what R. thinks I need) turkey dinner for the Emperor’s Birthday, which is […]
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A busy day – another typical blog post
13.1km loop 13.1km loop detail Shrimp Gratan Doughnut This is another really typical blog post. Nothing interesting here. I had a lot to do today, and didn’t get enough done. In the morning I got up at a reasonable time for the weekend – 9:30am, and called the family back home. It is hard to […]
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What I had for lunch and other misc
Breakfast: Mega McMuffin Lunch: Bento Dinner: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Yeah, I know, the stereotypical “What I had for lunch” blog post. Well, you have to put up with these sometimes. This is a recent food post and a few other random notes. First up: food. Breakfast The other day I stopped by McDonald’s for […]
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Marketing in Japan
Aomori Marketing Mascot? Final Fantasy Posters Final Fantasy Posters Final Fantasy Posters Final Fantasy Posters The other day while walking around my local supermarket, there was a stage set up. I thought this was a bit odd, but no stranger than anything else I have seen around Tokyo. On the way out, things had started […]
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Mini Manga Reviews 2: Crossfire and Yotsuba volume 2
Continuing in my series of mini-manga reviews, we have Miyuki Miyabe’s “Crossfire” and the second volume of “Yotsuba to”. Crossfire is a pretty nice and easy read. There were two words that I learned, basically accelerant (促進) and pyrogenesis (I think that is the English for it – someone that can cause fires with their […]
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Fall leaves in Koishikawa Park
R. and Dave at Koishikawa Park Nice lake and leaves reflection Two women in Kimono A Bunraku show All photos from Koishikawa Park Yesterday, R. and I went to Koishikawa Park (小石川後楽園) in the middle of Tokyo, near Tokyo Dome, for an afternoon picnic. It was a holiday weekend, so the place was packed. Actually, […]
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Fukuya open house and Fukutoushin subway line pictures
A narrow house Reading Stairs Retail Space On Google maps (the building isn’t there though!) Last weekend (I can’t believe a week has already passed and I didn’t have time to write up something quick about this!) I went to an open house that my friend Tomoki Fukuya did the interior design for. I was […]
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A new, advanced phone (nice) with an awful intercface (boo): DoCoMo P906i Review
P906i closed P906i open P906i TV Mode After two and a half years in Japan I am retiring my “sweets” AU phone and switching to a new P906i phone on the DoCoMo network. I am switching networks because my wife has been on DoCoMo for years and wanted me to switch so we could be […]
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Quick Manga Reviews
One of the interesting things about working at Amazon Japan on the 14th floor is the shelf of free books you can peruse. There are lots of manga, so I started randomly grabbing volumes here and there. Here are some random reviews (click the links on the left to go to the product pages on […]