Category Archives: Others

Idea Product: Child Strap for Going out

If you have a small child, you may have a situation like when you walk outside with your child, sometimes you are holding stuff in you hands and can’t take…

Special Report: MOEHAKU 2010 in Makuhari-Messe

    On Sunday March 21, I went to MOE HAKU 2010 held in Makuhari-Messe, [W:Chiba Prefecture]. Actually, I didn’t know what the event was about but it was an…

Get Laundry Discount with Twitter!? Japanese Twitter Use Business: Part1

  Recently, the most heard computer topic in Japan is twitter. Including various media such as TV, magazine, newspaper, twitter is introduced and the users have been increasing. I am,…

Report: Miss the Last Train and Full-Marathon to Home in Tokyo

  To you drive or take a train to go to your work? In Japan, overwhelming numbers of people take train for commuting. The last trains are usually scheduled around…

What’s this? Strange things around Japanese houses

  When you are in a resident area in Japan, sometimes you repeatedly find the same weird thing.   For example, plastic bottles filled with water.     They are…

FREE!? Amazing Zero Yen Shop Appeared in Tokyo

Recently, I read a business strategy book, “FREE” written by Chris Anderson, which made an impact on me.     This thick book tells how to make money for free…

Foreign Workers in Japan and Their Language Education

  In the last decade, Japan made Economic Partnership Agreement with Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Chile, Thai, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippine, Switzerland, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. Since the agreements, hundreds of…

Samurai Group Entertain Visitors at Nagoya Castle

  Nagoya Prefecture is closely connected with the Sengoku Busho (Samurai commanders of the Warring States period). All of the top three Sengoku Busho, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu,…

Weird Law of Electric Toothbrush!?

  Do you use a regular toothbrush or an electric toothbrush? I always wanted to use an electric one but still use a regular one. I wonder how much an…

Japanese Internet Slang

    There are all kinds of Internet slang in Japan. They were mostly born in the huge Internet forum “2 channel” but they are taking root widely and used…

Japanese Traditional Doll Festival

  March 3 rd is “Hina-matsuri (Doll Festival)” in Japan. It’s considered as Girl’s Day because it’s a day to pray for young girl’s growth and happiness. For the day,…

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