Speed Dating Sunday Dec 6th!
on Nov 16, 2009Nagoya Speed Dating is holding it’s 9th party in Nagoya! Date: Saturday December 5th, 2009 Time: 6-9pm registration from 6:00 to 6:30pm Drinks will be served between 6:30pm-8:50pm. Place: Nagoya Tsurumai City Public Hall, 1-1-3 Tsurumai...

Nagoya Friends - Party at Red Rock! 11/28 (Sat.)
on Nov 16, 2009Nagoya Friends 76th party in Nagoya! at Date: Saturday November 28th, 2009 Time: 18:30 - 21:00 Drinks will be served between 6:30pm-8:50pm. Place: The Red Rock (2F Aster Plaza Building, 4-14-6 Sakae, Nagoya (very close to Sakae Station) Fe...

Kyoto Immigration Office
on Nov 16, 2009 in kyoto Office Japan immigration 大阪入国管理局京都出張所Kyoto's Immigration Office is not far from the Kamo River, on the north side of Marutamachi Dori. It is actually a sub-office that comes under the wing of the larger Osaka branch.As Japanese immigration offices go,...

Giant Squid On The Sidewalk
on Nov 15, 2009 in Nagoya 歩道のイカI have seen some odd things dumped on the sidewalks in Japan, especially when city authorities would pick up sodai gomi (large items of household waste) on specific days for free.This much-loved practice, which provided the furniture f...

Japan This Week 15 November 2009
on Nov 14, 2009 in Japan Statistics Japan News 今週の日本In Tokyo, Obama Seeks to Improve RelationsNew York TimesJapanese men are no 'peril'GuardianIn Japan, Obama stresses Asia's role in U.S. economyWashington PostLa última batalla de OkinawaEl PaisObama promises to re-engage with Asia but...

Japanese Gal Culture
on Nov 13, 2009 in japanese women Gal ギャルJapan is well known for its many genres and sub-cultures.They exist in the worlds of manga and animation, sport and literature.And, sure enough, there is a mind-boggling variety of clothing and accessories that identify one as belonging to t...

The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen
on Nov 12, 2009 in Japanese food Book Review エリックさんの新・和食The Breakaway Japanese Kitchenby Eric GowerKodansha InternationalISBN: 4-77002-949-7 112 ppA dedicated gourmet, the author spent 15 years in Japan but never lost his carefree, Californian touch. Bemoaning the fact tha...

Apita Stores
on Nov 11, 2009 in Shop アピタHuge Apita stores are a fixture in central Japan - they sell a little bit of just about everything - food, home furnishings, clothes, kitchen ware.Apita is part of the vast Uny retail group which also owns Piago supermarkets, Circle K / Sunk...

Tatsuya Ichihashi Arrested in Osaka
on Nov 10, 2009 in Crime Tatsuya Ichihashi 市橋達也 リンゼイ・アン・ホーカーTatsuya Ichihashi (now 30 years old), the main suspect in the murder of Lindsay Ann Hawker, a 22-year-old English teacher from Britain, has been arrested by the Japanese police in Osaka tonight.Ichihas...

Odori Park Sapporo
on Nov 10, 2009 in Sapporo Hokkaido 大通公園Odori Koen neatly divides central Sapporo in to two. North of the 105m-wide, 13-block east-west park is Sapporo Station and south is the entertainment district of Susukino with its bars, strip joints and the Ramen Yokocho food alley.The p...