Archivo para el año 2007

iDrop

Por kirai el 18 de December de 2007 en Gadgets

“iDrop” is a speaker where you put your iPod inside. It keeps the iPod protected against potential dangerous external agents like sand or water. Is a cheap alternative to the waterproof iPod.

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Koban – 交番

Por kirai el 17 de December de 2007 en Society

“Koban” (交番) are police-boxes. There are many in Japan, and they are all pretty uniformly distributed, there are around 1.000 only in Tokyo. The purpose of this system is to have some police presence in many places, so people would feel safe. Koban are little and are easy to recognize because they usually have peculiar [...]

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Wanted

Por kirai el 17 de December de 2007 en Various

Real or fake?

Por kirai el 14 de December de 2007 en Food

It’s fake sushi. Japanese restaurants usually show food replicas in their entrance. It’s pretty useful, because you know what you are going to eat, or at least you know how it looks like. It’s not the same in China, where every restaurant is a surprise. Iwasaki-bei is considered the best company in the world making [...]

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Shimokitawa photowalk

Por kirai el 14 de December de 2007 en Various

Some weeks ago I joined a Creative Commons photowalk. Many people joined and we had a great time. This time we went to Shimokitazawa for our shooting session. All pictures are “folksonomied” with ccphotowalk071123 flickr tag. He is Motionid, an incredible photographer. Yasuko. Derek with his characteristic pose. You mean *that* way?. Brian vs Joi [...]

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Beauty Smile Trainer

Por kirai el 14 de December de 2007 en Various

This thing is supposed to help you improving your smile: I suppose it’s a great complement for the game Face Training. Via flapyinjapan.com

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Learn how to pee and poo with Shimajiro

Por kirai el 13 de December de 2007 en Anime,JapaneseTV

Shimajiro is an anime character who is featured in many educative DVDs/merchandising/products for kids. My friend Sato explained me how having Shimajiro’s DVD complete collection helped him a lot to teach his two kids “lots of stuff”. It looks like Shimajiro is a great educator. One of the things you can learn with Shimajiro is [...]

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This is how a new era begins

Por kirai el 12 de December de 2007 en Society

I found an interesting video, showing the exact moment when Japan changed from Showa (昭和) era to Heisei (平成) era in 1989 when Hirohito emperor died. It was the first time that a era change was broadcasted on TV: Right now it’s the year 19 of Heisei’s era which is the same as 2007 in [...]

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