April, 2008
Last weekend I bought a new pocket camera and I took some videos for testing, here is the result after putting together three of those videos. It’s a long video, but I think there are some interesting details about Japan for those of you who have never been here. The video starts and ends showing [...]
I got this Akechi Mitsuhide figure. It’s a replica made from the original Akehi Mitsuhide’s armor which you can see at Tokyo’s National Museum. Akechi Mitsuhide was a samurai who became a legend because he killed Oda Nobunaga, one of the most important daimyo (Feudal lord) from the sixteenth century. Akechi Mitsuhide was one of [...]
Here are some steps I would follow in order to prepare a trip to Japan: 1.- Choose when Japan is a country with country with a big difference between each season. If you come in August it will be terribly hot, if you come in winter it will be COLD. The best time to come [...]
It’s been more than one year since I started writing my blog in english. I’ve improved a lot my english writing skills and met many new people who also writes about Japan in english. During the first months of this English version I had around 100~300 pageviews a day, right now it’s always between 4.000 [...]
The beautiful Sakura blossom just finished. One of the most beautiful phenomenon about sakura blossom is to see how the petals drop. It’s one of the romantic scenes you will see over and over in many Japanese films, dramas and manga. Here are some of my sakura petal “snow” pictures: Here you can see the [...]
Kongogumi was founded in 578 and it’s considered as the oldest company that has been always active since the beginning. I’m sure the people who founded this company did not write a business plan, or maybe they did and they wrote that they needed website. Right now they have a cool website, but they continue [...]
I found this interesting magazine ad at DC News. It’s one of the first pocket calculators that where sold in Japan. It was made by Sharp and it cost 84,800 yen!, nowadays that would be around 800$ Have you ever used one of these? Why are some functions together in the same buttons? Links about [...]
