2008
Matcha is a powdered green tea variety used in the traditional Tea Ceremony. It is also used to flavor sweets, cakes, ice creams etc. It is easy to recognize since its color is the darkest amongst green teas. The first time I drank matcha I didn’t really liked it, but the more I drink it [...]
We found this map in Hiroshima. These messy maps are pretty usual in Japanese cities, but this one was more dense and complicated than usual. My friend Albert together with the map.
This is my collection of “useless doors”, there are tons of them in Japanese cities. Japanese is a relatively secure country but people usually install advanced security systems (Alarms, cameras and stuff like that), but it seems that they don’t really care too much about the security level of their garden door. For example, look [...]
I got this discount ticket that it’s valid for a dinner in a restaurant only if it’s raining. I’ve only seen in practice this marketing strategy in Japan but I think it could work in other places. Would you go out for dinner if you have a 10% discount or would you stay at home? [...]
Akihabara is the biggest electronics shop district in the world and one of the most important Japanese pop culture springs. Akihabara dreamed place for gadget, technology, anime, video games, robots and manga lovers. Akihabara is where many geeks and otakus from all around the world dream to travel once in their life. Located near Tokyo [...]
Recorded this video from a screen in the entrance of a DVD store in Osaka. Would you go inside this DVD store after watching this video in the entrance?
“Radio Center” (“Rajio sentaa” – ラジオセンター) is a group of many little shops specialized in electronic components: multimeters, transistors, valves, capacitors, robot components, you can even find humanoid robots! The biggest electronic components department store in the world. Walking by these shops, that are all below the rail tracks next to Akihabara Station feels like [...]
Taito launched a really cool software that uses Docomo mobile phones sensors and cameras to emulate a guitar or any other musical instrument. The software name is “Chokkanband” and what it does can be seen visually in this image: But better than words, and better than images, take a look at these videos: Sources: CScoutJapan [...]
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