February, 2009
In Japan architects think a lot about how to build spaces where it is easy to live, they concentrate on making outstanding interiors. In western countries sometimes we just build to impress, we build houses with simetric and beautiful facades, we build houses thinking about how it is going to match the other houses around. [...]
Japanese CEO compensation is the lowest in rich countries: Even though Japan is having tons of problems lately, it is still one of the countries with less inequality of wealth distribution in the world. My feeling, when I compare with what I know about Spain (My home country), is that the lowest salaries in Japan [...]
Wow, this invention is awesome! It is a human washing machine prototype created by Sanyo and presented in the 1970 Osaka Word Expo. It takes 15 minutes to wash your body with this machine, and it includes a massage and ultrasound cleaning. Almost 40 years later we are still waiting for mass produced human washing [...]
Strictly talking it is not beer, it is an alcoholic beverage that it looks like black beer but it tastes like chocolate! I’ve never seen it yet, but if I find it somewhere I’ll give it a try. I guess it has to taste really weird! Japanese beverage companies like to invent new drinks continually, [...]
I found funny this notice in a restaurant. It is telling the customers to be careful not to make loud noises when taking care of their nose. Japanese are not very noisy in this aspect, on the other hand, my experience tells me that they do not refrain too much when it comes to burping [...]
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One of the things I love about Japan is how secure I feel. Here I don’t have to worry too much about being robbed. For example, look at this video, it is amazing how people leave their staff in their bicycles when they go inside the shops. Look, this guy left his bicycle parked with [...]
