2009
Sapporo has put on sale 250 six-packs of beer produced in space. The six-packs, holding 330-ml bottles, are available at a price of ¥10,000 each (around 75 euros, 110 dollars). What makes the beer special is that the original barley seeds were stored for five months in the International Space Station. It is the first [...]
Usually best selling books in Japan are not novels, but this year things have changed and the top best selling book in Japan has been 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. The novel, published by Shinchosha has two volumes, and both occupy the top two spots in the ranking. 1.- The novel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. The [...]
This machine can paint your nails for an euro and a half ($2) per nail. You introduce the money, select the desired design and you put you fingers two at a time. Fabulous! The problem is that it takes between four and five minutes to paint two nails, so if you want to paint all [...]
This hand painted mural makes you want to install smoke detectors at home. Even when representing an emergency situation, Japanese people have a good sense of humor, the painting is full of kawaii details; notice that the moon can be seen… and even a frog!
The robot dinosaur Pleo, designed by one of the Furby creators, can often be seen lately around Tokyo but I have the feeling that it is not selling very well. Do you know if it’s popular in United States / Europe…?
Nowadays some people still tend to put all Asian people together, they think they are all the same, have a very similar language and all think alike. If we only take into account that China has three times more population than all Europe together, the diversity has to be wider. To clarify, I will write [...]
I came across this song which is hilarious, its main line is: “Don’t be embarrassed to fart, there’s nothing wrong with it, it is something natural”. Notice the dance move that simulates a fart (“Onara” in Japanese): Found at An Englishman in Osaka. Other posts about farts: How to fart without stinking too much Who [...]
Strolling around with Pablo at the outskirts of Okayama we found this strange shop selling solar panels. It seems that before they used to sell parabolic antennas but, little by little, they have changed their business model and now they install solar panels. It grabbed my attention the interior of the shop, in this high [...]
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