In the middle of this photo you can see the magazine Morning Manga with Vagabond on the front cover. Vagabond is a “serious” manga based on the life of Musashi Miyamoto. The funny thing is that it is surrounded by other manga magazines with sexy Japanese idols on the front cover. It is not unusual [...]
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It was a hot summer night, I had dinner plans with Hiroyuki, a friend who has been working for Sony for the last 18 years. After a few too many rounds of sake, Hiroyuki started telling me that he worked in a secret lab from Sony. After finishing dinner and a couple more rounds I [...]
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Yebisu Garden Place is a “micro-city” like Roppongi Hills or Tokyo Midtown but much smaller. Ebisu is a neighbourhood in Tokyo that emerged around the first big beer factory of the manufacturer Japan Beer (known today as Sapporo). In 1890 Japan Beer launched a beer that was called Yebisu (archaic written form of Ebisu), which [...]
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