June, 2010
A strategy to attract clients on rainy days by some shops and restaurants in Japan consists on making special offers when it’s raining. This way they attract people that would stay at home because of the weather. For example, in this bar, if one day it’s raining or it has rained they offer clients three [...]
Businessmen version. Seen by Alain at Narita airport.
The government of Isesaki (a Japanese city) has forbidden having a beard to all the government employees in the city. They say that it will help the environment. If the people has beard then they will use the air conditioner more and then there will be more pollution; if people doesn’t have a beard then [...]
I share with you some photos that I took during a typical week of work routine in Tokyo but that I tried to enjoy to the fullest. I hope you have a nice week! Chilling around Shibuya. Antonio beat us playing darts at the Club Sega for adults iPads are everywhere in Tokyo. Up until [...]
Nothing to do with Japan, but I came across this hilarious movie scene from the 1995 Indian movie Alluda Majaka, and it’s just to good not to post it: If you liked it, here you have another great scene from the same movie.
I love Japanese transparent umbrellas. One of the things I like the most about their design is that you can see through them; something very useful if you are in a rush, walking towards the wind and you have to tip the umbrella so you don’t get wet. Hasn’t it happened to you sometimes that [...]
Even though you can see it all around the world, “human advertisement” is exaggeratedly prevalent in Japan, until the point that some people is used simply to hold a sign. In this photo I like the contrast between the girl in the background holding patiently an advertisement for an Internet provider and the cardboard figure [...]
