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Akihabara, otaku and geek sacred land

Por kirai el 21 de November de 2008 en Otaku, Travel

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 [...]

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Radio Center

Por kirai el 19 de November de 2008 en Technology, Travel

“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 [...]

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25 hours travel

Por kirai el 25 de September de 2008 en Travel

These are some pictures I took from my last travel from my place in Spain until my place in Japan. This time it took me 25 hours from the door in my house in Spain until the door in my house in Tokyo. There are not direct flights from Spain to Japan, it sucks! I [...]

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Hamarikyu Gardens

Por kirai el 09 de September de 2008 en Tokyo, Travel

The Hamarikyu Gardens is one of my favorite places in Tokyo. It us located next to the fish market on Tokyo Bay’s shoreline. In the old times there was a villa used by the Tokugawa family in summer, after the shogunate was abolished Hamarikyu became a recreation area for the Meiji Emperor and his colleagues [...]

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Back from Spain

Por kirai el 13 de August de 2008 en Travel

I’ve been for a while in Spain, and I was lazy to update my English blog, I’m sorry! These are some of the pictures I took during my stay in Spain.

The University where I graduated some years ago invited me to talk in a conference.

My family.

Signing books. Yes, I wrote a book about Japan! (Sorry, [...]

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Chuo Shinkansen

Por kirai el 12 de March de 2008 en Travel

“Chuo Shinkansen” is the name of a new bullet train line using maglev technology. The distance between Tokyo and Osaka(550km) will be covered in less than hour!. Isn’t it amazing? Sometimes I spend more time moving between stations inside Tokyo. They will finish the construction by 2030.
Tokyo and Osaka are connected with a Shinkansen line [...]

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Tokyo Midtown

Por kirai el 21 de January de 2008 en JapanGuide, Travel

Tokyo Midtown is the name of the last “micro-futuristic city” in Tokyo. The construction cost was 300 billion dollars and it opened its doors last year.
The direct competitor is Roppongi Hills, that it’s just 500 meters away. Midtown’s main building is taller than Roppongi Hills Mori tower, in fact, it is the tallest building in [...]

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Roppongi Hills

Por kirai el 21 de December de 2007 en JapanGuide, Travel

Roppongi Hills is a “futuristic micro-city” that was built in Roppongi (Tokyo) in 2003. The complex has more tha 800 apartments, Livedoor, Yahoo Japan, Lehman Brothers, Rakuten, Konami and Goldman Sachs offices, a cinema, a hotel, bars and luxurious restaurants, a museum, a TV studio, gardens, a gym, a shopping area etc. All you [...]

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First impression

Por kirai el 26 de February de 2007 en Travel

The first thing you see in Japan after Narita International Airport is:

Rice, rice and more rice!

I took this video from a Narita Express train, my favorite train (fast and comfortable) to travel from Narita to Tokyo. Other lines from the Airport to Tokyo are Keisei Skyliner a little bit cheaper, JR Sobu Line [...]

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