We found this map in Hiroshima. These messy maps are pretty usual in Japanese cities, but this one was more dense and complicated than usual.
My friend Albert together with the map.
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I love how Japanese people keep using old stuff, reuse it, evolve it, integrate it with new things. For example, I love to find lever fountains while walking around Tokyo streets. This is my collections of lever fountain pictures. I can’t imagine finding fountains like this in Madrid, San Francisco or New York; we got [...]
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In Japan there are six original dog breeds, two of the most popular ones are the Shiba and the Akita; those of you who have played Nintedogs already know them. Hachiko dog in Shibuya is an Akita dog and this dog in the pictures is a Shiba. Shiba and Akita are similar, but Shiba [...]
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I was in Kinokuniya the other day and I was surprised to see Randy Pausch’s book in Japanese:
The book is based in Randy Paush’s last lecture that became a huge internet phenomenon thanks to Youtube-GoogleVideo.
Randy Pausch was a charismatic and well known computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon. But two years ago he [...]
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I found this other weird house in Tokyo:
Many interesting details can be appreciated in the high-res version. There is a Buddha, a bear, a microwave oven, a bottle of sake, a fan…
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I like how this shop in Shimokitazawa looks like from the outside.
This is the main entrance.
There is a Spiderman welcoming the customers.
Other entries about Shimokitazawa:
Paintings in Shimokitazawa
Shimokitazawa by kids
Shimokitazawa photowalk
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Interesting massage machine made by Sega. The user can select which areas he/she wants to be massaged and at the end it will generate your feet map with some health advice.
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Kancho vending machine
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This is not my picture, I’ve never seen something similar, I found it here.
Other vending machines:
Used underwear vending machine
Flower vending machine
Free drinks vending machine
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These shops are specialized in cleaning and massaging your ears, I’ve never seen anything similar. One of the incentives is that the client can choose the girl who cleans your ears. One hour cleaning is 4.500 yen (27 euros) and you can find all their shops here, just in case you feel like something different [...]
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