With our friends at Juyoh Hotel we have installed this webcam so you could see the live stream of the beautiful Tokyo SkyTree.

posted by  banzaitokyo | 4 years, 10 months ago | 4 comments

This column marks one full year of writing a monthly column for SNA, so let’s take a break. Instead of writing about current events, let’s focus on something more cultural about life in Japan.

These …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 4 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Covid and a campaign to encourage cashless payments prompts credit card companies to consider adding 17th digit

Japan is running out of credit card numbers amid a surge in online shopping during the …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 4 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Tokyo’s Akihabara district is losing two landmarks this month, but it’s not all bad news for the neighborhood. The newest member of the neighborhood is Tokyo Video Gamers, which differentiates itself…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 4 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

A bigger and more immersive version of a themed facility based on the popular Japanese science fiction anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" has opened in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district.

posted by  banzaitokyo | 4 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

An iconic location in Tokyo is going away at the end of the month as the SEGA Arcade in Akihabara is shutting down on August 30th. If you're not familiar with the location, you might be if you pour t…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 4 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

It’s coming together—literally! Japan’s giant Gundam appears nearly finished and ready for its first steps. In a recent video, Gundam Factory Yokohama, which is constructing the 18-meter-tall, 25-ton…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 4 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

Without Japan’s contributions, we would not have the video game industry we have today. And while we all know that there are a multitude of excellent Japanese games available for PS4, you may be unaw…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 4 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 10:45 | All, Japan, CoronavirusThe East Gardens of the Imperial Palace grounds reopened Tuesday to the public after a closure of about two months due to the novel coronavir…

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 1 month ago | 0 comments

In a one-point perspective drawing, imaginary vanishing lines along an object recede to one vanishing point on an imaginary horizon line (in this case, think “eye-level line”) in the distance.
Accord…

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 1 month ago | 0 comments