The solar power boom in Japan accelerated dramatically last year, according to new data published last week by Japan’s Renewable Energy Institute.

Solar photovoltaics (PV) share of electricity produ…

posted by  Sergey | 8 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

This season's snow in Japan has been measured in metres rather than centimetres. This is not just in Hokkaido but now throughout Honshu. This is clearly good news for the ski resorts, but often an an…

posted by  Sergey | 8 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

After spending two weeks in Tokyo, one aspect of the city continued to strike me after I returned: the overwhelming abundance of vending machines.

The proliferation of vending machines is impossible…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

We updated Akihabara.Tokyo. Now it is powered by askapp.org Django based script. I am not going to get into technical tetails but I would like to outline here what functionality we have already build…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 3 months ago | 3 comments

There are a ton of different types of maid cafes in Japan, catering to all sorts of tastes, ranging from Shangrila’s “plump” maids to Ita-Cafe’s uniformed Russian girls.

But what about people who’d …

posted by  Sergey | 8 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

Nintendo Switch looks interesting and I am tempted to buy this console. So My question is when will it be possible to preorder Switch, for how much and when it will start shipping?
And of course how …

posted by  Sergey | 8 years, 3 months ago | 3 comments

Last couple of years have seen quite a few new types of treatment for hay fever. And some of those cure the problem forever.

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

There is around one crash or emergency landing each month, and this has resulted in Okinawans staying worried about these things landing on their roofs. Any particular reason for this?

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

How many of you have read Harry Potter and wondered what it would feel like to have an owl as a pet? I know I certainly did, and thanks to Tokyoites’ obsession with animal cafés I got to find it out.…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

In places like theme parks and attractions, you can get student discounts by showing a school or university ID (even a foreign one works for most places). But how does this work for train tickets? I …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments