The Near Field Communication technology powering Apple’s mobile-payments service, Apple Pay, is prevalent in North America, Europe and Australia, but the FeliCa standard dominates Japa…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years ago | 1 comment

This an announcement, not a question. This year's Tokyo International Book Fair will be held from Sept 23rd to 25th, at Tokyo Big Sight.

Here is the web page by the event organisers.

There is a …

posted by  Yubi | 10 years ago | 1 comment

For many people, the days of wandering into a store, browsing the shelves, and walking out with music stored on plastic are a distant memory. In Japan, however, the CD is still king.

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years ago | 0 comments

I have come accross the article where a gaijin living in Japan talks in detail about how much it costs to live there. He talks about rent, internet, health insurance, baby, etc, the picture is pre…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years ago | 0 comments

I have heard of a ninja festival in Tokyo but could not find any information about it. Anyone who has an idea?

Edit: Here is a link to an article about the Iga Ninja Festa, a well known Ninja Festi…

posted by  Tanuki | 10 years ago | 5 comments

Typhoon no.9 of 2016 is now entering Japan's main island.

Typhoons are common encounters for Japanese residents. They usually know how to prepare for them, and where to look for help and information…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years ago | 0 comments

Eri Tosaka has won a major global title for the fourth year in a row, and she did it in dramatic fashion.

The showdown for gold in women's 48kg freestyle wrestling was a matchup of T…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years ago | 2 comments

I am going to answer this question myself because I have looked into this subject just recently and I know what Tokyo twitter life is like :)

It was actually a small project to accompany http://akih…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years ago | 2 comments

Yesterday, a near-blind person fell on to the tracks and got killed, at a subway station in Tokyo.

Tokyo Metro, the subway operator, says that it will take another year for them to complete installi…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years ago | 1 comment

It looks like it has already passed, at least that's what it says on their website (2016.08.06-07). But I can't seem to find much info about this event. If you've been there, share your experience …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years ago | 1 comment