Tokyo Islands Cafe Fair presents a selection of delicacies and specialties from the Izu and Ogasawara islands. The ashitaba plant, kusaya dried fermented fish, shiokara salted fermented viscera, came…

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By Koki Kataoka / Yomiuri Shimbun Photographer"Please move your body along with me and say 'banzai.' Ready?" A 40-centimeter-tall robot led the activities for about 30 elderly people gather…

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Source: NHK

Regardless of what some of you might think of Airbnb, this is a great idea to support people who need help after big disasters:

• https://www.airbnb.com/disaster/southernjapanearthqua…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

Have you ever been to Tokyo but you have never heard of Ikebukuro? Probably because you were too busy exploring Shibuya crossing or getting lost in Shinjuku’s sexy nightlife? This is a NO-GO, since..…

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Conventional aquarist knowledge has held that the water goes inside the fish tank, air is around it and everyone is happy. That’s just the way it is. But Japanese designer Haruka Misawa has completel…

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Japan's Defense Ministry has successfully completed a test flight of a domestically-produced stealth aircraft prototype.

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posted by  Yubi | 9 years, 3 months ago | 1 comment

Getting a haircut in another country - in a foreign language - can be a daunting experience. We've all heard stories about that one unfortunate soul who, just wanting a trim, indicated a few centimet…

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When the rest of a phone is a gesture-prone robot, other specifications fade into the distance, but Sharp's given us most of the details. It's not light (390 grams), or small (at 19.5cm tall, almost …

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 3 months ago | 0 comments

We live in an age of innovation, where palm-size computers and intelligent gadgets continue to change our daily lives in ways large and small-from our morning commute to our nightly sleep. Of course,…

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(Mamachari video by softypapa) I confess - I own a mamachari. It is a really simple bicycle that you see all over Japan. Usually mothers use them for quick trips to the grocery store or to bring the …

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