Adorable and fluffy Shiba Inu got stuck in a fence. This is silly and cute :) After all it's not every day that dogs grow from shrubberies! Japanese Twitter user @Yamamochi223 stumbled upon this cute…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

Admit it: you're obsessed with your iPhone. And why shouldn't you be? It's an all-in-one gadget that keeps you current with your friends and family, the latest trends, and newest releases. It's your …

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

It seemed like a scene from a spy movie -- wandering around back streets, nonchalantly surveying stores and faces, ducking into a small shop, and a swift exchange of cash. The entire transaction took…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 3 comments

Tokyo's Ota Ward on Friday gave permission to an online travel service provider to start renting out private homes on the popular Airbnb model. It became the first municipality to allow home sharing …

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

This fireworks festival is held in Asakusa, only a couple of kilometres from Akihabara. If you don't mind huge crowd, this is a must-see event!

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posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

On the fifth floor of an otherwise unassuming electronics shop on a side street in Akihabara hides a store dedicated exclusively to robots. You can get everything from fully built (and very expensive…

posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 2 comments

A large photo collection from Akihabara

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posted by  Yubi | 10 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

After Cherry blossom season is over, we have the season for Roses! There is a annual Rose festival in Fukuyama city in Hiroshima prefecture.

The rose season comes to Fukuyama in May. Appro…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment

Living in Japan is an everyday challenge for me.

As a 180 cm tall girl I probably have average size in my home country Germany, but in Japan I am considered as chubby, very tall and “medatsu” – eye…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 10 years, 2 months ago | 2 comments

Remember watching those fleeting bubbles as a child and how sad it was when they popped? Well now you can keep them bottled up thanks to an entirely new kind of hourglass created by Norihiko Teraya…

posted by  RamenRyan | 10 years, 2 months ago | 1 comment