Sakaiminato city, Tottori, serves a gateway to Japan. DBS cruise ferry links Sakaiminato, Donghae (South Korea) and Vladivostok (Russia). The Yonago Airport is only 15-min drive. Please enjoy our wid…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

Where am I? You are on the Summary Page for Smart Doll - use the rubiks cube menu in the top right corner of this page to navigate around Smart Doll topics or use the cart when you get itchy finger…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 11 months ago | 2 comments

Japanese salarymen are know for their desire to wear full suits to work. While this is fine in winter, it makes offices turn air-conditioning high during the hot and humid Japanese summer. "Cool…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment

It’s been roughly 350 years since the advent of Ukiyo-e, and 38 years since the original Star Wars film. Finally someone has brought the two together into an epic space opera that combines distingu…

posted by  RamenRyan | 7 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment

Tossed aside as outdated junk by some, old videogames such as Donkey Kong and Pac-Man are now getting a new lease of life in Tokyo's vibrant Akihabara district, as growing numbers of die-hard fans se…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment

Special report Tokyo's Akihabara district may be fabled the world over as a geek wonderland and a tech writer's dream, but the reality as El Reg found out last weekend is rather different. Step out o…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment

18 years after it first appeared in comic form, creator Eiichiro Oda's One Piece is more popular than ever. But while fans might be happy to see the Straw Hat Pirates keep sailing forever, the manga'…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 11 months ago | 4 comments

Every time the train slows down as it approaches the station and the female voice announces 'Akihabara...Akihabara' over the speaker and the little jingle kicks in, I still get that same feeling of e…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 11 months ago | 0 comments

Japan has many traditional children's games and toys dating back hundreds of years. Many originate from the Edo period, when Japan had relatively little contact with the outside world. The toys' simp…

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The teahouse plays a central role in the Japanese tea ceremony. It is to cha-no-yu, as it is referred to in Japanese, what a museum is to art. The tea house is typically a minimal space, meant to hei…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 11 months ago | 1 comment