Realistic Animal Lollipops Created By Amezaiku Artist Shinri Tezuka
a hyper realistic goldfish lollipop | all images courtesy ame-shin.com Amezaiku is the Japanese craft of lollipop-making, which dates back to the 700s when arti…
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Sharp's vacuum cleaner inspired figure is complete!
Even a vacuum cleaner can result in a hero-like character! The new figure was displayed, on the 4 floor of the Kotobukiya store in Akihabara, for only 4 days (17-20 of July). As …
A Retro Game Guide To Akihabara
Greetings and welcome back to Akihabara, Tokyo's beloved and sheltered paradise of everything electronic and nerdy. It's me, Marc, Hardcore Gamer's official nerdy guy in Japan. Last ti…
Kanagawa residents to get test runs with driverless taxis - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
Tokyo-based Robot Taxi Inc. and the Cabinet Office will start a demonstration test of driverless cabs as early as January in Kanagawa Prefecture. In the test in a designated National Strategic S…
HOW TO: Prevent and kill cockroaches | Surviving in Japan: (without much Japanese)
Summer is the "insect season". Even if you are here just for travel, it will be fun to see all sorts of insect killers sold in Japanese supermarkets. With sum…
A Japanese Pharmacy Company’s Creative and Humorous Health Magazines
The Spring 2015 issue focuses on the topic of headaches, and features a masked wrestler putting an office worker in a headlock On a Semi-annual basis Japanese pharma…
Nengajo: How to send a Japanese New Years Postcard
Japanese 'nengajo' or New Years greetings cards are a fun and easy means of showing your appreciation to all those people who have helped you navigate the tricky waters of living in a forei…
Tiny electric transporter small enough to fit in a backpack
800 WalkCar is small enough to fit in a backpack Has top speed of 6.2 miles per hour and can travel 7.4 miles on full charge Once the rider stands on it the WalkCar starts automatically To change dir…
Japan's job market: IT, part-time labor 'clearly' in short supply, Temp president says- Nikkei Asian Review
TOKYO -- Japanese employers are in hot pursuit of information technology personnel, according to Masamichi Mizuta, president of major temporary staffing agency Temp Holdings. At the same ti…
Conveyor Belt Ramen: A Bowl Of Noodles Flying Directly To You
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