The last two articles, defining culture shock and preparing for culture shock, were leading up to this. Dealing with culture shock while you’re shocked is the most important piece of the puzzle. Ther…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 10 months ago | 1 comment

SoftBank's emotion-sensing robot Pepper will be available to buy in Japan from June 20 for around $9,040 (¥ 1,093,400). That price includes the robot's retail cost of JPY 198,000 (about US$1,600) as …

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TOKYO -- Hotels in Tokyo, Osaka and other major cities in Japan are nearing capacity as tourists stream in, leaving some travelers struggling to secure rooms. Foreign customers at Hotel Okura Tokyo j…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

I have put together a shopping guide for anybody who is going to travel to, or currently lives in Tokyo. Anybody who is interested in photography knows how confusing and overwhelming Tokyo is. The fi…

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Additional screens and fewer advertisements will be featured on new trains for the Yamanote Line in Tokyo next month when the bustling loop gets its first upgrade in 13 years, East Japan Railway Co. …

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3D & Virtual Reality Expo (IVR) is Japan's largest exhibition gathering all kinds of 3D/Virtual Reality technologies, products and solutions.

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In the city of Charleroi just north of Brussels in Belgium sits an abandoned power station. Originally built in 1921, the coal-burning Power Plant IM remained operational for almost 90 years until …

posted by  RamenRyan | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

People who know me, also know, that I love good food.

And Japan is the place to be for interesting restaurants and high quality gourmet dishes.

If you are into exciting Izakayas or if you searc…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 comments

Academy Award winner of the best-animated feature film in 2015 was Big Hero 6, gaining a lot of fans with its lovable character Baymax, and the fantastic city of SanFransokyo. One country that wasn’t…

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Thanko's new USB PC Lock does what you expect—locks your PC—but the real height of geekery is the accompaning receiver (that you're apparently supposed to wear on your shirt, yeah right). When activa…

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago | 1 comment