Nii-hao, Taiwan!
Asiajin co-founder Akky Akimoto is now in Taiwan. On Saturday, he was invited to have a presentation on Japanese social ....
11 Jan 8:25 pm from Asiajin.com
[Profile] [Recent]
11 Jan 8:25 pm from Asiajin.com
An interesting article about Apple’s new prototype store in Palo Alto, the center of Silicon Valley. It will have a transparent glass fac....
11 Jan 9:04 am from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
11 Jan 9:04 am from Tokyo Green Space
The last post about Big Globe reminded me of two recent dinners I attended in Tokyo and Kanagawa which featured food with visible and inter....
10 Jan 9:01 am from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
10 Jan 9:01 am from Tokyo Green Space
The cabinet advisor unveiled recently that Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama would start using Twitter in the beginning of next year to....
26 Dec 2:35 pm from Asiajin.com
[Profile] [Recent]
26 Dec 2:35 pm from Asiajin.com
The small shrine near our apartment is preparing for new year. The entrance gate has pine and bamboo decorations, and the tent is ready for....
26 Dec 9:02 am from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
26 Dec 9:02 am from Tokyo Green Space
Walking on a small street in Hiroo, in central Tokyo, we heard a strange noise and saw some people staring at a persimmon tree. On closer e....
22 Dec 9:01 am from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
22 Dec 9:01 am from Tokyo Green Space
Digital Signage Consortium[J] has set up digital signage devices at Akihabara station and on the streets around there, and is helping Japa....
20 Dec 12:40 pm from Asiajin.com
[Profile] [Recent]
20 Dec 12:40 pm from Asiajin.com
Many Tokyo train stations, and particularly Shinjuku station, are magnets for street musicians. Although not a “green space” in terms o....
20 Dec 9:04 am from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
20 Dec 9:04 am from Tokyo Green Space
Yahoo! China[C] shut down its online photo album service last Thursday, and it hit tens of thousands of Chinese people using the service. ....
16 Dec 1:10 pm from Asiajin.com
[Profile] [Recent]
16 Dec 1:10 pm from Asiajin.com
The world’s most successful professional golfer Tiger Woods is now facing adultery scandal. Taiwan’s gossip news media Apple Daily ....
12 Dec 10:22 am from Asiajin.com
[Profile] [Recent]
12 Dec 10:22 am from Asiajin.com
Less famous than spring cherry blossom viewing or fall maple viewing, the Aoyama ginkos draw a crowd to see the gorgeous double allée of g....
5 Dec 10:43 am from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
5 Dec 10:43 am from Tokyo Green Space
The Huffington Post published my article entitled “Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo.” I will become a regular blogger, so if you like the art....
3 Dec 11:35 pm from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
3 Dec 11:35 pm from Tokyo Green Space
I am not a big fan of the artificial tree or of Christmas. But Japanese love holidays, imported and national. I wonder whether the stations....
2 Dec 12:05 pm from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
2 Dec 12:05 pm from Tokyo Green Space
In association with Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, NEC and Tokyu Agency(ad agency), Tokyu Corporation, which operates major ....
1 Dec 9:59 pm from Asiajin.com
[Profile] [Recent]
1 Dec 9:59 pm from Asiajin.com
The Japan Times published my op-ed article “Tokyo’s urban design role.” My argument is that Tokyo’s past urban design failures para....
29 Nov 9:57 am from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
29 Nov 9:57 am from Tokyo Green Space
Last weekend at Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O’reilly Media’s mechatronics magazine “Make” held the 4th meeting[....
28 Nov 1:47 pm from Asiajin.com
[Profile] [Recent]
28 Nov 1:47 pm from Asiajin.com
Next Wednesday night (December 2) I will be speaking at Pecha Kucha night in Tokyo. The event brings together the widest possible variety o....
25 Nov 9:08 am from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
25 Nov 9:08 am from Tokyo Green Space
I visited Odakyu’s Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae in Setagaya and was prepared to be charmed by a community vegetable farm bui....
22 Nov 10:54 pm from Tokyo Green Space
[Profile] [Recent]
22 Nov 10:54 pm from Tokyo Green Space































