Hanging plant decorates fence in front of empty lot
I like how someone has hung this simple plant, commonly called “wandering Jew” in the United States, on the fence in front of this empt....
24 Sep 5:25 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fall omatsuri in my neighborhood
The lanterns announce that the omatsuri festival will be happening Using simple plumbers’ fixtures and scaffolding, flexible and removabl....
21 Sep 3:57 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
In My Bag: A New Social Network for People with Bags
When I started studying IT Communication and Computer Security in high school, I was forced into using a bag, every day. I was never much of....
16 Sep 11:26 pm  from  Yonasu   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sunflowers by Tokyo Metro station
Recently I was going into the Tokyo Metro station not far from my house, and I noticed a young woman spraying these blooming sunflowers. Sh....
15 Sep 9:04 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Crow Planet’s insights into urban wildness
I am reading Lyanda Lynn Haugpt’s Crow Planet, a book about closely observing city crows that offer many insights on urban wildness. Haug....
14 Sep 9:08 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Interactive map of Tokyo DIY Gardening
Chris has taken images from last month’s Tokyo DIY Gardening workshop at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, and created an amazing interactive map of Tok....
13 Sep 10:17 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Roppongi West Park is a quiet oasis on back street
Roppongi is a very foreign neighborhood for me since I rarely visit its offices, nightclubs and museums. However, with the recent conferenc....
12 Sep 10:42 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Internet Tech Entrepreneur Event In San Francisco
A first of its kind event is being held in San Francisco featuring Japanese Entrepreneurs on October 13, 2010.  This event named SFNewTec....
7 Sep 5:04 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Elaborate sidewalk garden includes plant labels and stools
This Shinjuku ni-chome sidewalk garden is exceptional in its size, care, and labeling. The gardener lives in a former shop in an old buildi....
6 Sep 9:12 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Documenting Tokyo DIY Gardening workshop’s green city map
In today’s sweltering heat, my Tokyo DIY Gardening co-instigator Chris Berthelsen and 3331 Arts Chiyoda‘s Emma Ota documented the giant....
3 Sep 6:46 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Park signage: hand-drawn and printed
Thanks to the 30 people who participated in the Tokyo DIY Gardening workshop last night at 3331 Arts Chiyoda. We created an enormous collage....
22 Aug 12:42 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Dwango Enters Engineer Hiring Race With OSS Community Grant
Following to the 20 million users social gaming networks Gree and DeNA’s hiring competition with over $20,000 rewards for engineers begi....
21 Aug 10:09 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Park and green roof provide cultural window at 3331 Arts Chiyoda
A reminder that tomorrow night is the Tokyo DIY Gardening Workshop at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, a great new arts space in a converted junior high ....
20 Aug 4:28 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Startup Saturday 2010: Asian Start-up Entrepreneurs Meet Together In HK (2/2)
Continued from Startup Saturday 2010: Asian Start-up Entrepreneurs Meet Together In HK (1/2) Startup Showcase Round 2: Na....
18 Aug 12:07 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Startup Saturday 2010: Asian Start-up Entrepreneurs Meet Together In HK (1/2)
On August 7, at Cyberport in Hong Kong, there was a one-day conference giving Hong Kong and Asian entrepreneurs the opport....
16 Aug 8:00 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Report Of Asiajin Shanghai Meetup
This is a report of Asiajin Shanghai Meetup which was held on July 24th. The meetup was held at Sunstyle showroom in Shangh....
16 Aug 6:14 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Reminder: Tokyo DIY Gardening workshop at 3331 Arts Cyd, Aug 21 from 7 to 9 pm
Please come to our Tokyo DIY Gardening workshop at the new 3331 Arts Chiyoda space where we invite your participation in re-imagining of To....
8 Aug 11:19 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Empty lots are abundant and under-used
Tokyo is full of empty lots that mark the time between demolition and building. Sometimes they stay empty for more than a year. Most are tu....
7 Aug 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Baidu’s Popular Service Tieba Comes To Baidu Japan
Baidu Tieba(“Paste Bar” in English) [Zh] is an ultra popular community service run by the world second largest search ....
5 Aug 12:02 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo-DIY-gardening project launches!
I am super-excited to let everyone know that in partnership with the amazing Chris Berthelsen of Fixes, we have launched a new project call....
29 Jul 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Town creates art in rice paddies for economic revival
The New York Times ran a great story about how a small town in northern Japan named Inakadate has been creating art works using colored ric....
27 Jul 11:20 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Morning glory green curtain in front of 3331 Arts Chiyoda
3331 Arts Chiyoda is a cool art space recently created by the Chiyoda ward government. They converted an old junior high school into exhibi....
24 Jul 4:20 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Asiajin Shanghai Meetup Held On 24th
We will hold the first meetup in Shanghai this weekend. On July 24th (Saturday), Asiajin Shanghai meetup will be hosted to ....
20 Jul 4:36 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Jsdo.it – Shared HTML5/JavaScript Playground For Geeks
Jsdo.it is a new web developers’ community on which HTML5/JavaScript/CSS programmers can play, share and collaborate wit....
6 Jul 10:24 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Sec Dealers’ Assc Postpones Banning Individual Investments On Pre-IPO Start-ups
Japan Security Dealers Association proposed banning IPO of companies who have been fundraised by individual investors exce....
6 Jul 1:18 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan’s First Banana Vending Machine Debuts In Shibuya
The Japanese local subsidiary of international leading banana distributor Dole put the country’s first banana vending ma....
3 Jul 9:29 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A mobile app for city residents to monitor and promote urban wildlife
Takahashi Yusuke, a database expert with a Keio PhD, and I created a poster for the URBIO conference last month introducing a mobile app fo....
30 Jun 9:02 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Spirits, lights, food, prayers, & drinking at summer festival
I managed to visit the Hanazono festival in May twice, once during the day and once at night. In the nighttime, the lights, food, and atmos....
29 Jun 9:01 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Summer omatsuri festivals invite spirits to commercial areas
Starting in May, summer omatsuri festivals are a public celebration of the local gods that exist in even the densest, most commercial parts....
28 Jun 9:42 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Meet-up Call: Startup Dating Preliminary Edition To Be Held Next Tuesday
Usually Asiajin covers what people are doing and have achieved in Japanese and Asian tech communities, but today I’m wri....
15 Jun 12:10 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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