Smart Vending Machines unveiled in Japan
Japan is vending machine land and it is estimated that there is a vending machine for every 23 Japanese person. Billions on....
28 Aug 4:51 am  from  Jamaipanese   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shinjuku Night Lights
I had blogged about Shinjuku last year.  It is one of the most popular and famous districts in Tokyo, Japan.  This blog post is a pictoria....
20 Aug 12:43 am  from  Konnichiwa   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shibuya Monkey Returns?
A monkey that has been romping around parts of Tokyo since Aug. 6 could be the monkey that ran through Tokyo’s Shibuya station on Aug. 20,....
10 Aug 10:09 pm  from  Lets Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyu Hospital covered in vines and plants
The Tokyu Hospital building in Ookayama is truly stunning. I blogged about it last fall, when I noticed that the Tokyu rail/construction/re....
10 Aug 2:15 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Railway station message boards in Japan
Here’s a little bit of Japanese rail transport recent history I wasn’t aware of, uncovered in a survey by goo Research and reported on b....
28 Jul 12:33 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Life in Japan #4: Using the Train
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14 Jun 10:29 pm  from  Henry in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Put your back into it: the art of pushing people into trains.
*Shakujikoen no longer looks like this apparently. Also, way to go guy @ 0:13 *Sensible advice: “Take the next train.” *The silly for....
19 May 2:19 am  from  chirimotsumoreba   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ameyayokocho Market
Ameyayokocho is an open-air market in the Ueno district of Tokyo, steps from the JR Ueno train station. This narrow shopping street is l....
16 May 8:21 am  from  Konnichiwa   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Summer is coming, it’s now time to invest in a new notebook cooling dock.
Yesterday we had up to 33°C in Japan, and we all know that Laptops can quickly get seriously hot in the summer. This is why Green-House dec....
6 May 5:51 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Samsung STORY Stations goes USB 3.0
Being among the sleekest external HDD case available, the Samsung STORY Station just received a nice little upgrade with the support of USB ....
26 Apr 12:05 pm  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Train bento: A Japanese treat, with organic rice
Last weekend I went to Suwa in Nagano with Kobayashi sensei of Sinajina for the famous, once every six years onbashira festival. Over two m....
14 Apr 9:05 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
New bicycle parking at local station
The Sugiyama Koen near Shin Nakano station has just been renovated, with a shiny new playground and some new landscaping. I am glad they ke....
13 Apr 9:04 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shinagwa Station
There are already many colorful advertising boards at Shinagwa Sation, but an additional 44 large monitor boards just arrived to fill up som....
2 Apr 10:16 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yamanote Line automatic doors
Looks like the advertising is going to get hidden out by the new doors. Wont be long before that advert might have to be attached to the new....
24 Mar 6:45 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
More flowers in transit bathroom
These flowers were discovered in Odakyu’s Shinjuku station’s mens room. Like the two liter bottle with ivy in JR Metro, these flowers s....
16 Mar 9:08 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Trains
The driver cab of the Yamanote Line heading for Tokyo Station. Really like the place drivers have reserved for putting their pocket watches.....
5 Mar 6:49 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
meiji chocosk
meiji chocolate have wrapped an entire kiosk in their brand at Tokyo Station. Saw this great form of advertising at Tokyo Station for meiji ....
19 Feb 1:34 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Doll Festival
A closeup of the Hina Ningyo display at Ryogoku Station. I was at Ryogoku Station, where the Sumo is held in Tokyo, to visit the offices of ....
18 Feb 3:17 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Snow Train
Just got back from my one night trip to Yokote where they were holding the annual Kamakura and Bonden festival. The weather was sunny and wa....
16 Feb 11:02 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A Mysterious Door at Hanzomon Station
Japan is well-known for being uniquely weird, but this door found at Hanzomon Station really wins the prize. It actually took me almost a wh....
9 Feb 5:02 am  from  Yonasu   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bento Box at Hiroshima station
I got this Bento Box at Hiroshima station. This is a Sushi Bento including Chirashi Sushi (scattered sushi) which is middle part of it. To....
7 Feb 10:01 am  from  8tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
JR Yamanote Line Departing Melody Keychains
My love for Japanese trains has been slowly growing over the years. With such a sophisticated railway network one of the main things I’m l....
5 Feb 11:58 pm  from  Jamaipanese   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bento Box from Gransta at Tokyo station
Bento Box is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. I got this Bento Box from Gransta at Tokyo station. ....
28 Jan 10:08 am  from  8tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shinagawa station: a river of people
The continuous flow of people in Tokyo’s largest stations (Shinjuku, Shibuya, Tokyo Station, and Shinagawa) is a sensory overload of ....
23 Jan 12:53 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
An eye on Shinjuku station
Click here to view the embedded video. A short view on shinjuku station.. the station was used by an average of 3.64 million people per day....
19 Jan 12:29 am  from  LifeYou.tv   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shibuya
The rain only lasted for one day so on my third day in Japan I decided to go to Shibuya. Started off at Hanzomon station, first time riding....
15 Jan 8:56 am  from  Yonasu   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan is Eco
Japan is becoming more and more 「エコ」 (“eco”). How do you say “eco” in English? I’m not even sure. It’s a Japanese abbre....
6 Dec 2:19 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Holiday plants in Metro & Odakyu stations
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] 
Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae
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] 
Art in Shibuya Station, Tokyo (Japan)
Model: NIKON D60 ISO: 100 Aperture: f/1.4 Exposure: 1/60 sec Focal Length: 50 mm Related posts:Walking to Shinjuku station, Tokyo (Jap....
19 Nov 8:41 am  from  Alexandregervais   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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