Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Japan, masks, subway, Tokyo on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In Tokyo, spring has arrived and that means allergy season – same as in Toronto. Luckily for me, I don’t seem to have any allergic reactions so far (knock on wood). One of the ways the Japanese combat this is to wear masks as shown below.
In the few months I have lived in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beer, food, Japan, vending-machines on March 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Japan is the land of the vending machines. You can find one or more in every corner and you can buy almost anything from a vending machine. How about beer? Well, of course …
You can buy drinks, ice cream, snacks, CD/DVDs, underwear (I haven’t seen one of these yet – I’ll take [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advertising, Japan, packaging, tissue on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Japanese certainly have a different way of advertising – they hand you useful stuff! People hand out lots of stuff on the streets of Tokyo and so far I have gotten: Tissues (lots of these), fans (during the summer as it gets hot here – up to 40C), gum, magazines and post-it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged catholic, church, holiday, IBM, Japan, religion, Roppongi on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our family has been attending weekly Sunday mass at a local English Catholic church in Roppongi. Below is a picture of the Franciscan Chapel Center.
This church is definitely different than our church in Toronto as most parishioners are transient. One of the customs during the mass is to welcome all new visitors, who [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beer, drinking, food, Japan, nomikai, party, sake on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, some of my Japanese co-workers took me to a restaurant bar in Yamato to officially welcome me to Japan and the team. This type of event is more commonly called nomikai, which is a traditional drinking welcome party. There were several (I lost count) courses of food served, in small dishes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, fuel, Japan, technology on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recent stories about use of fuel cells in homes in Japan, from USA Today.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Japan, robots, technology on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lots of recent news coverage about Japan and Robots.
