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Where the Hell is Matt?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Where the hell is Matt? Apparently, he is all over the world!
A video of someone named Matt Harding doing his little dance all over the world – love this video to remind us that we are living in a small world (or flat world as Tom Friedman would say).
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from [...]

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2016 Summer Olympics

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Now that the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China has officially closed and with London preparing for the 2012 summer games, the 4 competing candidate cities for the 2012 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro) are also busy with their own bid selection activities.
Below is the Tokyo’s 2016 Bid Committee official logo.

Around Tokyo, [...]

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Hanabi (Fireworks)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A popular type of festival (matsuri, see previous post) in Japan during the summer are fireworks called hanabi (花火).
Friends and families gather around to eat and drink (like a picnic) to watch the fireworks (the show is usually between 7:15-8:30 in the evening).  Because of its popularity, you (or someone in your party) need [...]

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Matsuri (Festivals)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on August 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Summer in Japan is the season for festivals called matsuri (祭).  Festivals are often based around one or two main events, with food stalls, entertainment, music and carnival games.  Some are based around temples or shrines (including the popular portable shrine which is carried through the crowds), fireworks (called hanabi – a topic for a [...]

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Sunshine City and Ice Cream City in Ikebukuro

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on August 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Sunshine City is a building complex located in East Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The complex, which opened in 1978, contains the Sunshine 60 building, a museum, an aquarium and a planetarium. It also features a large indoor shopping mall, Namco NamjaTown, a convention center and theatre.

Namco NamjaTown is an indoor theme park in the [...]

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Visit to Cairns and Sydney, Australia

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

On August 2008, we visited Australia (never been there before) for our summer family vacation – except it is winter Down Under! We are used to the cold Canadian winters, the weather was actually very nice, and it was low season with smaller crowds, so it actually was a really good time to visit.
We [...]

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On vacation in Australia

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

G’day mates.  I’m writing this short blog post from our hotel room in Sydney after a visit in Cairns, Australia.
Planning to write more on our return to Tokyo this weekend as our Internet access is “dodgey” – it is very expensive from the hotels (about $25/day), though there are a lot of Internet cafes ($2/hour) [...]

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Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan in July

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on August 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »

TOKYO (Reuters) – Nintendo Co Ltd’s Wii video game console outsold Sony Corp’s PlayStation 3 by more than 3-to-1 in Japan in July, a game magazine publisher said.
Nintendo sold 171,851 units of the Wii in the four weeks ending July 27, compared with 54,823 units of the PS3, Enterbrain said on Friday.
In the handheld [...]

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