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- 7 Ways to Smile Your Way Through the Tokyo Marathon (or any run)
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- Harajuku Thrift: Not Your Grandma’s Vintage… oh wait.
- September 27th, 2013
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- GPodding with Anthony: Modeling in Japan
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- True Taste Tokyo: Nothin’ beats an ice cold beer in Summer!
- August 22nd, 2012Category: Food & Dining
- Imagine a hot summer day - the kind of day when you take a shower in the morning - head outside and 5 minutes later, you cannot remember if you took that shower or not. Humid is just not strong enough a word. You with me? OK, good. Now close your eyes and try ... » Continue Reading
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- The Enigmatic World of the Geisha
- August 22nd, 2012Category: Culture
- As a foreigner unfamiliar with Japan, penetrating the opaque surface of its society can sometimes be a daunting prospect. When Sayuki decided to enter the secretive and ancient world of the Japanese geisha, she took on cultural practices much more complex than j ... » Continue Reading
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- Baking in Japan
- August 21st, 2012Category: Food & Dining
- Aside from running, baking is one of my favourite activities (they go hand in hand: running allows more indulging, and my motivation for running stems from my love of cakes). I'm not quite sure why I'm writing about baking in the midst of the August heat, but I've b ... » Continue Reading
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- Getting to Tokyo from Narita Airport
- August 21st, 2012Category: Travel
- There are a few options available for you to get to Tokyo from Narita Airport and these include taxi, bus and trains. Taxis are the most expensive means with a taxi to downtown Tokyo costing between 20,000 yen – 30,000 yen depending on the final destination ... » Continue Reading
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- Order 1 Pizza – get 1 free
- August 20th, 2012Category: Food & Dining
- Domino’s Pizza makes ordering food in Japan really easy with their English-language website and now they have an incredible offer - buy 1 pizza and get 1 free. Simply order one of the popular Brooklyn style pizzas and you’ll get another pizza of your choice for free ... » Continue Reading
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- The World of Japanese Toilets
- August 20th, 2012Category: Culture
- Land of the toilets – all kinds of toilets. You may wonder why I took picture No.8 – there seems to be nothing there. Well in all toilets there is always a very thin slit between the door and the wall. You can see people and it’s quite disconcerting! ... » Continue Reading
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- 頑張れ日本!苺焼きプリンの作り方☆Let’s Go Japan Strawberry Boobie Pudding
- August 17th, 2012Category: Food & Dining
- Did you guys enjoying watching the London Olympic Games? I did! I know it is a little late to share this recipe, but staying up late at night watching Tv to cheer and support the athletes live, I had to come up with a late night snack recipe that would allow me to nibb ... » Continue Reading
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- Fun Under the Sun: Sunflower Festival in Zama
- August 16th, 2012Category: Travel
- Sunflowers need full sun to grow best and bloom beautifully. If you're tired of seeing the usual spots in the city, and you just want to have fun and take lots of pictures this summer, why not try driving to Zama and take photos of its sunflower fields? Since it's sum ... » Continue Reading
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- Tokyo Sushi
- August 16th, 2012Category: Food & Dining, Travel
- Sushi is by far my favourite Japanese fare, and I think I may have found a little bit of heaven, tucked in the streets of Umegaoka: Sushi no Midori Sohonten, introduced by my foodie friend Sophia. We lined up at the restaurant for an early lunch, amongst other sus ... » Continue Reading
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- Comics, Cosplay and Coolness at Comiket
- August 15th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Events
- Tokyo Big Site - The Home of Comiket One can never be too old for comic books. This has been proven by the Japanese, as seen from thousands of attendees of comic book conventions and cosplay events in various parts of the country. These people have 3 Cs to look f ... » Continue Reading
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- The School of Rock
- August 15th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- LiVEJAM Music School provides more than just an outlet for Tokyo’s teenagers. A lot of schools in Tokyo (be they international or Japanese) have good music programs, many have extra curricular orchestra, brass, string and even modern ensembles to give student ... » Continue Reading
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- Shin-Okubo: Tokyo’s Korea Town
- August 14th, 2012Category: Food & Dining, Travel
- My friend Valerie and I hit the Shinjuku adjacent area of Shin-Okubo for some much-craved Korean fare. Even though I used to complain about Korean food being too spicy for my taste while living in Korea, I miss it a lot and need my regular dose, as it became part of m ... » Continue Reading