Category: Tokyo

Nagoya-based magazine Japanzine selected PhotoGuide Japan as one of the best Japan sites for 2009 under the Photo Gallery category. See the complete list here: http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/jz/1974/Best+of+Japan+On+the+Web+2009

I’ve been digitizing some old videotapes I shot years ago. Here are a few sumo gems.This is Akebono making hand prints at his stable in Tokyo in 1991. This was…

PhotoGuide Japan was selected by Japanzine magazine as one of the “Best of Japan On the Web 2009” sites under the Photo Gallery category. http://www.japanzine.jp/article/jz/1974/best-of-japan-on-the-web-2009

Asashoryu has never been popular in Japan. He has never struck a chord with the Japanese, despite his many tournament victories. On numerous occasions, he has projected a “bad boy”…

Well, another New Year’s has come and almost gone. It’s kind of sad to note that New Year’s in Japan is different from before. It is not as special as…

I finally joined http//mixi.jp in Sept. 2006 just to see what the fuss was about. It just had an IPO, making the founders millionaires/billionaires. mixi is a social networking site…

I finally joined mixi.jp a few days ago just to see what the fuss was about. It just had an IPO, making the founders millionaires/billionaires. mixi is a social networking…

I finally gathered my video clips of Japan taken with my compact digicam or miniDv video camera and put the better ones online at YouTube. See it here: http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=photojpn I’ve…

April 1, 2006 in Japan saw the official start of the so-called “one-seg” (one segment) wireless transmission of TV channels on the cell phone. With a compatible cell phone, we…

Wow, what an unexpected surprise the WBC turned out to be, especially for Japan. After Mexico beat the US to enable Japan to advance to the semi-finals against Korea, interest…