Japan Vending Machine Biz
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers on 10. Oct, 2006 | 1 Comment
I was just randomly walking around one day (I tend to do that a lot) and ran into this extremely small shop. The shop is literally so small that I could not get a picture of the inside in a way that would convey its size. Basically when you walk in the front door that [...]
Kikuna Matsuri
Posted by harvey in Culture on 08. Oct, 2006 | 3 Comments
I happened upon a small scale matsuri foor the first time in a long timea while ago. Recently I have only been attending the larger scale famous festivals, such as Gion Matsuri in Kyoto, Ebisu Matsuri in Osaka, big Awaodori parties, and though it was long ago, Handa Matsuri in Aichi. I was wandering around [...]
Cheap Beer in Tokyo
Posted by harvey in Food, Tokyo on 06. Oct, 2006 | Comments Off
200 yen beer in Tokyo. I’m a student now. I appreciate these things. This bar in Shibuya called Tasuichi serves 200 yen draft beer. Mostly standing room only. The Ueno shop just opened 7/31/2006, so I assume they’re pretty new. The Shibuya branch was packed with foreigners even on a Thursday night. I wonder how [...]
Japanese Recites Pi to 100000 places
Posted by harvey in Humor, Society on 05. Oct, 2006 | 2 Comments
Akira Haraguchi has broken the world record (the previous record was his own) and recited PI to 100,000 places. The event happened on October 4th, he started reciting PI from memory to 100,000 places on the 3rd starting at 9am, and finished after 16.5 hours. The previous record as actually set by Mr. Haraguchi himself [...]
Shizouka International Translation Competition
Posted by harvey in Language on 04. Oct, 2006 | 2 Comments
For any aspiring Japanese to English translators out there, the yearly Shizouka International Translation Competition is underway. Click here for Application instructions and contest details. This is by no means easy. I think even Z of TechJapan would find it a worthy challenge. The grand prize is approximately 10,000 USD and a one year grant [...]
Carl’s Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger
Posted by harvey in Food on 02. Oct, 2006 | 14 Comments
You can’t buy a burger like this in Japan. I think it would take 3 Japanese men, or 4-5 Japanese ladies to eat this. Or maybe 1 Sumo. This burger, has 1522 calories, and uses 1 full pound of beef. This is the Carl Jr (apparently the Hardees of the West Coast in the US) [...]
