Do you know what it means when I say "There is a Galapagosization of Japanese cell phones"? Do you know Galapagos Island ... It developed its own species because the island was isolated from the rest of the world. That is exactly what happened to the cellular phone technologies in Japan. All Japanese cellular phones ev...

It is rare to see pay phones anywhere nowadays.

The top picture was take yesterday. Other two pictures were dated on the photo. I think Tokyo has recovered almost fully last October.

In Japan, much of power and data are delivered to homes and businesses via over the ground wirings. Although, it may not look good, it provides two advantages over underground wiring. (1) It is cheaper to deliver (2) It is cheaper and faster to fix It is very common to see a view like this in Japan.

We brought the urn from the US to Japan to be placed in our family grave. We did this based on SHINTO tradition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto

I have no idea what this store do ...

For a while the traffic from here to the airport looked bad, but it seems clear now. I have to take Mayumi to SEATAC airport little later. Isn't Internet wonderful???

It has been 17years since The Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake. My family lost two houses and one rental property. But everyone was safe. When we learned about the disaster, we wanted to do something, but we were too small to anything at that time. Now, we are little bigger and are able to put together the...

What is the best way to think outside the box ... Well, it is easy, if you don't know there is a box to begin with. What kind of person can see the box in front of you? Ether the person is genius or stupid or ignorant. Well, actually there is no difference between genius or stupid or ignorant. I guess, to think outside the box, ...

If the machine like this can read your credit wireless (contactless), how secure is your credit card even if it in in your wallet or purse. Is my credit card RFIF (Radio Frequency ID) capable? Is there a sign on the credit card?