How important is Japan as a country? Japan used to have second largest GDP in the world … but it is not any more. Japan held more innovations than oth...

This contractor must not be licensed nor insured. This is one scarily way to clean windows in high places.

The daylight Saving Hour will start tomorrow. Here is the current time in Seattle… If you want to display your time zone on your web site, use http://...

I went to SEATAC today. To get there at 6:00pm, I left Bellevue at 5:00pm. It took little over an hour but the same trip without traffic should take no more than 25 minuets. Traffic really suck here in Seattle. I wish the railway is more developed.

When you say downtown Tokyo, which part of the city are you talking about? Unlike west coast cities of the US, Tokyo developed around the rail stations. So, depending what you are looking for, you need to specify which train station you mean. This is a image of Shinagawa station. This station is near the large offices somet...

I went downtown Seattle today to attend Seattle Executive Association meeting. We have this meeting every week and I am a member for last 10 years.

One thing that most foreigners are surprised when the visit Japan is the public transportation infrastructure. Unlike other countries including the US...

The difference between government and corporations. When government ask you to pay for something, you have no choice but to pay. When corporations set the price, you have choice not to buy. Socialists are against the corporations but the pile should be against government if they want freedom. Remember, corporations k...

Have you ever heard of "Caricature"? It is a form of drawing and I got one made in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caricature

I walked about 4 miles yesterday from Ashiya to Sumiyoshi. Here are some pictures I took on the way.