PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Last day of October

Oct

31

Happy halloween to everyone. I am right now in Incheon Airport in Korea. I have about an hour before my next flight to Seattle. See you in Seattle in about 10 hours.

#Travel

Between two buildings in Japan.

Oct

30

There are many buildings that are built so close to each other, there is not enough space for anyone to get in. How do you maintaing the wiring and pipes.

#Life #Politics #Society

NEET

Oct

30

NEET = "not in education, employment, or training"

He was cleaning after the costume parade this afternoon. He is in a costume as well. It was very NEAT, not NEET.

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This is why we created Bloguru

Oct

29

I looked for a blogging platform before we started Bloguru service to talk about myself and my business. But all blogging platform came with some advertisements. As the blogging platform get smarter, it started to recognize what I am blogging about and start placing related advertisements. So, when I talk about data center, it started to place other hosting companies advertisements.

As a company owner, I have no interest in advertising other companies. So, I started Bloguru with no advertisement (no cost either to anyone). Free does not mean you have to be covered with advertisements.

#Blog

COSTCO JAPAN

Oct

29

One of the most successful COSTCO overseas operations is COSTCO JAPAN. This is one of several COSTCO stores in Japan. This is their Makuhari Store. I believe this was their No.2 store.

Because of the strong Japanese currency, selling products to Japan can be very profitable.

#Business #Marketing

Japanese Coffee Shop

Oct

28

There is a coffee stand (store) called DOUTOR COFFEE in Japan. They were there before Starbucks and are very popular. This is what I had for breakfast at DOUTOR.

http://www.doutor.co.jp/en_index.html

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Japanese Back Street

Oct

27

There are many streets like this in Japan full of signs for restaurants and bars. In those places you will find some of the best foods in Japan.

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Sushi for Lunch

Oct

27

This is what I had for late lunch in Tokyo. I already ate two pieces of Tekka Maki and one piece Tamago. All this and miso soup for 1,260yen ($16.50). Even with this crazy exchange rate, this is good deal.

#Gourmet

Japan IT Week Expos.

Oct

27

I was at Japan IT Week expo today at Makuhari. It takes about an hour from my hotel to get to Makuhari Messe by train. I left hotel about 9:40am and got there about 10:30am. I had a quick lunch and walked around for about two hours and got on the train to get back to Tokyo. I was standing up almost all the time. I am little tired but I found some interesting products and ideas.

People attending this show were wearing ties ... IT looked very formal.

#Business #Marketing

Tokyo is much brighter at night!

Oct

26

I arrived in Tokyo last night. The first thing that I noticed was how bright the city is compared to last few times I were here after the earthquake. Although the nuclear power plants are still out, they manage to generate enough power. Or may be the power requirements are low this time of the year. Plus, people seem not care too much about the problem.

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