Do you have an iPad and a book support? That’s what I had at home. I had one book support that I didn’t use, it cost 100 yen, it’s about 0.9€ or $1.3 then you need something to stick on it so the iPad won’t slide down. That’s all :-)
Physical Facebook like button
This is in Yurakucho, on my way to the Apple Store in Ginza. The panel is full of pictures of the same model and she’s wearing in different styles. You have to give a “like” to the one you like :)
Massive construction work at Iidabashi
It’s quite usual in Tokyo to see a building in some place, and after one week or less it just disappeared and after some months, you come back to the same place and you see a new building. Tokyo’s shape changes really quickly, but what I saw today was beyond what I’m used to see.
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Small power
Small, old and crappy building in Kachidoki close to a big and modern one. Maybe the owner didn’t want to sell the portion of soil where it was built. I wonder if the architects had to design the building to “avoid” that portion. The aerial view thanks to Google Maps
Japan Series, Images from a Trip to Kyoto
Japan Series – Trip to Nara
Starting a series of posts with pictures from Japan during the 2nd & 3rd week of May.
Why the FlyJin phenomenon
The term flyjin has been created in the twitter world of foreigners and expats living in Japan. It’s a kind of a derivative joke from the word “gaijin” which in some context is a pejorative term of the formal “gaikokujin” meaning “foreigner”. Basically “flyjin” means, the man/woman that flies away. This term was born due
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Please Donate
This is the sound of the Earthquake/Tsunami on March 11th. Here you have some links for donations and help: Japanese Red Cross information here. The Peace Boat information here. Save the Children information here.
Coming back to a normal life
It was about 3 weeks of silence due to the great Tohoku earthquake. I have a lot to say and little time for blogging so let’s start. However, what you will find here are not breaking news, but thoughts and conclusions from the point of view of a foreigner living in Tokyo. It was 14:46,
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Numero Email Contatto Ambasciata Italia Tokyo terremoto, イタリア大使館緊急電話番号
L’ambasciata d’Italia mi ha inviato questa email con numeri di contatto. Efficientissima, solo dopo meno di un paio di ore, ho ricevuto questa comunicazione, in italiano e Giapponese: The Italian embassy sent this email with emergency numbers and email to contact in case some Italian or relative has been affected by the Earthquake. L’Ambasciata d’Italia
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