Traveling in Japan

Virtual Akihabara Street Tour: the debut of Google Streetview Japan

For several years now travelers have been uploading photos of their visits to the planet’s tech mecca, Akihabara in Tokyo, Japan, on sites like Flickr. These charitable acts gave the poorer geeks among us without the airfare to travel to Japan a chance to taste a bit of the electronic future bubbling underneath the country's surface. But now with the debut of Google Streetview for Japan, anyone can virtually visit the sacred streets that continue to pull in thousands of foreign techies daily. ...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Football Guide And 2008 Beijing Olympic Football Fixtures

Football (also known as soccer) matches will kick start the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games tomorrow and football fans can get the latest Beijing Olympic football news at this tavel blog. This Olympic 2008 football tips guide will bring to you the latest Beijing football results and the most current Beijing football updates and Beijing football fixtures.Football fans in China do not have to wait until after the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony to watch their favorite football players displaying their sk...

Square Enix establishes casual gaming brand in Japan

Filed under: Nintendo DS, Casual While it may seem bizarre to think that Square Enix, developer of some of the deepest narratives to ever grace our video game libraries, would decide to travel the road less Peggled, the RPG juggernaut recently launched a new casual gaming brand named "Pure Dreams" in Japan. This joins their "DS Style" line of casual games, which offers players traveling tips as well as advice on choosing wine at a restaurant. We usually just ask the waiter, but they really love ...

Allow Your Dreams To Come True - w4m (Macau and Hong Kong)

Going to Macau and Hong Kong soon? Change the way you plan your future travel. This trip stop dreaming and wishing and start making your dreams come true. It is time to check it out for your self. See and taste and feel what everyone is talking about. All of it is true everything you have read and heard about the Asian sex scene is true only it is way, way better. Whether you are traveling to Thailand , China , Korea or Japan and points in between I can help you. I offer an information service t...

Travel agents report sluggish sales of Beijing Olympics package tours

Sales of package tours to the Beijing Olympics have been sluggish in Japan, reflecting China's tarnished image from a series of incidents, including food poisoning cases, and the lack of tickets for t...

New Blog - Japan Craft Journal

Check out the new Japan Craft Journal blog that features all things related to Japanese crafts. The blog has four contributors, three who have been lucky enough to travel there. Belinda (http://www.tuttifruiti.blogspot.com), Kristine (http://www.townmouse.typepad.com/), Corrie (http://www.retromummy.blogspot.com) and Leslie (http://goodness.typepad.com/goodness/) who lives in Nagoya and sells all sorts of Japanese goodness on Etsy. Belinda writes: [Japan Craft Journal] was created out of a desi...

SITES TO AVOID TRAFFIC !!!

Filed under: Trends, Tips , Saving Time , Shopping Advice Sat in traffic all morning. All could think about was home much time & gas was being wasted. Ironically, every story on the radio was about gas prices and area road planning. Turns out, there are some new online applications might prove useful on this front. You can even find out where construction is underway, as lots of orange hardhats & one lane, can be a huge factor with summer road trips. Plus, in my world, if you're due at a TV Bure...

Japan Hits $100 Billion in Mobile Content Sales

Martyn Williams has an interesting look at the Japanese mobile content market. He notes that for the calendar year 2007, more than $100 billion was spent on mobile content. The total was actually $107.5 billion and includes items such as ring tones, Web site subscriptions and e-commerce purchases. E-commerce made up about 65% of the total amount spent and all sorts of transactions were handled including: movie and event ticket sales, travel reservations, air and rail ticket sales, stock trading...

The Little Travelers

I just placed my order for all three DVD's and can't wait to get them, watch them with the kids on our Friday night movie night. The Little Travelers starts with the idea of raising global children, children who are living life and would rather be engaged than distracted. L.A. area mom, Angelina Hart loves to travel and now so do her daughters. They began documenting their journeys and making beautiful, authentic movies that have become a beloved source of inspiration for those who follow them ...

Snow Way Out - life changing ski moments

Photo credit: Chris Hocking My ski changing moment came while stacking between the legs of a well meaning bystander while under the chairlift being ridden, at that moment, by the Prime Minister of New Zealand in the South Island's Cardrona ski resort. Having talked up my ability in order to get an official invitation to the PM's entourage, the humiliation was my ski defining turning point. Rather than giving up in despair I swore, then and there to commit to improving my turns and conquering as...