The German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz (a division of German company Daimler AG) is well known for its luxury vehicles, buses, coaches and trucks. A history that started as far back as 1901 with the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft 1901 Mercedes and the first gasoline-powered automobile, the 1886 Benz Read More …
Not far from Tokyo Midtown is a shop known as Ariel & Witch Moon. As the area is known for its healthy lifestyle stores, Ariel & Witch Moon is great for those looking for herbs, seasonal gifts and flowers but also those looking for house Read More …
In 2007, the mixed-use development known as Tokyo Midtown was complete and unveiled to the public. The location of where Tokyo Midtown is at was once the home of the Mori clan during the Edo period. And when the site was then took over by Read More …
Located at Ueno Park is the shinto shrine, Tosho-gu. The shrine is where Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, the third and last of the shogunai governments in Japanese history, is enshrined. It’s important to note that there is not one but around Read More …
Located in Shinagawa is one of Tokyo’s big aquarium’s, Shinagawa Aquarium. One of the few aquariums with a tunnel tank and a shark hall where one can see sand tiger shark and grey reef sharks, the main attraction to Shinagawa Aquarium is the dolphin and Read More …
Located in Itabashi, Tokyo is Itabashi Station, a railway station on the Saikyo Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Established back in 1885, Itabashi leads to many restaurants, drugs stores in the area. But also the location is host for the Senior Read More …
Located in Bunkyo, Tokyo is what is considered as Japan’s most prestigious university, the University of Tokyo (Tokyo Daigaku) also known as Todai or UTokyo. One of Japan’s National Seven Universities. The university was charted by the Meiji government in 1877 and was renamed “The Read More …
In Japan, many people have gone to the Shibuya Scramble Crossing in Shibuya to visit the Hachiko Statue. For those not familiar with the story, Hachiko is an Akita dog and the pet of Professor Hidesaburo Ueno, who worked at the agriculture Engineering, Irrigation, Drainage Read More …
Akihabara. The electric city known for its shops of toy merchandise, collectables, video games, electronics, maid cafes and more. And of my favorite experiences is visiting these locations late in the day and seeing how the nightlife is for these areas. Last month, I posted Read More …
In the United States, we are accustomed to ordering online for baseball gear these days and while sports shop retailers still exist, you have your department stores that sell baseball gloves and some who go online to find really awesome quality baseball gloves such as Read More …
Quite often when one talks about Harajuku, typically it’s about Takeshita St. (and the stores within the street) and Harajuku Station. But there is more to Harajuku past Takeshita St or within that vicinity. Keep going past Takeshita Street and discover the world of Ura-Harajuku Read More …
I’m often asked of where in Japan would I go to buy import Japanese video games for a good price. While you can find many places that sell video games new and used all over Japan (such as the plethora of BookOff Stores), in Tokyo, Read More …
While I was in Higashiko, Adachi, I explored the Jodo Shinshu Jokoji Temple. I’m not too familiar with Buddhist sects but Jodo Shinshu (The True Essence of the Pure Land Teaching) is also known as Shin Buddhism. Founded by former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran, Shin Read More …
Located in the entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan is Ikebukuro. While there are so many things to discuss about Ikebukuro, today’s post I will talk about the owls of Ikebukuro. You can find an owl in the center of the city, you can find Read More …
Not far from Yoyogi Park and Meiji Shrine is a French restaurant in Victoria Plaza called Bistrot D’Artemis. The bistrot is part of the Artemis legacy of current CEO Toshishige Yoda. Artemis produces and handles a wide range of products including organizational and time management Read More …
Located in Shibuya and not far from the Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Station is Yoyogi Park. What was the site for the first successful aircraft flight in Japan by Captain Yoshitoshi Tokugawa in 2010 and later turned into an army parade ground, the site would Read More …
One of the things that irks me is when I visited an area and then after further doing research for my blog post, I realize that I forgot to explore other areas of a location, a temple, a shrine, etc. by forgetting to turn a Read More …