Category: Asia

Shibuya- People everywhere 0

Shibuya- People everywhere

[youtube 9DFkvcMbVXM] Tokyo is one of the worlds most populated cities and Shibuya the busiest place in Tokyo. More than 2.4 million people use the Shibuya station on a workday but the Shibuya is...

Honda’s ASIMO robot on display 0

Honda’s ASIMO robot on display

[youtube kFgXEkzMq7A] ASIMO the amazing walking robot built by Honda is one of the feature exhibits at the Miraikan Emerging Science Museum in Odaiba the futuristic city in Tokyo Japan. ASIMO or the ‘Advanced...

Piss Alley – bad name, ugly lane but great food! 0

Piss Alley – bad name, ugly lane but great food!

Shomben Yokocho or Piss Alley as it is better known is a interesting collection of small huts and restaurants squeezed between train tracks and the huge Odakyo Department store in Shinjuku Tokyo. It’s not...

Celebrating Oktoberfest Japanese Style 0

Celebrating Oktoberfest Japanese Style

Yebisu Garden Place is the located in the suburb now more commonly known as Ebisu which is a suburb of Tokyo not far from Shibuya and Roppongi. The Yebisu beer head quarters is situated...

Hong Kong’s Peak Tram 0

Hong Kong’s Peak Tram

The Peak Tram is one of Hong Kong’s most popular and historic tourist attractions. Dating back to 1888 the 373 metres of steep track up The Peak offers spectacular views of this magnificent harbor...

The Olympic Birdsnest 0

The Olympic Birdsnest

[youtube RsVDTgzvYes] This time next year the 2008 Olympic Games will be a memory. The Olympic flame will burn brightly over the Beijing National Stadium with its amazing bird nest like architecture. Designed by...

Shanghai’s space aged Oriental Pearl Tower 0

Shanghai’s space aged Oriental Pearl Tower

[youtube dxE-zW1d4X4] Located in Shanghai the Oriental Pearl Tower is a TV tower that is the 3rd tallest tower in the world and at 468m it’s the tallest in Asia. Looking like a building...

Airbus A380 woos Hong Kong 0

Airbus A380 woos Hong Kong

[youtube Jh4LyaNUY3Q] The Airbus A380 made a rare low flyover across Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour yesterday. The sight of a passenger jet flying this low over the city was reminiscent of the days when...

Shibuya Crossing 0

Shibuya Crossing

New York has Times Square, London has Piccadilly Circus and Tokyo has Shibuya Crossing. This amazing multimedia crossroads is one of the busiest places in the world. Shibuya railway station at these crossroads services...