Tagged: Japan

Vending machine cafes 0

Vending machine cafes

Ever wondered how you could order food in Japan when you can’t speak the language, well don’t worry the vending machine cafe’s are the place for you. There’s no need to go hungry ever...

Getting pushy on Tokyo’s trains 0

Getting pushy on Tokyo’s trains

[youtube axwMxUBL_ws] Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world and being so big it has a pretty decent transport system. At times like the morning and afternoon rush hours the trains...

Where Osaka comes to play 0

Where Osaka comes to play

The Doton Bori Canal is the centerpiece of Osaka’s entertainment and nightlife district. The district offers an amazing atmosphere with colour, neon, music, people and aromic smells you can only find in Japan. Many...

Tokyo’s oldest temple 0

Tokyo’s oldest temple

The Senso Ji Temple in Asakusa Tokyo is the city’s oldest temple and is one of Tokyo’s most popular tourist attractions. The Buddhist temple which is also associated with the Tendai sect is a...

The Meguro Parasite Museum 0

The Meguro Parasite Museum

Japan has some of the world’s more interesting museums, there the noodle museums, sewerage museums, salt museum…you get the drift but now we have found one which is even weirder…The Kiseichuu Hakubutsukan or Meguro...

The Eiffel Tower in a shade of red 0

The Eiffel Tower in a shade of red

Japan has a fascination with all things French, you might remember a few weeks ago we did a story on Tokyo’s Statue of Liberty, well they have a Eiffel Tower Too. Built in the...

Tokyo’s Statue of Liberty 0

Tokyo’s Statue of Liberty

Tokyo has a few borrowed land marks, there’s the replica of the Eifel Tower, although in a bright orange paint job, Disneyland and the Statue of Liberty. Sitting proudly overlooking Tokyo Bay and the...

Yokohama Raumen Museum 0

Yokohama Raumen Museum

[youtube TbmdAXFBqz8] A museum dedicated to noodles may seam a bit odd but it fits right in in Yokohama Japan. When Ramen was introduced to Japan from China the Japanese embraced the food and...

Fuji TV HQ home of the Iron Chef 0

Fuji TV HQ home of the Iron Chef

The futuristic city of Odaiba in Tokyo is know for it’s weird and amazing architecture and the Fuji TV centre is right up there with the best. The centre houses their offices and studios...

Where would an Iron Chef shop? 0

Where would an Iron Chef shop?

If you were an Iron Chef and wanted to deck out your kitchen stadium the best place to go for kitchen equipment would be Kappabashi in Tokyo. Kappabashi is Kitchen Town and it lies...