Chisun Inn Osaka Hommachi
The second hotel we stayed at was Chisun Inn Osaka Hommachi / Honmachi. We were attracted foremost to the cheap room rates and as reviews left for Chisun were all positive, we didn’t do much research...
View ArticleYJ7 vs YM7
Members from AKB48 pit it off against each other again this year as representatives of two different magazines, Shuiesha’s Young Jump and Kodansha’s Young Magazine. The nominees Team YJ7 (Young Jyan...
View ArticleCandeo Hotel Ueno-koen
Candeo Hotel Ueno-koen is a newly built 3 star hotel named after its immediate vicinity to Ueno-koen (Ueno Park). It’s position beside the popular tourist spot makes it a prime location for easy access...
View ArticleThe Pizza Place
The Pizza Place is a pizza restaurant that has been around in Singapore for quite a while. I remember visiting the place years ago for a try and had a favorable experience back then. One evening a...
View ArticleDIY Sushi Candy
You’ve probably seen videos of this Japanese Sushi Candy on YouTube. It’s hard to miss as long as you’ve got at least one link happy friend on Facebook or Twitter. We got our hands on a box and decided...
View ArticleBaskin Robbins
Remember when we said that Singapore was one of the few places on earth that you couldn’t find a Baskin Robbins? Well just hours ago, it was announced that a local distributor will indeed be bringing...
View ArticleTokyo Metro LOLCats
Early last year, we wrote about the infamous manners themed Tokyo Metro Posters. The article was so popular that it caught the attention of CNNGo writer Robert Michael Poole who arguably wrote their...
View ArticleDIY Taiyaki
The next item we’ll try making is a DIY Taiyaki kit called Renji de Chin Tsukutte Taiyakincho, レンジでチンッ 作ってたいやきんちょ. We decided to try the warm fish shaped azuki bean filled pastries today. It seemed...
View ArticleAKB48 Yakushiji Hounou Kouen 2010
At some point of time, AKB48 grew out of dominating the Japanese music industry and moved on to print too. These days, multiple new AKB48 magazines pop up each and every month, if not weekly. Truth is,...
View ArticleJapan 15 Day Itinerary
There seems to be a whole lot of people looking for ready-to-go plans, seeing as how last year’s sample itinerary was one of this site’s more successful articles. Here’s the custom one-of-a-kind...
View ArticleAKB48 Singapore Theater
Yesterday evening, to the shock of local fans it was announced that AKB48 will indeed be holding regular performances in Singapore starting next month. (more…)
View ArticleDear Stage Interview
Idols are a universal concept. Music and acting talents admired by the people globally. Yet no where but in Japan is the concept taken as far. There being an idol is an aspiration, a career and a...
View ArticleJapan Manhole Covers
No matter how many times one returns to Japan, it never fails to amaze exactly how much effort the locals put into things. Pride for their country, community and even neighborhood are reflected...
View ArticleAKB48 Oshi Certification Book
Celebrities write about their favorite idols in this new AKB48 mook. The AKB48 Oshi Certification Book features a column on each individual member, with insights written or taken from interviews with...
View ArticleAKB48 Cafe
The news of the AKB48 Singapore Theater, Cafe and Shop is out. In addition to revealing the juicy details we take a look at Japan’s original AKB48 Theater past and present, to get an idea of what to...
View ArticleSingapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention (STGCC) 2011
Dates for STGCC 2011, the Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2011 have been officially announced to the public. The convention will be taking place much earlier this year on the 20th and 21st...
View ArticlePlay Imaginative
Since 2004, Play Imaginative has been Singapore’s representative for the designer and character toys market. The company brings many popular franchises to the country but more impressively collaborates...
View ArticleTengu Izakaya
Izakaya are Japanese restaurant-pubs that serve a proper meal in addition to the wide range of alcoholic drinks. They are a comfortable place for salarymen to wind down after a hard day’s work, without...
View ArticleAKB1/48 Koshiki Koryaku Visual Book
The AKB1/48 Koshiki Koryaku Visual Book (Official Strategy Visual Book) is the licensed strategy guide for the AKB1/48: Idol to Koishitara video game. It provides a detailed walkthrough to AKB48’s...
View ArticleAKB48 Singapore Shop
The AKB48 Singapore Shop opened its doors for the first time yesterday on Saturday, 14th May 2011. Iwasa Misaki, Komori Mika and Miyazaki Miho, three members of the popular Japanese idol group, AKB48...
View ArticleHotel New Tohoku
We stayed at Hotel New Tohoku on the first day of our trip, an old business hotel near Ueno Station. It was the only hotel we could at the time that still had empty rooms. They have an official site...
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