Takashi Betsui’s day job at an ad agency in Tokyo is decidedly digital, but his blogging life is much more analog than you’d expect. In fact, he handles all of his information with the sa...
We were there back in April with COEDO, one of our favorite local clients, to celebrate at Yoyogi Park. A bit windy, but still a beautiful day! Here’s a video recap of how it all went down. If ...
Only 30 minutes to go, but TEAM LAB will be hosting a jam session where anyone can participate by logging in with their twitter handle. We deviously blogged this here, so check out the info there and...
Lots going on with the blog redesign, so apologies for the sever lack of updates. This is our longest stretch of silence in years, but there are things to be done offline as well! Many more posts for...
For the past few years we’ve been slammed with “zero” products of all varieties, as Japanese city dwellers want to lose a few pounds and get in better shape in the midst of a “...
While Japan’s robotically hypnotic girl-trio Perfume is making their world debut while keeping their “Japan-ness” with their new album JPN, they’re also still being heavily pr...
Since I’m assuming that I have one of only a few Lytro cameras in the wild here in Japan, I thought it would be nice to do a roundup of my first week with the much-talked-about “light fie...
Japan is renowned for producing some particularly innovative and totally new concepts that capture the public’s imagination, such as the Necomimi we discovered last year. In a similar vein Japa...
Subtropical islands rarely need much promotion as the crystal blue seas and white sand beaches speak for themselves, however during our week down in Okinawa at the International Movie Festival we unc...
Stuff like this drives me insane. Great, simple, and ubiquitous technology utilized in a boring way, and completely under-promoted. The “stamp rally” is the Japanese version of a scavenge...
QR codes have been around for ages, but until recently the concept was plagued by two flaws: Lack of standardization for readers, and TERRIBLE design. QR is standard and very useful for inventory, qu...
White sands, blue seas, sunshine and film, most would be happy with just one of them but the Okinawan International Movie Festival has all four in abundance. Now in it’s fourth year, the festiv...
Three years ago we did a quick blog writeup referring to Bandai’s Digital Living Gallery, a digital frame that was designed to look more classy than techy, and support an ecosystem of digital a...
Our friends over at team Lab have just released a beta version of team Lab Music, a Chrome browser-based music collaboration app. With the current theme of “Happy Birthday”, the app is st...
For several years (we first reported on it in a 2005 report!) there has been a project going on in Ginza that teams up high-technology from Japanese firms with a local government initiative to create...
As we’ve gone into over the years, Japan is a land of convenience, much of which is provided by vending machines. In fact, counting all vending machines in Japan, there are nearly 5.5 million o...
At the turn of one year anniversary of the great East Japan disaster, many events are taking place around Tokyo that continue supporting damaged regions in creative ways. Along the year we have follo...
Ah, Japan, your ceaseless effort to make drinking liquids easier and more entertaining knows no bounds. Now you’ll never have to worry about losing your bottlecap, because JR East’s bever...
I spent a lot of time at this years Japan Media Arts Festival taking place at the National Art Gallery in Roppongi, and this year I’m finally appreciating the event. There were always interesti...
Since it’s founding in Florence in 1921 Gucci have become synonymous with craftsmanship and quality and in their latest campaign in Japan the heritage brand are highlighting the same values in ...
As Facebook use grows in Japan so to do the novel ways of how brands are using it to connect with the public and a new campaign from recruitment company Staffservice is one of the better so far. The ...
Japanese clothing brand United Arrows have launched a teaser campaign promoting a new upcoming short commercial film made specifically for them directed by Gia Coppola. “Trench Trip” star...
Fast food is about to become faster in Japan under a new plan that will allow hungry motorists to place their order through their car navigation systems. A number of companies have joined together to...
It’s a well known fact that the internet was made for all things related to cats, so Mercedes have decided that their latest campaign in Japan will harness the full feline potential. Thanks to ...
Japanese food maker Meiji have launched an interesting social media based advertising campaign that lets twitter users develop a mystery story in real time. The campaign for the Kajyu Gummy sweets wi...
Japanese designers are renowned for taking the simple and mundane and turing them into something a lot more playful and fun. Adding their own unique twist to everyday objects, design company Mr Desig...
It is no secret that many apartments in Tokyo are about as large as a storage cupboard in some other countries. Showing that it is however possible to do more with less, Ikea Japan have set up model ...
Sony have taken their wireless communication technology to the next level in the latest innovation involving the FeliCa NFC chip and home consumer appliances. The company announced yesterday that the...
Late last year we were sat outside the Margret Howell Cafe just around the corner from our offices here in Tokyo when a group of particularly sartorial looking gents strolled in. One of the gentlemen...
Ever found it difficult to get just the right emoticon to convey that feeling you have?! Worry no more, as a new app, “twika^o^” now lets you translate your facial expressions from a phot...
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