Motorbike with a goku bohan no me sticker – literally moving anti-crime eyes. The Japan Times has a write-up of how they became a popular fixture …



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Taking a late night work telco whilst knocking the top off a nama in a Naka Megruo izakaya. The only other people in the bar …
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Creating QR barcode links large enough to be read from the ambient background of other people`s video streams, photos. With increasingly ubiquitous displays able to offer …
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With a winter trip to central Asia lined up for December and a return from Africa in mid-November my remaining time in Tokyo can be …
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Movie poster for non-Japanese film. Of note: use of the first person in communicating I’m Sorry; the readers’ literacy to understand that it is a warning …
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Digital price signs in a Tokyo supermarket. Which of the pricing models enabled and popularised by the internet – will make it to a (Tokyo) …
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Back alley cinema in Sangenjaya. Of note? No barriers to segregate men and women during the queueing process – for example that is commonly found in …
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What gets translated. What doesn’t.
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