Seen that? - Talk to me... in Japanese

Filed in archive Best of on March 21, 2010

Talk to me... in Japanese Cool Picking

alarm clocks ring. Some triggers your radio to play. Some turns on your TV. This one talks to you... nice. At last, something that would wake you up or remind you of the time just like your mom rushing you to go to school when you were young. This is not a clock that shouts in your face the time of the day. This one is gentle. The only problem [...] Read More


Talking Japanese Watches Cool Picking

Talking Japanese watches that tell you the time in their native tongue? Sign me up. Okay, they may not be water-resistant, but they are available in a bunch of neon colors and are certainly tempting looking. (I like the ones in green and pink myself.) They're ultra cool, and you may even want to double up with two watches at the same time! I have a feeling that more watches [...] Read More


Cool Book: Fresh Fruits Cool Picking

When I studied in London, I was obsessed with Fruits by Shoichi Aoki. Now Ive discovered the second book, fresh fruits, to devour as well, which follows the intensely bright (almost blindingly so) wardrobes of the most fashionable crowd in Tokyo. Aoki, a renowned photographer, gives us an opportunity to see a side of Tokyo that has only recently been popularized by celebs such as Gwen Stefani. Drink it in- [...] Read More


Japanese Take Calorie-Counting to the Next Logical Step The Gadgets Weblog

calorie counting has been popular in the US for years, ever since people started making the connection between what they eat and the diseases they've been getting. There are even websites that will help you do the counting and logging by storing nutritional information and doing the math. But as you can imagine, your average calorie counter doesn't know how big of a portion he or she just ate - [...] Read More


Japanese Climber Seeks to Become Oldest to Scale Everest The Outdoor Weblog

If one of your life goals is to scale Everest, then take a few lessons from the elderly community of Japan. According to a great article on Yahoo!, Yuichiro Miura is training to scale the 29,035 foot Mount Everest. At the tender age of 75. He's up at dawn (after sleeping in a low-oxygen chamber), packs weights on his ankles and loads up his 44-pound backpack. As if that wasn't enough, [...] Read More