Snap!Japan - Japan in a Snap!

If you're longing for some great sandwiches in Tokyo, try Conti et Mer , who have a good range of "French-style", take-out san...

If you like French food but would like it at a more reasonable price than usual in Tokyo, give Brasserie Bec in Yoyogi-Uehara near Shinjuku...

Since the Lockheed scandal brought Kakuei Tanaka down in the late 1970's, Japan has seen many and varied incidents, their occurrence onl...

A conversation the other day prompted me to recount some experiences of my first days in Japan, so I thought I would share. What? No NEX?...

If you are a Jack Bauer or 24 fan , you might be surprised to know how popular Jack Bauer is in Japan. Kiefer Sutherland appears in TV comme...

Despite sensationalist, hit-whoring and inane articles like this embarrassing one in Wired [1], as a long-term resident of Japan and Japane...

Here's a screenshot of a couple images of the posters being used in Niigata prefecture's crusade to try to prevent girls' skirts...

FreeSpot.com offers free WiFi in Japan , and here's a map of their WiFi access points . I can't vouch for the quality of this servic...

Good news for non-smokers in Tokyo. JR Stations are to be Smoke-free Zones as of April 1st 2009. This poster on the platform at Shinjuku sta...

Some places in Japan are very much concerned with the environment. I know we sure do a lot of trash separation, but I had to snap a picture ...

"Zaditen", an allergy medicine from Novartis, is now available over-the-counter in Japan. Last year it was by prescription only, b...

Here's an isight snap via Photo Booth of my new specs from Zoff. The old ones were getting pretty crusty, so I made the excursion to Ofu...

Every morning on Japanese TV lately, there's a commercial segment that plays a cover of "Top of the World" by The Carpenters ...

My daughter Kylie passed the first half of her 3rd level English-as-a-second-language test, the " Eiken " from Step. The numbering...

Today on Japanese TV, which is generally either excruciatingly boring (watching people eat and talk, duh) or wonderfully creative, especiall...

The Kiosks at Japan railway and metro stations are little stalls like US "News Stands" with two sides open, and two sides closed ...

Asakusa is a popular tourist destination and fun for those of us who live here too. This was taken in the "nakamise" street (nakam...

I took this monochrome photo on the platform at Shinjuku station, waiting for the Shonan Shinjuku line. The black and white treatment suits ...

There's no shortage of cute mascots in Japan. They look like they are made of fiberglass, and are in front of storefronts here and there...

There are these huge pillars being built near Totsuka station, on the Hitachi Software side of the main road, and these struck me as being a...