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Shuttle bus service in Marunouchi

Free round bus is available Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho, "Marunouchi shuttle". Hinomaru Limousine operates the route of 30 minutes from the New Maru biru from 10 o'clock to 20 o'clock every 15 minutes. You can use it by all means as a transportation of shopping, sightseeing, and the business.
This service is free of charge because of sponsor companies.

Following is the sponsor companies;
Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance
Yomiuri Shimbun
Mitsubishi Estate
Palace Hotel
Kajima Corporation
Sankei Building
Daiichi Seimei
Takenaka Komuten
DC card
Tokyo Kaikan
Tokyo Electric Power Company
Development Bank of Japan
Bic Camera
Marunouchi dentist association
Marunouchi heat supply
Mizuho Financial Group
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
Mitsubishi Corp.
Meiji Yasuda Insurance Company

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Tokyo Motor Show

The 39th Tokyo Motor Show is opened for 16 days from Saturday, October 22 to Sunday, November 6 in Makuhari Messe, Chiba. The exhibitor from 239 companies, 5 governments, and 1 group from 13 countries is going to participate.
Tokyo Motor Show comes the 50th anniversary, started in 1954.
If you have time, it is a show that can be very enjoyed.

http://www.tokyo-motorshow.com/eng/index.html

TOYOTA, NISSAN, HONDA, MAZDA and other companies show the latest cars and technologies.









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Posted by kanaday at 9:19 PM KDT

Updated: Saturday, 8 October 2005 9:23 PM KDT

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Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art

The second exhibition of festival "Yokohama triennale" of the modern art that started in 2001 has been held.
The about 80 artists participate from the inside and outside the country in two huge warehouse in the Yamashita pier.
A whole theme is "Art circus (jump from daily life).

http://www.yokohama2005.jp/en/

A picture of previous Triennale, 4 years ago.

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Pufferfish season has started!!

The first sales auction at this season of a natural Japanese pufferfish that signaled the coming at the tasty season of pufferfish was opened in , Seki City. Yamaguchi prefecture. One weight is about 800g - 1kg
The louder and cheerful voices echoed in the market negotiating the price by the very unique way that seller and buyer are garbing each other in a cloth bag and use the finger signal of price.
It looks like that two men are shakehanding in the cloth bag from other people.

The fish is famous to have poison.
Only limited and licensed restaurant can serve the pufferfish.

You can try it in Japan.

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CEATEC

CEATEC JAPAN ( Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) is an international exhibition of the image, information, and the communication as the biggest scale in Asian.
It will be held from Oct 4 through Oct. 8, 2005 at Makuhari Messe.

If you have an interest in the high tech items, itis the show you should go.

Pre-registration is available.


http://www.ceatec.com/en/2005/visitor/





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One million customers in four days!!

One million people and families visited Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara in four days.


Electric appliance store "Multimedia Akiba" to boast of the floor space of a domestic maximum level opened in Akihabara, Tokyo. Akihabara used to be an electric town. and then "Otaku's town" such as the games and the figure fans.
It completely is reborn as electric town again for families.
It has around 20 restaurants and music & book stores.

http://www.yodobashi-akiba.com/index.html

Suprisingly one million peoples exceeds the visitors to World Expo in the last four days.


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The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan closed

It was closed last Sunday, 9/25.
22 million visters visited Aichi Exposition from March 25 through September 25, 2005.
The organization expected only 15 million people.
So we can say it was very successful.
280,000 people is the record of visiters in a day.

Thanks everybody and see you in Shanghi, China in 2010.

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Sushi is the most favorite food for Japanese.

One of advertising agencies, Hakuhoudo, executed the survey regarding Life style investigation.

Recent data shows
"Favorite dish" best 5 in 2004 was
1st place: Sushi
2nd place: Yakiniku, broiled meat
3rd place: Sashimi, slices of raw fish
4th place: Ramen
5th place: Curry rice

These data covers Kanto area.

I almost like to do same survey for People visiting Japan.


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Posted by kanaday at 11:12 PM KDT

Updated: Sunday, 25 September 2005 11:26 PM KDT

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Cell phone for car driving?

You are using cellular phone for tel-communication.
The car navigation system was begun by AU with the cellular
phone finally.
Because the driver cannot operate the cellular phone, the person in the
passenger's seat will operate it.
Even if it loses one's way, a correct road is guided because GPS has equipped.

It is a good service even though it is voice reading out only in Japanese.
This type would be desired available in foreign countries.



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Coins are going to be disappearing!?

The number of coin that has circulated in the market has decreased for the first time according to the announcement of Bank of Japan. This is thought to be the cause by the spread of the Electric Money recently.
The number of Suika is 13 million, 12.3 million Edys are issued, and the number of the issue has been increased well.

It is likely to be for Japanese visitors to come to Japan with Suika card or Edy card in the change of
Travelers Check in the future.

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Posted by kanaday at 11:13 PM KDT

Updated: Wednesday, 21 September 2005 11:34 PM KDT

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Go back to School

It is the end of the summer vacation of schools in Japan.
So it becomes good season for visitors to visit Japan.
Sightseeing spots are much less people.
Summer is almost finished and temperature becomes comfortable level.

Come to Japan and enjoy!!




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Fireworks!!!

It is a season when fireworks are held in various places in Japanese whole country.
Fireworks are held in almost 700 places in the summer of this year.
New types of fireworks are developed every year.
The recent one is the cat type fireworks. It is seen cat's face when
viewing it from the front.
Please enjoy beautiful fireworks of Japan.




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GachaGacha

The GachaGacha is a machine that a capsule comes out from the vending machine by turning steering wheel. when 100 yen to 300 yen is inserted.

You can find these machines everywhere, in front of restraints, toy shops, convenience stores an record shop etc.
Around half million GachaGacha are installed whole Japan.

There are various toys/figures in the capsule, and what comes out is not known. The probability of going out to the inside that differs the appearance establishment according to the thing is high, and the low one is called a premiere thing, and is ..gambling.. considerably high.
The ones for adults are sold, and it is esteemed as a collector items not only for children but also for adults..






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Intensity 5 upper - Earthquake in Tokyo metoropolitan area

The strong earthquake happened in the Kanto region at about 4:35 PM of the 23rd, and intensity 5 upper was recorded in Tokyo and Yokohama. Transportation, railway, roads, was paralyzed in the metropolitan area. The terminal station etc. where was crowded on the first weekend during summer vacation, were greatly confused. 27 people were injured in Tokyo and three prefectures.

As for the epicenter, the magnitude is presumed to be 6.0 in the Chiba Prefecture northwest according to the Meteorological Agency.

Narita and Haneda airports were closed for the check at one o'clock. Shinkansens such as Tokaido also temporarily stopped the operation. The conventional JR lines and the Tokyo metro such as Yamanote Line stopped, too.

These transportation systems recovered 4- 7 hours later.





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A Robot plays tag?

In Aichi Expo 2005, a robot plays tag with children.

The MTBA, Master course of Techno-Business Administration, Nagoya Institute of Technology developed the new chasing robot
There is a chase robot with those which name is. "ASKA" of tag robot. ASKA follows a person keeping a constant distance in Expo 2005
ASKA was developed as a pacer robot that originally guided the marathon runner front.

The maximum speed is 22 kilos per hour.

Play with him/her in Aichi Expo2005?





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School break

School break started from July 21.and ends August 31.
So all sightseeing spots are full of Japanese families.
Especially, Tokyo Disney land, Universal studio, Expo 05 in Aichi.
If you are planing to Japan with your family this period,

• Early bird
• Not popular place
• Have patient for a long line

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NEET?

Word NEET is a topic around the mass media.
NEET stand for:
N Not in
E Education
E Employment or
T Training
NEET indicates the young person of "He/she doesn't get the employment, belong to the school organization and has no intention for starting work."
The number of young people classified into NEET is 850,000 people in Japan now.
It is one of the biggest problem in Japan.



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Global Cellphone in Japan

If you are using global cellphone, you may think you can use it in Japan.
It is not true.

There are few cellphone can be used in Japan.
Others can't be used.
Please check your cell carrier's site and whether your cell is usable in Japan.
In the case of Vodafone, you have to sign up for Vodafone Passport.
Otherwise you will have a nightmare and get your Japanese customerss in trouble.

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Onsen in modern district of Yokohama

Manha club Ltd. newly opened Onsen facility, "Yokohama Minatomirai Manyo club", at MINATO MIRAI 21 area in Yokohama City on June 25, 2005.
The MINATO MIRAI 21 is new port district of Yokohama and there are variety of sightseeing spots, the Landmark tower(the highest building in Japan), the Yokohama art museum and several shopping malls.
New Onsen facility is 8 stories building and consists of Onsen, Japanese restaurant, massage floor and Japanese garden on the top.
You can enjoy Onesen soaking your body in hot spring water in the atmosphere of a traditional Japanese spa of harmony of modern Minatomirai landscape.
The hot spring uses a great hot water transporting from the own source in the Kanagawa Prefecture Yugawara-cho by the tank lorry every day.

Adalt 2620 Yen
Child 1420 Yen
http://www.manyo.co.jp/
It is a good price that you can enjoy Onsen in a big city in Yokohama.

Enjoy Onsen in Yokohama!!

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Posted by kanaday at 1:55 PM KDT

Updated: Sunday, 3 July 2005 1:57 PM KDT

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Shareholder meeting

The shareholders' meetings for the year ending March enterprise became peak in this week. 1646 listed company companies held the general meeting today.

One noticeable change at the meetings is that some proposals are voted down by the shareholders like an option to purchase defense plan.
These activities were very rare in the past shareholders' meetings.
This is new movement that individual holders strengthen to watch the management and governance of the company for their benefit.
Companies are changing slowly to adjust the western vital aggressive management.

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