Special Seats For Panda

JR West Japan has these new pair of panda seats on the line between Shin-Osaka station and Shirahama in Wakayama. Available for photo taking for tourist and anyone who wants to bring a souvenir picture home till March 2010.  This is to commemorate the birth of the twin panda cub in Japan named Meihin and Eihin.  The operators of the trains said these special seats as not for permanent seating .. just for photo taking souvenir.  So donch go planting yourself and make yourself comfy in these cute seats. Let others have their turns eh.

Geisha Kitty

Cute right..?? how to resist right..??  This Hello Kitty Geisha Plus come in red or pink kimonos and are only at $14 for the big ones.. and $7.50 for the small ones.  Find them at Japan LA blog.

PR Cats Don’t Like Each Other

PR Cats are supposedly to be friendly mascot but not these ones.  Maybe they are guarding their territory..?? PR gone wrong..??  cat for Kichigahara station and cat for bus sation of Aizu Ashinomaki Onsen didn’t seems to like each other at all.. during the recent PR event.

Cats had to be kept away from each other by bus station employees.

Heart Shaped Watermelon

This Mother’s Day .. Japanese can give this heart shaped watermelon purposely produced for Mother’s Day. The labour of farmer Hiroichi Kimura .. and his wife.. from Kumamoto, this couple wanted to show their passion for farming and affection for each other.  AT 15,750 Yen each for this heart shape watermelon.. will you buy and pay so much ..?? $190 Canadian dollars..!!!

Ice Cream Puff

Not that crazy I assure you .. because in Japan.. you can see gals dressed up all in anime costumes.  These however can be found in LA  - a japanese store that specialises in bringing you .. all the good stuff from Japan.  So no worries about finding your hello kitty .. and feeding your fetish.  Now if only they have some plus light bulbs for sale… and i’ll be flying over to get some.

Shop Signs In Japan

Some shop signs found in Japan.. during my trip there.

Simple but yet bold

Nice and red!

Woody feel

Very Yellow

Find Japan In LA

Yes.. you can find your little Japan in LA.  Located at Melrose Place.  They carry extensive amount of cute stuff.  If you are a japanese freak like myself, you will enjoy this store tremendously.  I heard they are planning a trip with fans of the store.. to Japan this Spring.. donch miss it now.  apan L.A. is located at 648 N. Fuller Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036. It is just off Melrose Ave., 5 blocks West of La Brea. Phone: (323) 934-5201

Get Your Geeky Teen To Eat Vegies

Yes.. ! you can entice your geeky teen to eat vegies.. by doing what the japanese does best.. at times of dire need.  Food like these are not uncommon in Japan.. and they are placed in Bento sets just to entice kids.. and even adults to eat proper home cooked food.  I’ve known many of my friends doing such .. to help their kids eat better.

How about some bee story for the younger kids..?

Kitty Land In Osaka

The Japanese cannot get enough of the cat - Hello Kitty and i’m sure a lot of you out there are like them.  I am a fan of Hello Kitty.. and some of the stuff are ridiculously priced.. but who can resist a hello kitty eh.  I will give up my weight loss diet pill if i had to ..  said one of my girlfriend who insisted that I get her some hello kitty when i said i was going to Osaka for business.

So yes.. like any good girlfriend.. i went to this shop .. in Osaka.. and got her a bunch of stuff.  I bought some for myself and had i already had a kid.. you can be sure i would have gone crazy as well.

Japan Subway

The Japanese subway must be the busiest on earth, you should see it during peak hours.  They even have a station master who would pushed everyone into the train.. because nobody would give way.. and come out from an already crowded train. Millions of people are known to go thru’ the gates of Shinjiku station and reading in the train is what the Japanese loves to do and whether they are getting their books from a local store or Amazon books they sure have a lot of books.

Novel-reading on cell phones gained traction in Japan a few years ago as classic novels made their way to the small cell phone screen. Web sites there now allow people to upload their own versions of self-authored serialized stories to blogs that can be easily read on Japanese cell phones. The stories are often written by amateur writers and typically feature predictable and melodramatic story lines.