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Osaka station’s water clock in a Christmas mood

I just received an iphone-shot video from a friend photographer Jet Tanaka, who happened to be at Osaka station when the usually seasonally changed water clock theme went “jingle bells”. Osaka station’s water clock is[...]
Osaka station’s water clock in a Christmas mood

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Willer Express introduces a new kind of first classes Bus in Japan

Nice find from the guys over at DVICE who came up with this rather unique piece of news from Japan! Willer Express, a Japanese transportation company that mainly focus on buses, introduces a new seat arrangement setup in some of their [...]
Willer Express introduces a new kind of first classes Bus in Japan

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Osaka Police Launch Electronics Store Investigation

Osaka Prefectural Police launched an investigation into Funny Place, an Osaka electronics shop that allegedly sold a wifi antenna that could “connect to others’ private wireless LANs without permission”. The products [...]
Osaka Police Launch Electronics Store Investigation

Via Mainichi Newspapers

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FunBrella Brings You Virtual Rain Anytime, Anywhere

Imagine for a second that you love rain SO much that you goes nuts when the sky is blue… What do you do if you haven’t heard the sound of rain splatting on your umbrella for a long time? Go and chat with the folks at Osaka [...]
FunBrella Brings You Virtual Rain Anytime, Anywhere

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O.T. Lord I Want One, and Sorry for Yesterday!

First of all I apologize for yesterday’s lack of news on Akiba, BUT I have a pretty good excuse. The past two days I was testing the most AMAZING JDM car available, I truly believe the new Nissan GT-R is the car of the decade. So tune [...]
O.T. Lord I Want One, and Sorry for Yesterday!
O.T. Lord I Want One, and Sorry for Yesterday!O.T. Lord I Want One, and Sorry for Yesterday!

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