Cleaning robots have become very popular in Japanese households and I know several people who use them to keep their homes tidy. For me such a tool does not make much sense, since the flooring in my apartment is quite…
Cleaning robots have become very popular in Japanese households and I know several people who use them to keep their homes tidy. For me such a tool does not make much sense, since the flooring in my apartment is quite…
Whenever, I ride on a train here in Tokyo I see approximately the following situation: I have touched this topic in a blog post before, but I want to elaborate a little bit more on it today. We can see…
Japan is one of the few countries in the world where people usually obey basic rules of manner and thus refrain from talking on the phone while riding on public transportation. Whenever you ride a train or bus you won’t…
I am still not an owner of a smartphone, although I am basically curious about such a technology. Beside the high(er) monthly cost, the larger size of the device stops me from purchasing such a cell phone. However, for those…
I know that I misspelled “tedious” but I wanted to abbreviate the way how Apply updates my iPod with the latest OS (5.0). Before the v5 release was announced my iPod worked like a charm, played videos without interruption and…
I am possessing a cell phone here in Japan for more than 4 years and I am using it mostly to send or receive mails. Real phone calls are very rare and video calls are an option which I never…