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HMV Shibuya Closed
That’s it. HMV Shibuya closed. Report from Yomiuri
Whale tasting festival
What?
Exactly that!
Posters around my neighborhood (Kawasaki, Japan) announce a “Whale Festival”, goals are :
知ろう - Know
食べよう – Eat
考えよう – Consider
Not sure what to do about this, but at least I have put it on the web.
Whale Tasting Festival
Video Clip (PV) using SLR Cameras
Posted by Avi Telyas on Jun 7, 2010 in Japan, Photography
This is not a first, but I experienced it myself last night.
As I was attending last night’s Geeks on a Plane event, the adjoining space was being used to shoot a Promotional Video (PV) for an unknown (didn’t ask their name) band.
3 DSLR cameras were being used with different lenses (from wide angle to Zoom).
Here are the Photos:
And a Video:
HMV Shibuya to close
HMV Shibuya posted a sign notifying customers that the shop will close in August.
In the past few months HMV already gave up the top floor for a guitar shop, but the end came faster than expected.
Open Network Lab with HootSuite
Open Network Lab is a new incubation lab for Internet based Startups.
I joined last week’s meeting with Ryan Holmes, HootSuite CEO and Japanese Shinnichi Fujikawa, founder of Movatwi.
Open Network Lab goal is to encourage innovation and Internet based Start-Ups, which may explain the 40 minutes long panel on “How Engineers can start Companies”.
HootSuite recently launched a Japanese version of their service,with the aid of Digital Garage which is heavily invested in the Twitter phenomena and related tools/services.
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To me it seems Open Network Lab is the right tool for the current economic and social situation in Japan. In the past few months I have met many Engineers, Innovators excited to start their own companies, but fail in two things:
- How to market their services to the mass market
- How to go Global
Japanese Girl – Hebrew Tattoo
Posted by Avi Telyas on Mar 12, 2010 in Japan
While waiting for my train to arrive, I noticed a Tattoo in Hebrew behind her ear. Tattoos are not common in Japan, let alone visible ones.
I Just had to take a Photo, which she agreed to without hesitation.
Meaning of Tattoo – מופלא (Moofla) is: Wonderful, Exceptional, Mysterious.
There Goes Advanced PHS (XGP)
As previously reported, Israeli Startup Altair Semiconductors was supposed to Supply chips to Willcom’s XGP network .
XGP was never a world-wide standard, but Willcom’s attempt to keep PHS alive. It now looks like XGP (or Advanced PHS) will not be deployed.
Willcom announced today their plan to file for bankruptcy (See Japan Times and NYT for more details) after a steady decline of their customer base.
I don’t know what kind of commitments Altair Semi received from Willcom, but I certainly hope their WiMAX and LTE business will be more successful.
Snow in Kawasaki, Feb 2010
Posted by Avi Telyas on Feb 1, 2010 in Japan
As I was parking the car last night, the rain turned into sleet, which later that night turned to Snow.
Obviously, I went out early in the morning to take photos. Here they are:
In one of the photos you can see Mejiro (bird) on a tree
New Year Food
Posted by Avi Telyas on Jan 13, 2010 in Japan
This was the second time I experienced the Japanese New Year, but this time it felt stronger.It may be related to the fact that now I actually live in Japan, while previously we were visitors.
Here are 3 photos of the traditional Japanese New Year Food:
All photos taken with Nikon D90, Nikkon 50mm f/1.8 Lense
Some Kindle Books Are Not Available in Japan
I love my Kindle.
I read more, especially on business trips. I do all I can to carry less when I travel, so carrying a book always seems to me like a burden. With Kindle, I could eliminate the problem. Fixed (rather small) size and weight and can carry many books.
Yesterday, I was surprised to find that not all Kindle Books are available to me, since my kindle is associated to my Japanese address. I am thinking very hard, but still can’t find a reason.
If I can purchase the book (Hardcover) from Amazon and ship it to Japan, how come I can’t buy the Kindle version and receive it over a Wireless connection?
