photo by freakland Minoru Mori had a vision of building a city within the city of Tokyo, and after seventeen years with the help of some four hundred of Tokyo’s individual landowners, his vision was realized in 2003. Roppongi Hills is an eleven-hectare vertical city, and its centerpiece, the fifty-four story Mori Tower, can be [...]

Photo by zt_kw If it weren’t for Snoopy, and the Mos Burger and Ganko Sushi restaurants along the road from the JR Universal City Station, visitors to Universal Studios Japan might think they had stepped out train of the onto the back lot of Universal Studios in Florida or Hollywood. Universal Studios Japan Attractions The [...]

Photo by WorldIslandInfo.com Without living in Japan and being able to immerse you into the language on a daily basis, learning Japanese with audio is without doubt the fastest and most efficient way to get started. If you are lucky enough to have some Japanese friends who can help then you are already ahead of [...]

Photo by JelleS Fall in Japan’s unemployment rate According to the BBC, “Japan’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 5.5% in August from July’s record high of 5.7%, official figures showed.” Although this looks like Japan’s economic condition is started to improve, the situation is still pretty bleak and unemployment levels are still very high and [...]