HOSHINOYA Kyoto is a Meiji period riverside residence lovingly restored into a fabulous luxury hotel. This gorgeous hotel is located in Kyoto’s Arashiyama.

ENG JPN | Kyoto | 02/20/2010 | Info | Review

Strives to provide the best available information for expatriates relocating to or wishing to buy real-estate in Tokyo. The site features thousands of up-to-date property listings and useful information on the real-estate market and living in Tokyo.

ENG | Real Estate | 02/19/2010 | Info | Review

The official website of free fashion papers featuring young women in one specific local area. Bishojo Zukan were launched in November 2002 by Niigata based advertising firm Texfarm Inc. and have spread over of all of Japan.

JPN | Magazines | 01/11/2010 | Info | Review

Niigata based advertising firm which in November 2002 launched Bishojo Zukan, free fashion papers featuring young women in one specific local area. Since 2002, Bishojo Zukan have spread over of all of Japan.

JPN | Marketing & Licensing | 01/11/2010 | Info | Review

Tokyo based Taka Enterprise Ltd. provides Japanese domain name registration services. Extremely attractive pricing.

CHN, ENG, GER | Information Technology | 01/05/2010 | Info | Review

JPRS plays various roles to keep the Internet running smoothly by managing and administering domain names and operating the domain name system in Japan.

ENG, JPN | Information Technology | 01/05/2010 | Info | Review

Carft Sakamoto Kikaku (クラフトサカモト企画) is the train modeling company run by famed Japanese plan modeler Takahiro Sakamoto (坂本敬洋), a former professional magician who uses that experience in creating his dioramas. Sakamoto’s specialty is the creative use of light in his models. Be sure to click on the Works link.

JPN | Recreation | 01/05/2010 | Info | Review

Renho Murata (村田蓮舫) was elected to the House of Councillors as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in 2004. Born in Tokyo (1967) to a Taiwanese father and Japanese mother, she took Japanese citizenship in 1985. In 1990, she graduated from the law faculty of Aoyama Gakuin University. She worked as a newscaster on TBS and TV Asahi before becoming a politician.

JPN | Politics | 12/27/2009 | Info | Review

The title of the blog says it all. A young expat writes about being catholic in Japan.

ENG | Christianity | 12/22/2009 | Info | Review

The National Film Center is part of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

ENG, JPN | Tokyo Museums | 12/14/2009 | Info | Review