Flying High in Japan
I LOVE this story:
Towards the end of May, a drug dog at Narita Airport (Tokyo) failed to detect 142 grams (about 5 ounces) of pot in the side pocket of a passenger’s luggage. While this must be troubling for the Japanese officials, what is a bit more troubling is how they knew that the [...]
Getting Around: Tokyo
As frequent readers know, I went to Tokyo recently. Being completely unfamiliar with Tokyo and Japan as a whole I decided to check out a couple of guidebooks on the town. I checked out the usual big names for guidebooks: Rough Guide, Time Out, Fodors, Lonely Planet as well as a handful of others. In [...]
Sanyo-Bussan International Lifesaving Cup Results
As you may have read here before (since this is my third time mentioning it here in 3 weeks), this past weekend was the Sanyo Bussan International Lifesaving Cup held on the beach in Kanagawa, Japan.
You might be familiar with this beach from the iconic picture “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai. Okay, [...]
Just a very quick note
If you ever go to Tokyo, make sure you go to the Sapporo Museum (and yeah, there were only 2 of us).
3D Printed Bones
Remember those articles I posted months ago about 3D printers that were able to produce small plastic parts designed on your computer (this one and this one)?
Well color me impressed- researchers from the University of Tokyo Hospital have developed a method to make “tailor-made artificial bones for use in facial reconstructive surgery.” The method is [...]
Trust us
As with Anna Karina, we prefer to remember the U.S.A as she was in the 1960s.
