Category: Videos

  • Sagami Original condom ad

    Love needs distance, an interestingly touching ad for Sagami Original condoms airing on Japanese TV recently. A man from Fukuoka and a woman from Tokyo (1.200km apart) run towards each other and meet in front of the Osaka castle. This commercial proves you can sell condoms without stupid childish sexual innuendo… Japan is supposed to…

  • Karting in Tokyo

    Last Tuesday I went karting with some friends in Tokyo, around 北千住. The place is called City Kart, you can rent the course for ¥36.000/hour on weekdays with 5 200cc karts which I think is a pretty awesome pricetag considering the location. It is right next to the 京成関屋 train station or 10min walk from…

  • On my way to work

    Japan is not only Tokyo with its crowded street crossings and neon lights. It’s also the old countryside, small traditional (and not so traditional) houses with rice paddies or vegetable farm in the backyard. I live in Tokyo (technically not but almost in the city limit) but I work in a factory way out in…

  • My new camera for snowboard sessions

    I bought last week the new Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA9 which is one of the first waterproof HD video camera on the market. Got it as soon as it came out to capture the last snowboard sessions of the season. The form factor is not bad. The grip could be better as with the screen opened,…