SMAP in Pocari Sweat

That photo was seen on a vending machine. The stars and idols really are everywhere here. It’s great! I think in Australia at least, it’s the “average, everday” person who sells things on TV (hired actors but not famous). Where as in Japan it is the famous people who appear in advertisements. In particular, Kimura Takuya is the king of ads, I think he is in every second...

The Shampoo Robot

This was spotted in the window of a hairdresser’s in Nara. I’m not sure what the going rate is for shampoo robots is but 500円 sounds like a steal! Especially if there is a blow in itself… If you would like to check out this place, it was somewhere east of the Kintestsu Nara train station. Good luck… And I mean that on more than one...

My Mountain School

Today was a good day. Right now I work at three primary schools and one middle school as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). All my schools are up in the mountains and are very small, but there is one in particular that I call my “Moutain School.” The reason for this is – at orientation in Brisbane for JET, one of the people talked about her “Mountain school”, a...

Wendy’s Closes in Japan – Wont Be Missed

At the end of 2009, fast food chain Wendy’s closed all it’s stores in Japan. So, before it closed I wanted to get some Wendy’s into me. In Australia Wendy’s is a different company that sells ice-cream. I may have had Wendy’s the fast food when I was in America but I don’t remember, so for me this was the first time having the food....

Waterboys – Movie Review

Movie: ウォーターボーイズ English: Waterboys Staring: Tsumabuki Satoshi, Tamaki Hiroshi, Miura Akifumi, Kondo Koen, Kaneko Takatoshi Released: 2001 Carlie’s Rating: Rate This Movie: (2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)  Loading ... ...