Jogging in Tokyo with Wiimote

Jogging in Tokyo with Wiimote

The Modding otaku, Ryo Katsuma has done it again. He first made news around the blogs for his Wii Balance Board mashup. Well, he has now taken the same principle and applied it to the Wiimotes. Using the Wiimote Katsuma’s mod allows you to move down Google Map Streets. How...

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Edagawa’s robotic bike storage

Edagawa’s robotic bike storage

How do you solve a bike storage problem in the heart of Tokyo? Create a robotic bike storage system. With bikes ridden by over 700,000 people a day in Tokyo, after they get to their train station, those bikes need to go somewhere. This underground bike storage system at the...

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Tokyo monkey chaos: The shirt

Well by now I’m sure you have heard about the monkey found walking the train tracks in Tokyo. If not, take your pick from here, here, here, here, or here to read about it. By the amount of fuss about it, its one of those stories that everyone has got...

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AKIBA Today site launches

As an American covering Japan, I depend on blogs and other websites that offer glimpses into daily Japan. I believe many people would be surprised to see how many blogs I have in Google reader in my quest to catch things off the radar that other Japan focused blogs miss....

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Old Tokyo recreated in Second Life

For those of you that use Second Life and want to experience a bit of old Tokyo, Second Coa has created a virtual Edo (old name for Tokyo) in the virtual world. Second Coa has produce 12 different areas of Edo including Nihonbashi, Edo Castle, Kanda Myojin shrine, and Asakusa....

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Tomohiro Kato: Akihabara killer details

Lots of new details emerged since Sunday about the Tomohiro Kato Akihabara killings. Early on, the media turned their focus to the fact that he seemed to be a fan of doujinshi, military equipment, cars, and Miss Wide Open. Police found evidence of all of the above in his apartment,...

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Tomohiro Kato kills 7 in Akihabara

Tomohiro Kato (above) Today marks a sad day in Akihabara. A man with a survival knife stabbed and killed 7 people while leaving 10 people injured. Reports say he drove a truck into a crowd, got out, and proceeded to stab anyone withing distance. Police was able to apprehend Tomohiro...

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WWII bomb found in Tokyo

A bomb in Chofu, Tokyo brought back memories of World War II for many. About 16,000 residents will be issued evacuation orders by the city government so that it can work to diffuse a 63 year old bomb from the War. Keio Corp was performing work on underground rail lines...

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