04:31 am | This year the autumn in Japan came quite late but here are a few videos from the last 10 days. Actually for the real Koyo (maple trees autumn leaves) we must wait at...

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03:42 am | Chottomatte’s team is proud to present you our first ever “art” movie – “Walking Big in Japan”! Featuring our our new rising star – Alex!  Here is the movie:   It was filmed...

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03:01 pm | Typhoon ROKE video updates are here.   Dear all, This webpage contains video and photo updates from Typhoon Talas . I will try to take new movies every few hours (or more often...

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06:12 am | The photos are from the central DAIEI shop in Kobe (at Sannomiya station): It seems that edible flowers were on sale already for several years in Japan but this was the first time...

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12:18 pm | Dear All, This page contains the August Tokyo Radiation levels updates from Wako campus. For September updates please click here. For July updates please click here, for June updates please click here, for...

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03:26 am | Dear All, This page contains the July Tokyo Radiation levels updates from Wako campus. For August updates please click here For June updates please click here, for May updates please click here and...

July 5 2011 / 12 comments / Read More »
Japan Funny News

Setsubun 2011 – The Beginning »

Setsubun 2011 – The Beginning 03:40 pm | 2011  setsubun in Japan is approaching and there could be no doubt about it! In every shop, in every combini, on every street you can see the signs....

January 24 2011 / 2 comments / Read More »

The cutest road barriers »

The cutest road barriers 01:09 pm | Have you ever seen road barriers? Of course you have. But here is Japan and everything is different – including the road barriers! Why should you have the...

December 21 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Hanko Stamps – Generation Next »

Hanko Stamps – Generation Next 01:58 pm | Hanko (判子) are small personal stamps which everybody in Japan has. Even we the gijins have one with their names written on it in katakana. They are used...

September 23 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Tio Glutton – The Best Japanese Donuts »

Tio Glutton – The Best Japanese Donuts 01:13 pm | Chottomatte team is proud to present you – the Tio Glutton donuts – the best donuts in Japan but most probably also the best in the world. The...

September 14 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »

Behold Hello Kitty – Cheburashka is coming! »

Behold Hello Kitty – Cheburashka is coming! 02:21 pm | Cheburashka first appeared in the year 1966 in the book of soviet writer Eduard Uspensky. It is a small brown, furry creature with big ears and eyes and...

September 3 2010 / 4 comments / Read More »
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Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – January »

Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – January

07:53 am | Happy New Year to Everybody! This page contains the January Tokyo Radiation levels updates from Wako campus,...

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Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – December »

Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – December

04:15 am | Dear All, This page contains the December Tokyo Radiation levels updates from Wako campus, Tokyo. For November...

December 5 2011 / 6 comments / Read More »

Japan Autumn 2011 (Videos) »

Japan Autumn 2011 (Videos)

04:31 am | This year the autumn in Japan came quite late but here are a few videos from the...

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Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – November »

Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – November

04:46 am | Dear All, This page contains the November Tokyo Radiation levels updates from Wako campus, Tokyo. For DECEMBER...

November 7 2011 / 2 comments / Read More »

Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – October »

Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – October

08:08 am | Dear All, This page contains the October Tokyo Radiation levels updates from Wako campus, Tokyo. For September...

October 3 2011 / 5 comments / Read More »

Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – September »

Tokyo radiation levels – daily updates – September

04:50 am | OCTOBER Tokyo radiation updates are here. Dear All, This page contains the September Tokyo Radiation levels updates...

September 9 2011 / 2 comments / Read More »

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  1. chottom: Hi Avas, Welcome to Japan. As far as I know all the radiation is already embedded in the soil and rocks...
  2. Avas: Hi chottom, after much considerration i came to japan. my kids have startted to go school. i just wanted to...
  3. chottom: This is what I meant when I said that Japanese government does not make very good job in monitoring...
  4. chottom: Hello Ansosn, Theoretically in both Osaka and Tokyo is save for pregnant woman (in Osaka always was –...
  5. Anson: I’m planning on visiting Osaka and Tokyo in March, is the radiation level safe for pregnant women? Will...
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Lights and Sounds From JapanView all

Setsubun Is Coming (Gourmet City Chronicles I) »

04:55 pm | What I realized today is that our supermarket is a great opportunity to learn about Japanese traditions. You just have to observe the changes in it. That is why I am starting a new section – Gourmet City Chronicles. Japan traditions through the metamorphosis of a food chain supermarkets. I know – it is not...

January 10 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Setsubun Is Coming (Gourmet City Chronicles I)

Japanese police women cheerleaders dancing »

12:49 pm | Yes – that’s true. They are police women, they are cheerleaders and they are dancing. The action takes place in Kobe, just in front of Sannomiya station: The event is annual but only this year they introduced the cheerleader dance. The performance is by Hyogo ward police orchestra. I think the idea is great especially...

August 11 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Japanese police women cheerleaders dancing

Setsubun 2011 – The Beginning »

03:40 pm | 2011  setsubun in Japan is approaching and there could be no doubt about it! In every shop, in every combini, on every street you can see the signs. The concept is simple – chase away the evil by throwing at it roasted soy beans (or fuku mame (福豆) in Japanese). Here are some of this...

January 24 2011 / 2 comments / Read More »
Setsubun 2011 – The Beginning

Japanese Research Team Discovers The First Virus of Non-retroviral Origin In Our Genome »

06:25 am | 8% of our genome consists of processed retroviruses. These are remnants of ancient infections which swept through our ancestor’s population. Yet a Japanese research team found something different lurking deep in our chromosomal landscape and which seems to enter a pact with our genetic makeup. In brief – this is what happened toward the end...

January 8 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Japanese Research Team Discovers The First Virus of Non-retroviral Origin In Our Genome

Places

Chrysanthemum hills – Osaka castle (blog entry)

Chrysanthemum hills – Osaka castle (blog entry) »

12:34 pm | The newest blog entry (19th August 2010) is -  Chrysanthemum hills – Osaka castle. Here is a preview picture: All the photos were taking during the Osaka castle chrysanthemum festival...

August 20 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Ritsurin Park (Takamatsu) »

Ritsurin Park (Takamatsu)

04:47 pm | Ritsurin Park is one of the most beautiful historical parks of Japan. It is situated in Takamatsu city (Shikoku island) and its...

August 16 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Sorakuen Garden by Day and By Night »

Sorakuen Garden by Day and By Night

05:28 pm | Recently I added two new entries to our blog Kanazawa – Kenrokuen Garden Winter Visit and Kanazawa – Kenrokuen Garden by Night....

March 20 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Science

Chinese and African Genomes Bring Another 5 Million Bases to the Human Pan-Genome »

Chinese and African Genomes Bring Another 5 Million Bases to the Human Pan-Genome

06:23 am | The first draft of the human genome assembly was published in year 2000 and the complete version in year 2003. What is...

January 5 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Dazzling Hgh Quality Videos of Stem Cells »

Dazzling Hgh Quality Videos of Stem Cells

03:23 am | What are the stem cells? From where they come? What is the difference between embryonic and adult stem cells? What are the...

December 31 2009 / No comment / Read More »
Japanese Research Team Discovers The First Virus of Non-retroviral Origin In Our Genome

Japanese Research Team Discovers The First Virus of Non-retroviral Origin In Our Genome »

06:25 am | 8% of our genome consists of processed retroviruses. These are remnants of ancient infections which swept through our ancestor’s population. Yet a Japanese research team found something different lurking deep...

January 8 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

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