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Asiantiger image Asiantiger United States 35 years in Japan

Global business and marketing consultant. Author of "Global Artisan (グローバル職人になろう)" and "Global Trade and Marketing for Small-medium Enterprises(小さな会社でもできる海外取引ガイドブック)" both from Chuo Keizai-sha Publishing and available on Amazon. www.hidekiyamane.com

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Natsu Matsuri

I miss Japanese summer except for that humidity :) Song of crickets and cicadas, sound of wind-bell and baseball games on TV. Sit on tatami floor and have cold beer with edamame... I love them! You can't miss Omatsuri in summer, too! It is like a farmer's market with more activities. Please enj…(54 words)

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Summer Japanese festivals Japanese Summer Beer activities Baseball Market love Edamame (Green soybeans) Tatami
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How to sell your story in Japan?

Many of you must have been writing your experiences on Facebook, Twitter or blogs. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could actually sell those stories? I would like to share with you how I was able to publish two books in Japan a few years ago and still receiving the royalty fees. I hope you can publi…(450 words)

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Publishing book writing
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Perfet place for taking nap

Comic cafes (or Manga Cafe) are perfect place for taking nap. You fill out a registration form at a counter for the first time then you will be assigned a chair or flat mat. Those spaces are separately by walls and are usually equipped with a desktop PC with a headset.You might want just browse…(105 words)

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Tokyo Manga Comic cafe
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Touge-no-Kamameshi and Daruma Bento

I would recommend Touge-no-Kamameshi and Daruma Bento from Gunma prefecture. They can be purchased at Nagano Shinkansen stations. They are assortments of traditional Japanese foods in a small ceramic pot (Kamameshi) or Daruma shaped plastic bento box (Daruma Bento). These containers can be reus…(70 words)

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Train Train station Shinkansen Bullet Train Bank Bento (box meal) Nagano Kamameshi Gunma
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JP (Japan Post) or Citibank ATM normally accept foreign cards

JP (Japan Post) or Citibank ATM normally accept debit and credit cards issued overseas. JP ATM can be found even in rural Japan.(23 words)

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Tokyo Bank
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Tullys or Starbucks

Some Tullys or Starbucks coffee shops provide AC power. They do have WiFi also but normally you have to subsribe to Japanese telecom subscribers to use.(26 words)

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Tokyo Coffee
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Look up TV antennas

Look up TV antennas on houses and buildings to check placement of short elements. When you are in Tokyo 23 ward, it is normally pointed toward Tokyo Sky Tree or North East of Tokyo. For example, in case of the attached photo, the antenna is beaming toward the left.(48 words)

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