A Wish (for some people)

New Year 2012 in Tokyo, Japan

Here's a video from Youtube about

how it look like in Tokyo in New year

Here's video from Youtube about 

New year sale in Harajuku & Shibuya

Honestly speaking i won't go shopping at this time with my friends, i'm sure they will shop like crazy. Last time we were in Japan in 2009, they shop a lot, and i mean a lot :-)

Quick Hair Cut in Japan

This QB House is found in a subway station in Tokyo

Want to have a haircut in Tokyo, but you do not want to wait too long just to get your hair done. Visit any QB House quick hair cut shop in Tokyo. It can be done in 10 MINUTES for the price of 1000 Yen (about B$16.00 Brunei Dollars). You will see at the top left-hand side of the photos something like a traffic light, that is the waiting time or to see if any seats are available. To find out how can you have a quick haircut, look at their instruction below: 

Oh ya, want your Hair Stylist to cut your hair to the style you want, bring a picture, it will be much easier than trying to communicate with them on how you want it. If i'm not mistaken you can keep the comb that is is to style your hair as a souvenir. Anybody have any experience getting their hair done here? Share with us at our Facebook Page. Thank you.

100 Yen Shop

Japan most famous 100 Yen shop "Daiso"

100 Yen shop can be found almost anywhere in Japan like in an arcade, on the streets, subway stations, on a corner or in large shopping complexes. You can buy cheap things in there but very good quality. For tourist the 100 yen shop can be a great place to buy souvenir, or batteries for your camera or mp3 player. You can also buy Hello Kitty, Doraemon and Pokemon stuffs for 100 yen.

100 Yen shop called "Seria", funny in Brunei there is a town called Seria

Many of the 100 Yen shop looks like a regular convenience store but in some city you can find them with multi-storey and as big as a department store. Just remember not everything in there is 100 Yen, and there is a 5% consumer tax, but still you get a pretty good deal there. Any other 100 Yen shop i don't know about, please share with us at our Facebook page.

Japan Capsule Machine

Want to get a nice souvenir from Japan for your all your friends? Afraid too expensive or too heavy to bring back to your country. Well just find any capsule machine in Japan and get a nice souvenir from it.

Here is the samples of souvenir lapel pins you can get from Asakusa, Tokyo.

If you are lucky you can get a mystery lapel pin.

This capsule machine sell Japan train lapel pins

The lady there, my friend, it's her first time visiting Japan
& everywhere she go in Japan she will look  for a capsule machine.

The capsule machine in Japan can be found almost everywhere especially in the streets of Tokyo. Outside some convenience store you can find also variety of capsule machine selling capsule of Gundam, Doraemon, Hello Kitty, and Mario Brothers. At some castle or museum in Japan you can also find capsule machine selling it's souvenir. Whether you buy it for your friends or you buy for yourself, it's a nice collection from Japan. Most of the capsule machine sells it's capsule for 100 Yen (about B$1.60 Brunei Dollars). Look for it in Japan, and you must try the machines.

Vending Machine everywhere in Japan

You will never go thirsty in Japan. Drinks' vending machine are everywhere, trust me it's everywhere, you can find them at every street corners, every train stations, every shopping centers and so on. The drinks in the vending machine can be paid with coins, cash, and even possible with mobile phones. It can even give you back your change. After buying your drinks the vending machine usually display a cute message saying “thank you”.

There are also a next-generation Japan's vending machines on the street with hopes of increasing sales through better advertising. There is a camera with sensors embedded on the vending machine which will recognise your gender and age. This will allow the vending machine to recommend a suitable beverage depending on the buyer profile. For example if the machine detects you are a male user, it will recommend sports drink, and if it detects you are a female user it will recommend tea. You can even click on the screen and interact with the drink that you’re about to buy. 

The vending machine also has a system to display advertising when it is not in use. It also can provide recommendations appropriate to the time of day, temperature and season. For example, if it's a hot day, it will recommend you a cold drink and if it’s a cold day, it will recommend a hot drink. Or you can be like most user, just buy the drinks you want or looks attractive. Next time when your in Japan look for any Vending machines and test it's functions, it will be fun.