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Avatar Posted by smoother 94 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: graffiti pictures yukata yanki
Everywhere I turn there's graffiti in one place or another. Who does this damage anyway? Is there a national graffiti school around here somewhere that I haven't noticed? Anyway, here's a picture I took of some graffiti. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 112 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: kitkat chocolate watermelon food
I haven't seen KitKat candy in other flavors before moving to Japan... so I took a picture of it to share with the world. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 118 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: water drink food travel summer
Have you seen the sweet Sigg bottles at The Loft? They run 2500-3000 yen there. You can find them on Amazon for 1800-2500. But I found a look-a-like that's turning out to be a good purchase for just ¥315 at the 3 Coin Store. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 125 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Photography | Tags: engrish english sign picture
A photo taken at Round 1 with butchered English telling you to take your shoes off before entering. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 226 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: tiramisu food cake 105 yen
I'm always keep an eye out for affordable foods or snacks that taste similar to the ones back in the U.S. and today I report on the 105 Yen cake that you can find through out Japan. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 230 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: cherry blossom festival pictures
Here are some cherry blossom pictures I took a few weekends bank along with. Some look cool, others have lots of drunk people, and one has a guy dressed in a monkey suit. I wrote some details about my experience too. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 239 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Strange | Tags: fukuoka salon hair
At Ball Hair you can get a perm for only 8500 Yen! In other news, this blog entry contains a picture of the sign from an odd named hair salon that went out of business within weeks of opening. I don't know if the name had anything to do with it, but it brought me some free entertainment every time read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 241 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: General | Tags: construction workers
I thought I'd share some pictures of a few small but efficient construction sites in Fukuoka showing the barriers they use to block off the noise and the public. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 268 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: starbucks coffee food
In this post I talk about Starbucks in just one small part of town. There are about 6 very close to each other, it's amazing. And I took a picture from Starbucks of Starbucks across the street. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 285 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: shochu alcohol fukuoka yahoo dome
What did we do before Valentine's Day in Japan? 300 Yen all you can 'sip' at the Yahoo Dome! Here are some of pictures by Steve at Japan it UP! during the shochu fair in Fukuoka featuring shochu from Kyushu Island. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 287 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: drinks soda food
This strange looking large size soft drink caught my eye so I snapped a picture of it. It's the biggest soda I've seen in Japan this far that you can order from a shop or restaurant. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 288 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: holiday food chocolate love
This is a report of first time spending Valentine's in Japan and some pictures of the hand made chocolate goodies my fiancee made for me. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 309 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Strange | Tags: strange weird new japan
Here are some photos of things I've seen in Japan that I've never seen in America which includes restaurants saving purchased unfinished bottles of alcohol, QR codes, a mother load of convenience stores, and more. read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 314 days ago (http://www.news-press.com)
Category: General | Tags: food japanese
Many know about four types of taste buds. Sour, sweet, salty and bitter are the four.

There are actually five tastes produced, one having taken many years for a more recent generation of scientists to take a closer look at and accept.

A French man and Japanese man discovered a 5th taste sens read more »
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