My friend donated money to his local community at the summer festival. Its amount was 15,000 yen ($153.06 €115.38). His family runs their own business. In this case the amount of money is higher than a common resident. The community manage…

I went to a photo shop to print out photo data which I took with my cell phone. I carried the data in a SD card (data storage card). I put the SD card into a terminal computer in the shop, and operated the terminal to order which data I ne…

I went to a dentist to take a regular teeth check. I go to the dentist every 6 months to check my teeth. I was taken X-ray of teeth this time. Fortunately there was no big damage. My lower teeth were cleaned with a supersonic machine clean…

Report from Nagoya: I visited Nagoya TV Tower. Its admission fee is 600 yen ($6.12 €4.62). Half price is required for kids (under 12). The tower is 180 metres high. It has two main observation decks at the 90 metres hight and 100 metres. I…

I bought a box of Thunderbirds sweets for 840 yen ($8.66 €6.46) at Thunderbirds Expo. I forgot to explain about Thunderbirds on Sunday's post. According to Wikipedia Thunderbirds is; a 1960s British science-fiction television series, creat…

I ate ramen noodle at a ramen shop (restaurant) in Odaiba Venus Fort. It cost 830 yen ($8.56 €6.38). Restaurants in Odaiba are always crowded and seats are mostly occupied. Generally we have to wait in a queue until seats are available. Fo…

I went to Special Exhibition "Thunderbirds Expo - Special-effects of the Century Depict our Future" held at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan). Its admission fee is 1300 yen ($13.40 €10.00), 700 yen ($7.22 €5.38)…

I went to a city pool near my house. Its entrance fee is 400 yen ($4.12 €3.08) for 3 hours. There are 3 sessions in the pool, morning session, afternoon session, evening session. One ticket is valid for one session. You also need to pay lo…

I subscribe Asahi-shimbun newspaper. Common Japanese newspaper company delivers the newspaper to the reader's house twice a day, morning edition and evening edition. I subscribe only morning edition. It costs 3720 yen ($38.35 €28.62) per m…

When I went to a supermarket with my son, he wanted to have a cup of fruit jelly. I bought it for 142 yen ($1.46 €1.09). It was a newly-introduced product. The price was discounted trial price. --- Today's temperature is 30.2 C.

I went to a city pool (Higashi-chofu-koen pool) with my son. Its entrance fee is 360 yen ($3.71 €2.77) for one day use. Kids price is 100 yen. There is no time limitation to use the pool within a day. It means you can stay at the pool from…

My wallet was battered, so I bought a new wallet for 1000 yen ($10.31 €7.81) at Seiyu. It is the cheapest wallet in the store. Common wallets cost 3 times of it. ----- Today's temperature is 30.5 C. It is still hot, almost ridiculous.

This is a report from Nagoya. I ate a borscht lunch plate at the Little World Museum. It cost 800 yen ($8.25 €6.25). As you know borscht is a Russian cuisine. I think that plate is localized to Japanese flavor. There was no beat. The plate…

I went to Odaiba beach of Tokyo bay today. It took 7 minutes train ride from my home to the station near the beach. It is an artificial beach made in 1996. We can not swim at the beach because water is dirty. Some people play with water. T…

I went to Kikunaike pool in Yokohama city with my family. Kikunaike pool is run by Yokohama city and its entrance fee is 800 yen ($8.25 €6.25) for one day ticket. Kids ticket is 300 yen for one day. The shape of the pool is a circle river …

I visited the Little World Museum of Man with my family. Its admission fee was 1600 yen ($16.49 €12.50). Kids price was 600 yen ($6.19 €4.69). According to their web site, the exhibition of the museum is; Along a 2.5 km round road, there a…

This is a report from Nagoya. My kids and my wife ate udon noodles (wheat noodle) at a restaurant in Little World museum. It cost 600 yen ($6.19 €4.69). It is noodle with sansai (wild vegetables). In this case wild vegetable means warabi (…

My daughter bought a fancy pouch for 1260 yen ($12.99 €9.84) at Olympia in Ito-Yokado. It is a Rirakkuma shaped pouch. Rirakkuma is a cartoon character of a bear shaped stuffed animal. In the original story, there is an unknown person insi…

This is a report from Nagoya. I visited The Little World Museum in Inuyama city, Aichi prefecture. To go to the museum, I took Meitetsu Inuyama line from Nagoya to Inuyama. Its one-way ticket cost 540 yen ($5.57 €4.22). From Inuyama statio…

My daughter bought a "USB Cable Power Adapter for Apple iPod" for 1280 yen ($13.20 €10.00). How to use it : 1. plugs it in the wall outlet. 2. plugs USB cable in this adapter, then power charge starts. I thought it would cost about 500 yen…

Please see also Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen (Bullet train) fare table & List of Shinkansen (Bullet train) stations I went to Nagoya by a bullet train (Shinkan-sen). Bullet train's one way ticket cost 10980 yen ($113.20 €85.78) from Tokyo to N…

My daughter bought a backpack for 3465 yen ($35.72 €27.07) at Olympia which is located in Ito-Yokado. She will use it in her private time. When she goes to school, she has to carry the school's uniformed bag. When she goes to attend basket…

I ate a lunch plate of minced meat cutlet at a domestic local restaurant. It cost 800 yen ($8.25 €6.25). There are cutlet, rice, miso soup, raw fish, and tofu on the plate. I ate it with other 5 friends. After the meal, each of us paid mon…

I bought a thermometer for 997 yen ($10.28 €7.79) at Seiyu last week. Unfortunately it was a broken one, did not display right value. I sent it to the manufacturer to fix it on last Thursday. The manufacturer sent the fixed one yesterday. …

I bought a box of ice cream bars for 198 yen at Seven-Eleven. It was chocolate flavor. There were 6 bars in the box. Strong heat wave is coming to Tokyo from China. Forecast says, it will be very hot in Japan for the next week. We will hav…

My son played Pokemon Stamp rally today. It is a game collecting series of stamps which are placed at certain stations. My son collected 6 stamps in downtown area. He used a one day unlimited ride pass to go around stations. The pass is ca…

My son got a canker sore in his mouth. There are 5 spots of focuses. He gets mad about the trouble in his mouth. I went to a drugstore with my son to buy a medicine for the canker sore. Shop pharmacist recommended the following drug. In Ja…

At our summer festival, we carry our portable shrines through streets in the community. In the morning from 9 to 11, the smaller portable shrine is carried by kids. There is also the drum car which is pulled by kids. Adults carry the stand…

I went Jonanjima Kaihin seaside park with my son. We did crab fishing in the rocky area. There is no charge to enter the park. We made a fishing device like the below. It consists of a string and bait (dried squid). I dropped it between th…

On this weekend our community holds summer festival. This Friday night, people dance Bon-odori dance on the street. Anyone can join the dance. Participants are mostly elderly people and preschool kids. Community members run street stalls a…