Major cities in Japan form the specific council about statistics. The council releases various statistics data. The latest data is the 2011 version. I picked the statistics of murder cases in those big cities. Please see the following tabl…

The following table shows the attendance number of Japan Professional Football League in the 2012 season and the 2013 season. It covers J1 division (primary league) clubs only. Each team hosts 17 games in a year. Sapporo, Gamba Osaka, and …

The following shows the best selling music singles (record/CD) in Japan (as of 2013). Masato Shimon, singer of No.1 hit "Oyoge! Taiyaku-kun" had not made a royalty contract with the record company when he recorded the song. Because he did …

Feb 1st updated Tokyo Metropolitan government announced this season's prediction about the pollen dispersion of cedar and cypress. Fortunately it is not going to be severe this year. Possible start date of pollen dispersion : Probably the …

I bought a huggable pillow of lesser panda for my son at a fancy goods shop Passport. It cost 1000 yen ($9.62 €7.09). The store sells various types of pillow pets, including rabbit, bear, monkey, elephant, pig, and lion. ------------------…

2013 December version of "Retail price of major products in Tokyo" was released by Tokyo Metropolitan Government. So I have updated English translation of it. Please refer "Retail price of major products in Tokyo." ------------------------…

The following shows "contract money", "salary", and "incentive" in terms of the drafted baseball players who were picked in 2013. There are two tables, the first one is by Japanese Yen, the second table is by US$. *a in the table means "ro…

6,382,049 households live in Tokyo in 2010. (Population is 13,159,388.) Almost a half of them (2,922,488) are single-person households. The average number of members per household is 2.03. The following shows the number of households by th…

Recently the number of suicides has decreased gradually. "30,000 people committed suicides" era has gone. The following shows the number of suicides during 1978-2013, and its rate (per 100,000). Year Total number of suicides Men Women Rate…

Last year, 27,195 persons committed suicides in Japan. May was the peak season of suicides. 70% percent of suicides were committed by men. Total Man Woman 2013 Total 27,195 18,727 8,468 Jan 2,451 1,710 741 Feb 2,154 1,502 652 Mar 2,478 1,7…

Here is the second part of "Three Greats in Japan." The first part is here. Three Great Festivals Gion festival (Kyoto), Tenjin matsuri festival (Osaka), Kanda festival (Tokyo) Three Beautiful Festivals Gion festival (Kyoto), Takayama fest…

I bought two traditional incandescent lamps at a 100 yen shop. It cost 105 yen ($1.01 €0.74). It is for the entrance space. Recently many traditional incandescent lamps are replacing with LED lamps, because LED can save energy. In my house…

I went to Tokyo Big Sight to see Tokyo Motor Show on Dec 1st last year. Its admission fee was 1500 yen ($14.42 €10.56). Fortunately I was given a ticket by my client. I entered the show with that ticket. 108,100 people came to the show on …

Japanese people like choosing TOP 3s in many fields, for instance, Three Great Sacred Mountains, Three Great Limestone Caves, and Three Great Sceneries. The following list shows "Three Greats" in Japan. Please see the second article of Thr…

Every year 20-30 typhoons are generated in the northen Pacific Ocean. The following shows the number of typhoons which were generated during 1951-2013. The average number of typhoons is 26.2 in a year. Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug …

Some mail-order services send their catalog to customers regularly. You can receive them without any charge. Once I ordered some goods using a mail-order service. After that, the store had sent me their catalog regularly for approximately …

The following table shows the record of the coldest temperature in Tokyo. The temperature has been recording since 1875. All coldest cases happened before World War II. Rank degrees C degrees F Date yyyy/m/dd 1 -9.2 15.44 (1876/ 1/13) 2 -9…

I visited to Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History with my son. It is located in Yokohama, near Bashamichi station. Its admission fee is 300 yen ($2.88 €2.11) for adults and free for junior high school student or under. It is an …

I visited to Cup Noodle Museum with my wife and my son. It is located Yokohama. Its admission fee is 500 yen ($4.81 €3.52) for adults, no charge for under 15 kids. You can see the history of Cup Noodle (instant noodle in a cup. next image)…

I bought a precooked seasoning for fried rice at Seiyu. It includes 3 servings and cost 97 yen ($0.93 €0.68). I use it when I cook fried rice in a frying pan. I put this seasoning into the pan, then seasoned fried rice was made. It was goo…

To see 2014 season version, click "2014 Season Attendance Figures of NPB". The following shows number of attendees which each host team got in the 2013 season. Japanese baseball organization Nippon Professional Baseball has 12 teams in 2 l…

A doctor has to report specific diseases to the authority if he found those diseases in his patients. The following shows number of NEW patients who got a notifiable disease in 2010 in Japan. The table does not include the number of patien…

The following shows statistics of sunshine in Tokyo. It includes the yearly average amount of clouds, duration of sunshine and percentage of sunshine. There is also monthly data in terms of 2011. Average amount of clouds Duration of sunshi…

The following table shows the yearly average humidity in Tokyo (1989-2011). For 2011 you can see monthly data of the average humidity. Year Average humidity (%) Minimum humidity (%) Date of minimum humidity (mm/dd) 1989 64 16 4/13 1990 62 …

The following table shows average temperature and sea level average atmospheric pressure in Tokyo, from 1989 to 2011. In terms of 2011, I added monthly data. Year Average atmospheric pressure (sea level) Average Temperature Average highs A…

I made a pilgrimage to visit "Tokai shichifukujin seven deities of good fortune" with my local community members. Tokai shichifukujin are stamp places for pilgrims to visit seven deities of good fortune, which consist of seven temples and …

In Japan we usually do a major housecleaning at the end of the year. I cleaned glasses in my room. I bought a can of glass cleaner for 258 yen ($2.48 €1.82) at Seiyu. There were many shoppers in stores during December 28 - 31. Some of the …

A lot of Japanese people visit Shinto shrines or Buddhism temples in New Year’s holiday to make their wishes of health and happiness. I paid a visit to a local shrine and tossed saisen money (100 yen, $0.96 €0.70). The following table show…

There is Japanese custom to give New Year's gift money to kids. I gave 5000 yen ($48.08 €35.21) of New Year's gift money to my nephew at our family reunion in the New Year’s holiday. He is a junior high school student. I also gave a younge…

Japanese people set up New Year's decorations at the gate or on the door. Those were originally for welcoming local gods. A common decoration costs 1800 yen ($17.31 €12.68). I bought a cheap one as usual at Seiyu. It cost 498 yen ($4.79 €3…