Thursday, March 11th | Gaijin Guide
10:58

How to process large-sized rubbish in Japan

When you have over-sized rubbish – that is, large items that don’t fit into your normal rubbish bags, you have to go through certain procedures to get rid of them.   I’m referring here to normal large size waste that is bigger than 30cm x 30cm x 30cm, and not home appliances and personal computers.
In Japan, [...]

14:49

How to go to the gym in Tokyo for the cost of a latte

If you live in Tokyo, chances are you aren’t surrounded by the lush green, rolling hills of the countryside back home.  The work-out that comes with stepping out your front door to do just about anything isn’t there any longer.  So the natural solution is to go to the gym.  But it costs money, and [...]

13:35

The Tokyo Subway system on Google Maps

Ever wondered how the incredible mesh, that is the Tokyo underground rail network, looks from space?  Well since it’s underground, it doesn’t really matter how far up you go, you wont be able to see it…
But… someone has gone to the trouble of super-imposing all the subway lines and their stations onto a Google Map, [...]


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