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If you’re a designer in Osaka and interested in meeting up with similar creative and interesting people you’ll be interested in Design Matters. [...]

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Spotted a little while back. It seems that a new tower and a pretty tall one is being erected. Location seems to be somewhere around the Bentencho area, but please correct me if I’m wrong. More details are welcome.

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If cars are your thing, this coming long weekend (Sat 10th - Mon12th Feb) there will be a Motor/Car show at the Intex Exhibition Centre.  Admission is 2,500 Yen and the show will be open from 9am to 6pm (5pm on Mon).
More information here:
http://www.intex-osaka.com/event/index_e.html
To get to Intex, take the Chuo line (dark green) to the [...]

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Spotted in my local subway station

The multi-talented Ueto Aya warns everyone about the dangers of spyware. And you thought she was just a pretty face :p

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I noticed this new subway map yesterday on the way back from work. I am not sure when they were put up but it must have been the last couple of days. The thing that was most striking for me was the new kinks on the lines (I’ve highlighted them in yellow). [...]

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Sure you can use weather.com but I have found that the local forecasts are consistently more accurate than ones from overseas. So for those of you who can’t read enough Japanese to navigate through the Japanese sites, here is a direct link to the weather in Osaka from MSN Japan. It’s in Japanese [...]

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The Kaiyukan is Osaka’s very own aquarium and until the 12th Feb they have a special event with the penguins let out to walk about for while.  You can see them at 1.30pm and 3.30pm.  And afterwards five lucky people can have their photos taken with the penguins.  We are going on Sunday so please [...]

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The annual One World Festival will take place this Saturday (10am-5pm) and Sunday (10am-4pm) at the International House, Osaka. It is a big cultural exchange festival and they have things like picture book readings (great for kids), food & drink and games. I might not be able to go because of prior engagements [...]

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What’s the deal with bike parking in Osaka?
If you’re in Osaka you might have noticed how bicycles are parked everywhere regardless of whether it is a parking area or a “NO PARKING” area. What’s up with this?

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