Living in Osaka Blog

There’s going to be an informal meet-up of members (non-members welcome too) of the Osaka Flickr group this Saturday (16th June). The plan is to meet up at an photo exhibition of Brad Crawford, one of the members of the group. More details here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/osaka/discuss/72157600227522155/
The place where the exhibition will be held is [...]

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Summer has officially started here in Japan so you’ll see a lot of beer gardens and stand-up beer stalls springing up around Osaka. I love the beer stalls, which can be found in station areas like the Hankyu Department Store area.
It has almost nothing to do with Osaka but what the heck, vote [...]

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Out-doing Ueto Aya and her mission to protect you all from spyware is Uehara Takako (formerly of Speed) who is a policewoman helping promote traffic safety week here in Osaka.
I’m not sure of the connection or if there is one. As far as I can remember Uehara Takako is a native of Okinawa not [...]

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If you’re looking for a little something different in cuisine and you like gyoza you’ll love the mini-theme park style of the Namco Gyoza Stadium. There are 9 different stalls or resturants selling different gyoza styles from all over Japan. The whole area is styled in a 1940-50s Japan with common shared seating [...]

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Competing with the RoboCup for your attention this Golden Week is the Monster Viva Fair also being held at Intex.
There will be a big flea market, stalls selling foods from all over Japan, kids shows (from TV) and lots of hobby and toy shows.
Some details:
It will take place between the [...]

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The annual RoboCup competition is on again. This is where people design and build robots to play football (soccer). The robots are not remotely controlled, they are act autonomously (by themselves). It will take place during the Golden Week so it is sure to be packed and fun.
The web site is at [...]

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DenDen Town, the famous electrical district in Osaka also know as Nipponbashi, is having a street festa (party) on the 21st March 2007.  The 21st is a public holiday so it’s going to be packed but it looks a lot of fun.  From my limited Japanese, it seems the area will be turned into a [...]

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I went to see a professional basketball game (photos to come) on Saturday and it was a great game. It was a game between Osaka Evessa and Niigata Albirex.

At one point Evessa were trailing by 15 points and the game looked over, but a late second half drive and a enthusaistic home crowd ensured [...]

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As promised some photos taken last weekend of the Penguin March. Everyone enjoyed it so much, especially the kids. Let’s hope that after the bird flu scare they will have the event again next year. More photos on my flickr account.

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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. Hosted and organised by Garr Reynolds of Presentation Zen fame, they usually meet once a month (third Wednesday of the month) for a presentation at the Shinsaibashi Apple Store and then [...]

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