October 2012
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Experience Japanese Traditonal Printing Skill
We went to one of our activity ‘’Hanga (woodcut) printing’’ with a French intern of FindJPN, Gauthier the other day. We’d like to introduce you that!
What is Hanga anyway?
Hanga is a Japanese traditional printing technique that started in Edo period (1603-1868). First, you divide the picture into each color, and carve wooden boards for each layer. Then you paint each wooden board, and print...
September 2012
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Special Offer for Tourists to use Free Wi-Fi in...
Although Japan is said to be one of the most advanced nations in
information technology,
foreigners can rarely find free Wi-Fi network successfully in Tokyo
and other major cities.
Today, I'm going to introduce you to a special campaign, that gives
tourists the awesome opportunity to have Wi-Fi access for free!
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The name of the campaign is "SHARE YOUR WOW! Japan Photo...
August 2012
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7 must iPhone Applications to enjoy Japan !!
Today, I would like to introduce you “7 must iPhone Applications to enjoy Japan” !! They are arranged according to situations. photo credit: HAMACHI! via photo pin cc - Apps for communicating with Japanese people/ Language - [[MORE]]
1, 【World Nomads Japanese Language Guide 】 FREE Find how to say something in Japanese fast and easily with this app. Pronunciations are written in Hiragana...
Deep Akihabara Tour with Japanese Lolitas
On August Second, 2012, we hosted ‘’A Deep Akihabara Tour’’. The guests this time were students of a Japanese language school. The experience was hosted by five Lolita and Visual-kei Japanese people. [[MORE]]
The plan this time was to walk around Akihabara and cosplay Karaoke with people wearing lolitas costumes. We split into three groups after meeting at Akihabara station and each group went...
Playing Visual-kei Music with old Japanese...
Today, we’d like to introduce an interesting band which mixes Japanese traditional culture with pop culture. Visual-kei is one of the many famous music genres of Japan, its bands sport remarkable make-up as well as unique costumes. Typical examples of the visual-kei artists are X JAPAN, LUNA SEA and Kuroyume.
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They are for sure quite extraordinary, but sometimes they can be surprisingly...
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Introducing wish lists
We’re always working hard on improving your experience on FindJPN.com. Today we’re proud to introduce a great new feature we’ve been working on for a while: wish lists. With wish lists, you can now plan the perfect itinerary, share experiences you’d like to enjoy with friends, or just bookmark the amazing experiences we offer for when you save up enough to finally cross the pond. It’s simple:...
Shopping and Tea Party with Gothic, Lolita, and...
The other day on July 7th 2012, a total of nine tourists and students of a Japanese language school experienced a FindJPN activity called “Shopping and Tea Party with Gothic, Lolita, and Punks” hosted by a group called the “Gothic & Lolita & Punk Club (GLP), which is a gathering of lovers of Lolita and gothic fashion. From GLP, a whopping number of 15 people came to the event! After...
July 2012
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Discovering Japan through the eyes of a TEDxTokyo...
On June 29th, we provided a TEDxTokyo audience from the Middle East with a FindJPN activity.
They tried out the Learn Traditional Japanese Comedic Stage Performance activity!
This activity consists of: • An opportunity to hear “Rakugo” (Japanese Comedic storytelling) in English • An opportunity to learn how to construct stories and speak like the “Rakugo Masters” from an instructor.
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Soccer Culture in Japan
Whether it’s the hottest and most searing day of the summer or its freezing outside, walk to a park in Japan and you’ll see kids playing soccer. Ever since Japan hosted the 2002 world cup, soccer fever in the country has risen steadily to a point where, now, Japan has nurtured players such as Yuuto Nagatomo (25 years old) who plays for Intel or Kagawa Shinji (23 years old) who plays for Manchester...
June 2012
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Using FindJPN on a Business Trip
Since FindJPN’s launch in August, most of our customers have been in numbers of one or two. But on May 19th, we had five customers use our service – showcasing yet another way FindJPN can be implemented.
Five men on a short business stay in Japan used our service. Three were from Sweden, one from India, and another from China. Out of the 100 or so activities we have listed on our site, they chose...
How to Get Tickets for the Ghibli Museum
Hi this is Yuki Yamashita, intern at FindJPN. This is going to be out of the blue but have you ever watched “Totoro? It’s a famous film animation produced by “Ghibli”. Along with Tezuka Osamu and Fujiko F. Fujio, “GHIBLI” is well known by many around the world as pretty much representing Japanese Animation.
There’s even a theme park in Japan called GHIBLI museum that has Ghibli characters and...
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The spiffy #allnewfindjpn website!
FindJPN was started to help you discover Japan and its culture through unique travel experiences. Today we’re excited to announce a redesigned website that we hope will help you surface interesting activities faster and become your perfect tool to exploring Japan.
Discover even more
Our new discover page allows you to view even more activities at once. It features large pictures in a...
Go to Sushi Jiro in Ginza
Whenever I ask people the best place to eat top-notch sushi, people tell me: “Go to Sushi Jiro”.
Sushi Jiro. Have you heard of this place?
This place is written about in numerous blogs, numerous books (in Japanese), and has recently even become a movie called “Jiro, Dreams of Sushi”
The sushi restaurant is called “Sukiyabashi Jiro”. The owner, 82 years old, is Ono Jiro. His store has received...
May 2012
4 posts
How to Get From Narita Airport to Central Tokyo –...
How’s it going? This is Dyki from FindJPN. I’ve been an intern at this company for over 8 months making pop culture related activities, writing blog posts, and just having a really great time.
This blog post is a how-to blog about “How to get from Narita airport to Central Tokyo”.
Narita Airport is not located in the Capital of Japan, Tokyo prefecture, but instead in Chiba prefecture; this is...
Making an Edo Wind chime in Mizue, Tokyo
Summer in Japan is damp, hot and moist.
If I didn’t know Japan well I would advise visitors to stay away from the hot summer months of July and August but having lived in Japan for most of my life (I’m 21 right now), I can say with confidence that summer is, in fact, the best time to visit.
Creativity flows in and out of Japan during the summer - the fireworks at Edo River, the “matsuri”...
How to Ride a Train Using a Metro Prepaid Card in...
Tokyo is really famous for the complicated transportation system. Sometimes even Japanese people sightseeing Tokyo can’t figure out how to buy tickets and transfer trains.
But if you have a PASMO/SUICA card, you can deal with almost any money transaction including transferring for trains and buses - even shopping!!
A PASMO/SUICA card is 500 yen (5 dollars) to buy.
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How to buy...
Learning to become a Geisha in Tokyo
Hi, this is Rei Sandy, and I’m an intern at FindJPN. For a while now, I’ve been tagging along a couple of FindJPN activities to report back how these activities turned out.
So early morning on a day in April, I went to go see a FindJPN customer become a geisha along with another colleague. The transformation that unfolded was amazing, and I want to share this with you all.
FindJPN’s customer...
April 2012
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A Detailed Report of a Tea Ceremony in Ginza
My name is Rei Sandy, and I’m an Intern at FindJPN.
On April 2nd, I went to see a tea ceremony held in Ginza hosted for two of our customers Alison and Kavin. All the people at the tea ceremony, including the teacher, were great so I want to tell you about them as well as the ceremony itself.
Around 8:45am that day, after going up four flights of stairs up an office building, I was in...
March 2012
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Learning What Lolita is with “Pochi”
Over the next three posts, I’ll be writing about the many interviews I did with the club I talked about last week – “The Gothic, Lolita, and Punk Club”.
I’ll be writing about what lolitas do every day, why they wear Lolita clothes and other information that may help to understand who Lolitas are.
Our first guest is “Pochi” who is the sub-leader of the club.
Dyki: Thanks for having this...
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Getting to Know the "Gothic, Lolita and Punk Club"
For this blog, I’d like to report back my meeting with the leader Ai and sub-leader Pochi from the “Gothic, Lolita, and Punk Club” at our office in Ebisu.
But first, I’ll briefly explain what Lolita and gothic fashion is.
Lolita Fashion is a trend that incorporates France’s Lococo-style fashion while arranging it to a Japanese style.
The picture below is an example of Lolita Fashion!
On the...
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Toshimaen (としまえん）Cosplay Event Pt.2 : Interviews
Last week, I wrote about the としまえん Cosplay Event and held off the interviews to this week. So, here are the interviews! Please enjoy! ;)
Out of the many Cosplayers I took pictures of, I interviewed a couple
The questions I asked the cosplayers are the following:
How long have you been a cosplayer?
When and what was your very first cosplay/outfit?
What are some things that you took special...
February 2012
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Report of a Popular Cosplay Event in...
On February 18 2012, Dyki from FindJPN went to a “Cosplay” event. This blog will contain a report of the event as well as a couple interviews of the “cosplayers” (people in costume)!
First of all, let’s establish what cosplay is. “Cosplay” is the act of wearing outfits designed to look like characters in animes and mangas – the place to show off these costumes are cosplay events. Today,...
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Sumo Match!
On January 29th, our customers and the FindJpn crew went to go see a Sumo match!
At 11:00 in the morning, 18 of us met up at Ryogoku station and headed over to “Ryogoku-Kukugikan” – a Sumo sanctuary.
There was a certain strict aura to the building, making us feel a bit anxious and antsy. As soon as we entered, though, we found Futenou – the Sumo wrestler that fought that day - instantly making...
December 2011
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Customer interview: Hard Juengling from Australia
We interviewed Richard who experienced 3 programs at FindJPN.
Richard is a graduate student in mechanical engineering. Although he has always wanted to visit, this was his first time actually visiting.
FJP: Why did you choose our program, Find JPN?
Richard: Since I’m active and a people person, I thought it would be great to join programs that enable me to talk with other people.
FJP: How was...
November 2011
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Why not Make Sushi Yourself ?
Have you ever made Sushi?
As you may already know, sushi is traditional Japanese food that’s been loved by Japanese people for over 200 years.
In Japan, there are many sushi restaurants that have chefs who have accomplished years of on-the-job training and serve you amazing dishes.
So, we started a new program for sushi freaks.
We tried out this program last week with three sushi lovers...
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Do You Have Any Lolita Friends?
Have you ever heard about Lolitas in Japan?
If you answered yes, “Do you want to meet Lolitas and hang out with them?”
If you answered no, let me describe Lolitas for you first.
Lolitas are people who are passionate about Lolita fashion. It is a Japanese fashion culture that is based on a fashion style from the Rococo period. Lolita fashion is a great example of Japanese...
September 2011
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Have You Ever Tried Japanese Food?
Have you ever tried Japanese food? “Yes of course!” you say, “there are a lot of Sushi restaurants in my country.”
Okay, that’s nice! Well, how about Japanese home cooked dishes? Have you ever tried that?
We will start a new “Home Visit” program soon! In this program, you can visit a Japanese family’s house and have dinner or lunch with them.It is a chance to experience Japanese lifestyle and...
August 2011
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FindJPN was aired on TV stations world wide
FindJPN was aired on these TV stations. Air Dates
jibtv (UTC): 2011/8/26(Fri) 00:30 / 04:30 / 08:30 / 12:30 / 16:30 / 20:30
NIKKEI CNBC (JPN): 2011/8/27(Sat) 09:00, 2011/8/28(Sun) 22:00, 2011/9/1(Thu) 21:00, 2011/9/2(Fri) 21:00
CNBC Asia (SIN/HK): 2011/8/28(Sun) 09:00 / 18:00
BS Japan (JPN): 2011/9/19(Mon) 05:15
You can watch the broadcasted TV below!
What is FindJPN from FindJPN on...
July 2011
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FindJPN Has Been Released Today!
We are excited to announce that FindJPN is released today. Please introduce us to your friends who are planning to visit Japan. So far there aren’t many tours, but we will expand them soon. To be an excellent site, FindJPN will keep improving. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your interest!
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We were interviewed on TV TOKYO
TV TOKYO’s World Business Satellite team gave us a calll to have an interview about “FindJPN”. After long hours shooting,we were broadcasted on Jun 14th. I hope more people can understand our service easily by watching this (5:54～).
March 2011
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FINDJPN will get a government grant !
https://www.etic.or.jp/sv_startup/index.html (Only Japanese) On March 8th, FINDJPN was chosen as a start-up member of “Social Venture Start-up Market” by Cabinet Office. They will provide assistance grant and a lot of opportunities for us. Thanks so much !
