September Information By Request

For those of you who do not have facebook and would like to see my photos, please check here
for Japan photos. The album I have linked here is empty, but has sub albums sorted by what month the photos were taken (most of those photos should be in order of date too). Choose a month to view. I will update on the last day of each month with that month's pictures. Hence, the September photo album is rather small at the moment, but check back on October 1st.

For those of you interested in news in Japan, please check out Japan Today's website by clicking here. If you are interested in a second opinion about Japanese news (it's always better to read two newspapers), please view the Japan Times website (the oldest newspaper in Japan) by clicking here. Both sites are in English and Japanese. The lastest news of interest is that Fukuda was announced new Prime Minister. His regime is not expected to last more than a year, according to native academia.

For the person interested in how much a Kimono costs in Japan, the cheapest one I've found is 7300 yen and was pretty ratty. Most new Kimono are 30,000 yen and up, depending on the quality.

For the person interested in Nintendo DS and Playstation Portable (PSP) prices in Japan, a DS costs approximately 19,200 yen and a new PSP costs about the same. However, you can buy "recycled" PSP (which is basically a used PSP that works just as well as a brand new one and shows no damage) costs about 13,000 yen. DS games cost between 2500 yen and 4000 yen while PSP games cost between 2500 yen and 3500 yen.

For the person interested in Harley Davidson prices in Japan, I found a bike shop near Kansai Gaidai that sells used bicycles, motorcycles and... indeed, Harleys, but the store was closed when I went so I couldn't ask how much the Harley was worth (in Japan sometimes shops don't put the price of the item where you can immediately see it). I will investigate this further.

If anyone would like to know any random information about Japan, please request by emailing me at this address or leaving a comment on this blog with your request. I will do my best to research your request while I am here and let you know!