tokyoalex said...

tokyoalex at 04:04 PM JST - 17th August

Timeon - if it was really the Rose, you were tricked. Even at a cheap store, a Rose should cost 3 times that.

Posted in Hilton Tokyo to open Dom Perignon Lounge at 04:04 PM JST - 17th August
tokyoalex at 04:46 PM JST - 15th December

The problem is not the jet lagged tourists. There aren't that many of them. It sounds like a good idea but how many people are really up to a fish market in the middle of the night after flying halfway around the world? The problem is the drunkards who roll…

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tokyoalex at 10:36 AM JST - 29th November

TrappedNTokyo, do you have any idea what you're talking about?

Just look at "DJ Ozma" in the top right of that picture. Does he look like he wants "street cred"? He is a comedian. The guy is the lead singer of a band called Kishidan. He obviously got bored and…

Posted in DJ OZMA to retire at end of year; become producer at 10:36 AM JST - 29th November
tokyoalex at 07:08 AM JST - 9th September

How are they sure the baby is of foreign nationality?

Posted in Foreign child left in baby hatch in Kumamoto at 07:08 AM JST - 9th September
tokyoalex at 12:08 AM JST - 8th September

I think Juliana's was more like 5 years before parapara. The place actually didn't even open until the end of the bubble era and closed well after the bubble had ended.

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tokyoalex at 08:26 AM JST - 24th April

Moderator - so many Japanese words contain the English "S word", like the one I posted above. You might want to turn off the filtering feature for that word.

Posted in Roughed up by the cops in Shinjuku at 08:26 AM JST - 24th April
tokyoalex at 08:25 AM JST - 24th April

I live in Shinjuku about 10 minutes where this incident took place. I walk by the koban on the way to work everyday and am always observing new things about how the police act.

For the most part they are quite well behaved. They of course spend most of their…

Posted in Roughed up by the cops in Shinjuku at 08:25 AM JST - 24th April
tokyoalex at 09:01 PM JST - 23rd April

Let's not forget this though -

Drinking a diet cola is a big reduction over a regular one. If someone replaced a daily 500ml intake of Coke with one of Coke Zero this would save as many calories as about 20 minutes of good aerobic exercise.

Of course the exercise…

Posted in Beware those 'zero-calorie' labels at 09:01 PM JST - 23rd April
tokyoalex at 03:42 PM JST - 23rd April

0.8 kcal per 100ml. That means you would have to drink something like 20 litres to equal a small bowl of rice! Maybe not fat, but definitely bloated!

Posted in Beware those 'zero-calorie' labels at 03:42 PM JST - 23rd April
tokyoalex at 08:31 AM JST - 23rd April

I think this article is misleading, especially the picture included. The picture seems to indicate that Coke and Pepsi are offenders. But looking at the nutrition information on the back of this Japanese Coke Zero pet bottle, 0kcal is very clearly indicated. I can understand misleading names, but if Coca-Cola…

Posted in Beware those 'zero-calorie' labels at 08:31 AM JST - 23rd April