Asakusa （浅草）

This is Sensou-ji at Asakusa. It's Tokyo's well-known sightseeing spot.

I have never been there, but I've been near there many time. So I'm enjoying my time.

If you have interest, official site is here.

Tokyo Sky Tree

I walked with my friend at Tokyo, it appeared after buildings!

My friend tell me, it's Tokyo Sky Tree. I knew it's building under construction on news. But I sew it at the first time. Wow it's very wast of tax...

It has function of Disgital Terrestrial Broadcasting. It doesn't need. Because, I think next broadcasting is the internet. But I guess it's a good for a construction.

"Tokyo Sky Tree" will appear in the Narihirabashi/Oshiage area of Sumida Ward, Tokyo in 2011. Boasting a height of about 610m, the tower will be one of the world's tallest.

Source by 東京スカイツリー HP

HENRI CHARPENTIER

My friend sent me a sweet treat of HENRI CHARPENTIER.
It's very delicious.

It's a good, if you are looking for a sweet treat for a gift. I bought it for a gift.

Dedecorated my room

I posted about IKEA. At that time, I bought a desk.

I finished to decorated my room. It looks nice. My room still sets right. I want to keep this condition.

Kiva

I made a loan to Dembagnouma Group at Fana Koulikoro, Mali.

I'm glad to contribute a bit part in the activities.

+J

The other days, I posted about UNIQLO +J.

After that I ordered to a down-jacket at UNIQLO online and I received it. It looks like very comfortable. The design is very very simple.

IKEA

Yesterday, I went at IKEA to buy a desk. Because I use the same desk for 10 years. And I think to redecorate my room.

I bought the following items.

- desk (GALANT series)

- work lamp

- magazine file

- book end

Olympics 2016 | Rio de Janeiro is the winner

Rio de Janeiro became host of Olympics 2016 and the first South American city.

I'm very happy to watch next Youtube. A lot of people are delighting for became the host Olympics.
If Tokyo win, Can Japanese delight such as Rio?

Good luck, Rio!!

+J | UNIQLO x Jil Sander

UNIQLO released new line +J that it's Jil Sander collection for UNIQLO. It went on sale today.

I went to see it at UNIQLO. But they didn't have it. They said, some shops have it. Near my house shop didn't have it. It's really too bad.

bj league

bj league is pro basket ball league in Japan.

For the first time, I watched a bj league game on September 22. It was exited game. I want to watch games again.

Egypt's sunken treasures

I went a exhibition about Egypt's sunken treasures. It was held in Yokohama until 23 September.

There were a lot of sculptures and accessories. It must have been a fantastic times.

Photo by Asahi.com

Kiva

I made a loan to Mrs. Srey Sokh Ny Village Bank Group, Cambodia. There are so many of Team Japan's member.

Sumo (相撲)

Sumo is Japan's national sports, it is Japanese-style wrestling.

When I went to Tokyo station at June, there were a lot of Sumo wrestler. Maybe they tour the regions. They stand out, huge body and kimono.

Reading

I was reading a book here this afternoon.

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10 Cost-Cutting Travel Tips

Travel is one of my favorite things. But I don't go anywhere in this year.　But I take enough time from October. However, I have no income. So next article is helpful to me.

10 Cost-Cutting Travel Tips

1. Research your destination
2. Book hotels on the Net
3. Pack light
4. Don't waste money on laundry
5. Book airline tickets early
6. Make your own food
7. Don't buy water
8. Empty the mini-bar
9. Be phone-wise
10. Resist the taxis and tours

Source by HotelTravel.com

Resign from my job

I decided to resign from my job.

Now I've joined a graduate school with having full time job from Oct-2008. I this year. I had fulfilling year for school and work. But classes of the contents of learning and discussions were high level for me. So I think that I didn't enough learn and think them.

I think about next year from 3 perspectives.
1.financial
I've worked for 8 years. So I have a little savings.
2.my current job
Now my job is quite down, helping world economy slow down.
3.future
It's a good opportunity for learn. I want to acquire that.


As a result, I'll become a full-time student at Oct-2009.

Kiva

I made a loan to Yolanda Vilca Saraza, Peru. I almost don't know about Peru.

I take to look about Peru.

GDP - real growth rate :

9.2% (2008 est.)

Labor force :

10.2 milloion (2008 est.)

Labor force - by occupation :

agriculture : 0.7 %

industry : 23.8 %

services : 75.5 %

Agriculture - products:

asparagus, coffee, cocoa, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, plantains, grapes, oranges, pineapples, guavas, bananas, apples, lemons, pears, coca, tomatoes, mango, barley, medicinal plants, palm oil, marigold, onion, wheat, dry beans; poultry, beef, dairy products; fish, guinea pigs

Industries:

mining and refining of minerals; steel, metal fabrication; petroleum extraction and refining, natural gas; fishing and fish processing, textiles, clothing, food processing

Source by CIA

Curry and Naan

A curry shop opened near my company. I go there at lunch. There is a choice between naan or rice. I chose a naan every time.

Kiva

I made a loan to Franz Tamayo Group, Bolivia. Again I selected Bolivia. Because they are good hat and smile.

Sunset

I walked around the neighborhood at the end of last weekend. At that time, I took a picture below with a mobile-phone. It was beautiful sunset.

Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo

I went to Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo at Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo on June　25th.
I've joined it every year, because it linked to my work. Anyway, it is fun.

There were 10 zones.

1. Energy Saving Solutions Zone
2. Drawing/Document Management Zone
3. CAM Zone
4. 3D Measurement Zone
5. CAD & PLM/PDM Zone
6. CAE Zone
7. Rapid Prototyping/3D Printer Zone
8. Technology Transfer Zone
9. SCM/ERP/Production Management System Zone
10. 10 Design & Manufacturing Outsourcing Zone

Kiva

I made a loan to RINCON PORTADA Group, Bolivia.

Microsoft Office2007

I bought the Microsoft Office Professional 2007 include Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It's very expensive.

I hope to release free ware such as Google Documents. However it is function poorly.

BoConcept

About BoConcept
BoConcept A/S was established in 1952 and is today an international retail-oriented concept holder with a coordinated product range comprising design furniture and lifestyle products for private homes.

Souce by BoConcept website

Recently, I went to see BoConcept store at Yokohama. There were a lot of nice furniture. Someday I want to live a room such as following picture. The picture was picked from the catalog, BoConcept cellection 2009.

Zipcar

Zipcar is a car sharing service company. It is proposing a new life style, good for the ecology and economy. The fee of a hour is about $10, including a gas and a insurance.

In Japan, car shearing have starting to take notice.Unfortunately, it is economy point of view.

kiva

I made a loan to Sarita group, Nicaragua. I contributed to 11 loans. Each time I chose a new entrepreneur to loan, I hope to help them succeed.

Microfinance International

Microfinance International is a bank, there was established for low cost money transfer. Following the mission, money transfer cost was very expensive.

CEO is a japanese, Mr. Atsumasa Tochisako (枋迫篤昌), he was elected to the Ashoka Global Fellow in 2007.

MISSION
Microfinance International aims to expand affordable and professional financial services to markets where such services have previously been unavailable, or are overpriced and disconnected from mainstream banking.

The Company believes that a combination of microfinance methodology and a commercial banking approach in a for-profit model enables it to make financial services available in a socially responsible manner and ensure scalability.

Source by MFI

Sakura

Here is "sakura", I took it at Sendai.

YouTube - EDU

Did you know YouTube EDU?

I knew it yesterday. There were a lot of videos from colleges and university. I did not understand contents, because all videos were in English... If you think a oversea education, this videos may be relevant to you.

Kiva

I made a loan to Benin. And I joined a community "Team Japan" on Kiva. It is good to have company.

XMind

XMind is a free and open source software for a mind mapping.

It is user friendly interface, sufficient functions. For me, this software is a tool of logical thinking such as below chart.

There are a lot of sample charts on XMind HP.

makeup exam

I take a makeup exam in corporate finance.

CASHFLOW® 101 Board Game

The author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad", Robert T. Kiyosaki produce a CASHFLOW 101 that it is to learn a investment.

Recently I played it for the first time. It is interesting. I think that this board game have a good points. It can change our thinking about a debt. Because, we go into debt for bear cash flow in this game. Japanese have a heavy debt for a mortgage. But we usually do not have a debt for investment. So I do not understand a difference good debt and bad debt. This game teach me that.

You know, now is a bad time for real-estate investment... The Chart below is the new housing units started in U.S. It do not stop falling.

Source by U.S. Census Bureau

The 3 famous beautiful spots of Japan

There are known as the 3 famous beauty spots of Japan.

1. Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture
2. Amano-Hashidate, Kyoto Prefecture
3. Miyajima(Itsukushima), Hiroshima Prefecture

I went to there without Amano-Hashidate, I want to go to there in this year.

Matsushima (松島)

This week again, I've stayed to Sendai city for business.

I went to Sendai from Sunday, and I went to the Matsushima that it is one of the 3 famous beauty spots in Japan. There is a Matsushima about 30 minute by train from Sendai station.

If you go to Sendai city, I recommend to go there. It's very beautiful spot. But this season, it was a little cold.

Ekiben (駅弁)

Ekiben (駅弁) is a railway boxes meal. It sells on a station. Sendai is famous for ox tongue(牛タン). So there is a "ox tongue ekiben" I ate it, it's very good.

Sendai

I went to Sendai city for a business. I took a Shinkansen. The picture bellow took at Tokyo station.

There was a work from Monday, but I went to there on Sunday.

Passport

I took my passport a decade ago.

Yesterday, I went to renewed it because it's set to expire August. For now, I don't have a schedule of abroad. But I want to go.

Gigapan Systems

"Gigapan Systems" is a good technology that it enlarges an image without losing quality.

Source by Gigapan Systems

All night

Last Sunday, I was up all night writing a report, after a long time.

It was physically demanding.

Flunked a class...

I flunked a class at school...
But it was a good opportunity, because I was awakened from my easy thinking.

Corporate Finance

I need a report of corporate finance by tomorrow. I really struggle with it. But I've understanded a little bit at a time and I am catching on it.

Maybe, I am up all night writing my report today...

Basketball

I joined a basketball team of my company last Friday. I played it after a long time. I was so tired, but it made me a refreshing change of pace.

I was nervous condition, because I have a report at school until the end of February.

North Thailand

My friend went to North Thailand, maybe Chiang Mai. The pictures below is it. It's very nice.

Opportunity annoucement

There is a opportunity announcement of oversea division in my company. I put in it and I went to interview last Friday.

I guess that interviewers were had good impression that I'm learning a business. At the same time, they were concern that I need a lot of time to learn.

Right now, I think that school is my top priority. So I told them about it.

The results should be back in this month.

Strong yen

The yen is monetary unit for Japan, that is very strong now.

The strong yen eats into profit of manufacturing business in Japan such as Toyota, Canon. So Japanese have bad impression for it.

But there is a good point.
I made loans by kiva. A years ago, One loan is about 3,000 yen, but now about 2,400 yen.
If I have a 10,000yen,
a year ago is 3 loans.
now is 4 loans.

Now is opportune time to contribute in the world.

Source by Yahoo Finance