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Only in Japan #1.Televisions in cars. Yep. Not just a DVD player, but remote controlled tv…”what’s on station “WATCH OUT FOR THAT…” (crash). And yes, you drive on the left side here, hence the steering wheel switch. Only in Japan #2.The women making the food at this really delicious bento shop (packaged lunch) were old…

Before we get into the shots, etc., just want to say domo arigato for the comments friends, keep em coming! “Comment” requirements were changed so anyone can add them, hopefully that makes it easier. We did a day trip to the Northern parts of Okinawa, stayed in Okuma overnight, a nice little resort right on…

As some may know already, Manga (Japanese comic book) is still HUGE here. This was one small section at a bookstore we recently went to, total amount had to be at least quadruple what is seen here.Something special for Gary here, looks like your chocolate art is loved 7,000 miles away! Saw this at an…

We checked out the Nakamura home in central Okinawa, a house typical of a rich farmer back in the 15th century. We also enjoyed some time at the re creation of an ancient Okinawan village during the Ryukyu Kingdom dynasty, 14th and 15th centuries. Lots of arts and crafts to check out, so we tried…

BOSS coffee drinks loves Tommy Lee Jones. And it’s abundantly clear from the ad campaign here that Tommy is thrilled to help sell the product. Just to be clear: This is an actual advertising image used on one of the million or so vending machines in Japan. Look how “up and at ’em” he is!…

On Sunday we opted to spend the day shopping in downtown Naha, the capital of Okinawa, around 1.3 million population. Every weekend on Sunday they close the main street to traffic and allow people to wander through the entire area. The downtown Market is an awesome area filled with all SORTS of stores, fresh food…

We enjoyed some delicious coffee and breakfast today at our fave spot, Casa Coffee in Okinawa. Since this is partly a business trip, we are adding some pretty cool graffiti designs found as we walked the boardwalk in Chatan, 10 minutes from where were we are staying…hope you dig.

We have made it to Osaka Intl Airport, whew. That’s the big ol 747 that got us here. It is around 7:20 in the evening here, 6:20 a.m. your time! Amazingly enough, we felt like rice curry and a beer! (Matt had the beer) So we stopped at the same curry bar in the airport…

Well folks, we bit the bullet (mmm, silver!) and started a Blog…we waited to jump on this techno-driven bandwagon (giddyup!), but by gollygoober, we hope to catch right up. Our Blog will only post important, serious, thought-provoking tidbits & complete nonsense…like this nugget: “Design is like visual bubble gum: It needs to be chewed to…