Archive for the ‘Japan Web’ Category
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Recently while browsing through a Japanese university's web site, I noticed that the Japanese fonts looked nice. Actually, they looked really nice! They didn't have the pixelated look I have come to expect from fonts such as "MS P Gothic" and "MS 明朝", etc. Up until now, if you use ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Now that Tokyo and other large Japanese cities have street view (ストリートビュー) , I occasionally browse around looking for some interesting scenes. For example, here is a shot of Tokyo Tower:
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And here is a shot looking up at a Yodobashi Camera shop in Akihabara (if you pan the ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
I've noticed that some of Yahoo Japan's services require that you are inside Japan. Your IP address is checked and if it does not resolve to an address that it determines is within the country you are out of luck. Some examples of these services are streaming Japanese baseball games and free ...
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