Uchikura & Co Blog
2011-10-29
One of the most successful COSTCO overseas operations is COSTCO JAPAN. This is one of several COSTCO stores in Japan. This is their Makuhari Store. I believe this was their No.2 store.Because of the s...
2011-10-29
There is a coffee stand (store) called DOUTOR COFFEE in Japan. They were there before Starbucks and are very popular. This is what I had for breakfast at DOUTOR.http://www.doutor.co.jp/en_index.html
2011-10-27
There are many streets like this in Japan full of signs for restaurants and bars. In those places you will find some of the best foods in Japan.
2011-10-27
This is what I had for late lunch in Tokyo. I already ate two pieces of Tekka Maki and one piece Tamago. All this and miso soup for 1,260yen ($16.50). Even with this crazy exchange rate, this is good ...
2011-10-27
I was at Japan IT Week expo today at Makuhari. It takes about an hour from my hotel to get to Makuhari Messe by train. I left hotel about 9:40am and got there about 10:30am. I had a quick lunch and wa...
2011-10-26
I arrived in Tokyo last night. The first thing that I noticed was how bright the city is compared to last few times I were here after the earthquake. Although the nuclear power plants are still out, t...
2011-10-26
I have arrived in Tokyo. I usually take the bullet train, but this tome I took discount airline called Skymark Airlines. Other than the fact there is no business class nor in-flight drink service, the...
2011-10-26
We took Cookie (Shih Tzu) to an Anesthesia Free K9 Teeth Scaling place in Japan. I take my dog to a same kind of treatment in Redmond which costs $150. Today, the doctor did this treatment for 2,100ye...
2011-10-25
The wind has picked up tonight in Ashiya, Japan. The sunset was beautiful but I see large cloud over the mountains. I am traveling to Tokyo tomorrow.
2011-10-24
Starting tomorrow until this Friday, there is a Cloud Computing Expo going on in Makuhari. I will have time to visit it on Thursday. In addition to this Cloud Computing Expo, there are three other exh...