Living in Osaka Blog

Competing with the RoboCup for your attention this Golden Week is the Monster Viva Fair also being held at Intex. There will be a big flea market, stalls selling foods from all over Japan, kids shows (from TV) and lots of hobby and toy shows. Some details: It will take place between the 3rd May [...]

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The central library is one of the greatest resources for people living in Osaka. Most books are of course Japanese but there is a sizable collection of English books, and smaller collections of French, Spanish and other language books. In addition, they also have newspapers and magazines. There are books for children and the library [...]

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I was walking down the Midosuji when I noticed on the lamp-posts some QR Codes. QR codes are 2D barcodes which most recent Japanese mobile phones can read. They can contain various info such as telephone numbers, email addresses or links to web sites. The ones on the lamp-posts linked to a web site made [...]

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The annual RoboCup competition is on again. This is where people design and build robots to play football (soccer). The robots are not remotely controlled, they are act autonomously (by themselves). It will take place during the Golden Week so it is sure to be packed and fun. The web site is at : http://www.robocup-japanopen.org/ [...]

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Some great photos of Osaka by my friend Janne, who also has a most read-worthy blog on life in Japan.

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OK if you are going to the Immigration Office on or after the 25th Dec 2007, click to read this post instead.  The office is moving to the Nanko area.    ——- I had to renew my visa recently so I decided to take a video of how to get to the Immigration Office in [...]

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