Living in Osaka Blog

I’m going to be giving a presentation to the Design Matters group on Tuesday 18th Sept. at the Apple Store in Shinsaibashi. That’s about a week away and I am already freaking out The talk is about Information Architecture but don’t let that scare you. The title of the talk is How to improve your [...]

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The World Championships in Athletics will take place here in Osaka. Only another 7 days or so to go! If you are going to be coming to Osaka for the World Championships then I want to welcome you to our wonderful city. If you are living here then I hope you can get a ticket [...]

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One of the most spectacular fireworks festivals in Japan, the Yodogawa Festival (淀川花火大会) will take place this Saturday (4th August). It might not have as many fireworks as the PL fireworks festival but it has more variety and some special character fireworks. I’ve seen Doraemon and Hello Kitty ones. I’ve been a number of times [...]

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The annual Tenjin Matsuri (Festival) centred around the Temmangu Shrine (天満宮)will take place on the Tuesday 24th July and Wednesday 25th July 2007. It is one of the three main festivals in Japan. It has been taking place for over 1000 years. Wednesday is when the main events happen. On that day there will be [...]

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Most of the attractions around the Osakako area including the Kaiyukan Aquarium and the Ferris Wheel will be closed this Wednesday (27th June 2007). The Suntory Museum will remain open.

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There’s going to be an informal meet-up of members (non-members welcome too) of the Osaka Flickr group this Saturday (16th June). The plan is to meet up at an photo exhibition of Brad Crawford, one of the members of the group. More details here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/osaka/discuss/72157600227522155/ The place where the exhibition will be held is Slice’s [...]

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