Living in Osaka Blog

Bad news on the penguin front, there’s been a bird flu scare here in Japan. In an effort to protect the penguins, the kaiyukan has cancelled the rest of the parades this year We were lucky enough to see them last weekend so I’ll post some photos for those that wanted to go but now [...]

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Following on from the Design Matters post, Garr also gives some of the best presentations on giving presentations. If you give any presentations as part of your work you owe it to ourself and your company to go to one of his information and advice packed presentations where he teaches by showing and not just [...]

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If you’re a designer in Osaka and interested in meeting up with similar creative and interesting people you’ll be interested in Design Matters. Hosted and organised by Garr Reynolds of Presentation Zen fame, they usually meet once a month (third Wednesday of the month) for a presentation at the Shinsaibashi Apple Store and then a [...]

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Spotted a little while back. It seems that a new tower and a pretty tall one is being erected. Location seems to be somewhere around the Bentencho area, but please correct me if I’m wrong. More details are welcome.

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If cars are your thing, this coming long weekend (Sat 10th – Mon12th Feb) there will be a Motor/Car show at the Intex Exhibition Centre.  Admission is 2,500 Yen and the show will be open from 9am to 6pm (5pm on Mon). More information here: http://www.intex-osaka.com/event/index_e.html To get to Intex, take the Chuo line (dark [...]

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I noticed this new subway map yesterday on the way back from work. I am not sure when they were put up but it must have been the last couple of days. The thing that was most striking for me was the new kinks on the lines (I’ve highlighted them in yellow). The kinks just [...]

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