Shibuya never sleeps. Even after midnight Shibuya bustles with life. The street vendors selling snacks to hungry shoppers never disappear, nor do the crowds of university and high school students, tourists, club hoppers, young restless businessmen and the like. The parties in the countless karaoke boxes continue into the wee hours of the morning.
The world famous intersection [...]
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He was the King of Pop and will always be remembered as a legend.
R.I.P.Michael Jackson
Watching this video you can get an impression of how packed Tokyo is and how exciting it is to walk around in this mega city.
Walking out of Hachiko exit at the Shibuya Station at dusk, you’ll see the Hachiko Crossing which is featured in both, Lost in Translation and Tokyo Drift. It’s very, very busy [...]
As the German government and General Motors are hammering out a deal to put GM’s European division (Opel and Vauxhall) on its own feet, a new bidder from China might change the game. While the German side has a preference for the Canadian partsmaker Magna, GM is likely to appreciate the new unexpected bid from [...]
“a picture is worth a thousand words”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hkAI405WuQ
I recommend you to watch this slideshow in “HQ”.
More about my trip to Japan soon. Check out category “Japan”
I’m happy I just received Matthew R. Simmons’ fabulous book “Twilight In The Desert”. Mr. Simmons is chairman of Simmons & Company, an investment bank which specialized in investments in the energy sector. Moreover, he’s one of the most outstanding energy experts of our time and on his company’s website there are tons of useful and [...]
Since I’m rushing from one important sight to another from dawn till dusk I’ve barely had time to access the Internet in recent days.
Anyway, here’s a short summary of what I’ve been doing during the last three days:
June 3rd: trip to Yokohama and a great afternoon and evening with friends in Shibuya & Harajuku (the coolest area [...]
After spending the last few hours of the day at a traditional Japanese restaurant in the Asakusa area chatting with some locals and drinking Sake, I I wen to bed early yesterday.
Therefore I could get up early today to head to Roppongi in the morning. On top of the Roppongi Hillls towers (55th floor) there`s [...]
Early this morning a friend told me about GM finally filing for bankruptcy protection. Probably this hasn`t come as a surprise, so nobody gonna be particularly shocked.
Unlike many people think, chapter 11 bankruptcy doesn`t mean that the company is going out of business. Much more it is an opportunity for a company to restructure, reduce [...]
