Tokyo Japan

In order to commemorate Malawi’s Independence day, 6 July, the Malawi Embassy in Japan has organized the Nsima party in liaison with Malawi Society of Japan. This party will take place at JICA Hiroo Centre (Chikyu Hiroba, i.e. Global Plaza) in Tokyo on 4 July, 2009 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. It will be preceded by a seminar from 2:00pm to 3:00pm. I really enjoyed last year’s Nsima party . I also made a lot of friends (both Japanese and Malawian). Since I came to Japan, that is the only place where I ate nsima. Otherwise I always eat rice, chips, ramen, spaghetti etc. ... Read Full Story

Last Saturday, I went to the Hiroo JICA office here in Tokyo where I attended the 2009 Nsima party , organized by the Malawi Society of Japan, in liaison with the Malawi Embassy, in commemoration of Malawi’s independence day, 6 July. As promised, here are the photos from the event: Nkhuku, nsima, nyemba ndi therere Taking some more meat, Mr Chilima from the Malawi Embassy standing beside me With MORI, who used to work at Mikolongwe, and ISHIDA, who used to work in Senga Bay. With MORI and MIKEKA Chatting with friends Most of the participants were former JICA volunteers in Malawi My daughter ... Read Full Story

Last Friday, I attended the 3rd episode of the Tokyo CGM Night at Cafe Ratia in Harajuku, Shibuya-ku. As usual, this event was hosted by Danny Choo and Andrew Shuttleworth , but this time it was sponsored by smart.fm (formerly known as iKnow). In case, you are hearing about this event for the first time, CGM stands for Consumer Generated Media. It is a gathering of bloggers, YouTubers, social networkers and folks who like to share. If you are blogger, youtuber, social networker, twitter fan etc. based in Tokyo, this event is for you. Can you see me in this photo? If the answer ... Read Full Story

Last week, two major Japan news sites ( Japan Times and Japan Today ), that I like to visit, reported that Yokohama City on Sunday, 5th April, inaugurated the Yokohama Science Frontier High School, a new public high school emphasizing the teaching of advanced science and technology. The aim of this school is to nurture Japanese scientists who will be active all over za warudo. Landmark Tower, Japan's tallest building, is in Yokohama city In order to provide its students with “science literacy curricula” focusing on experiment-based science subjects, the school has tied up with universities, institutions and corporations so that renowned academics and ... Read Full Story

I have looking forward to some meetups with fellow bloggers in Japan for quite sometime now. An opportunity finally came on Friday, 6th February when I attended the Tokyo Consumer Generated Media (CGM) Night organized by Danny Choo (a.k.a the tokyostormtrooper ) and Andrew Shuttleworth at Fiat Caffe in Aoyama. Danny Choo (The Stormtrooper) Andrew Shuttleworth Although Danny and Andrew are very popular figures, I visited their sites for the very first time just last week. I happen to be one of the many subscribers at TechCrunch . Last week, I read from a TechCrunch feed that there was going to be a CrunchGear/TechCrunch ... Read Full Story