As you know, “Super Mario Bros.” has been one of the most popular Nintendo game in Japan since 1980s, the series have been still released in various versions like “Super…

  If you are a fighting game fan, you may know or have heard of Daigo “the Beast” Umehara, who is a famous Japanese fighting-game player. He won many championships…

  Various music games are found at Japanese game arcades but one of the hottest music games now is “jubeat knit” by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. On the 4 x…

  There is a hilarious stress buster arcade game in Japan. It is called “Chabudai-gaeshi !,” and it means “flipping a low dining table over.” Literally, the players flip a…

  My recent favorite commercial is the SONY’s Play Station 3 commercial series, “Sekai Banno Taidan (The World Almightiness Meeting),” where the SONY’s “almighty” game system and a green onion…

  The other day, JAPAN Style introduced a Japanese famous movie director Takeshi Kitano, who originally became popular as a comedian. If you know Kitano’s films and art works, you…

  BANDAI is going to release the first “Mousou Controller (Imaginary Playable Game Controller)”series. It’s a small game controller designed just like original Nintendo system. With this controller, you can…

——Hundreds of adults silently stand in front of an electrical store, with Nintendo DS in their hands everyday.   It’s not a sci-fi movie. It’s actually happening in Japan. Can…

The booths that attracted the visitors the most were, SQUARE ENIX: “Final Fantasy XIII” for PS3 will be released in December 2009. KONAMI: “Metal Gear Solid —peace walker” for PS3….

In Japan, Internet Café (known as Netto cafe) and [W:Manga cafe] (known as Manga kissa) have been popular since about 2002. The cafés are cozy, fun and convenient! Concerning the…

vegas1 Originally uploaded by belTRON Game arcades are very popular in Japan. Not only kids but also adults like to play with arcade games; in Japan, after work business men…