Zombies rise from the asphalt in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park
A few weeks back I was introduced by friend & entrepreneur Dave Mori to his wife Andrea – she was organising Thrill the World Tokyo – would I be interested in live-streaming it? Knowing that I had far too much on already, I said yes, and on Saturday night following a meeting with the organiser […]
Mobile Phone Addiction
Whilst I can’t see myself actually getting a Windows phone, I can identify with their new ad campaign.
1 week until a change of occupation
Howdy punks. I headed on down to the Make: Tokyo Meeting 04 yesterday, held at Tokyo Institute of Technology. It’s a kind of interactive DIY tech fare. I shot a short video (embedded below) – and wrote a little more about it (with links) over at www.japantechshow.com. The frog above was one of a collection […]
The making of Japan Podshow
Hello there. Joseph here. In a cafe in Shibuya, opposite Sakuraya and that bright pink real estate agent on Center-gai. I have an hour to spare before meeting *Twinkle*, so thought I’d pen a few notes on all the stuff that’s been going on. In this blog I’ll be talking about podcasting. First off then, […]
Video: Koenji Awaodori 2009
Hello! been a great day today. Very productive. Voluntary work this morning at the city hall, editing a video I shot yesterday at Tokyo Hacker Space this afternoon, then edited almost an entire episode of Making it in Japan on the Hibiya subway line before meeting Christine and Steve (both of whom have appeared in […]
Video blog: End of a week, end of a year
A video I shot this morning whilst sorting the washing
Tokyo Photo Run: Setagaya
This morning I did my second random photo-run, this time heading north of home. As with my last run, I stopped along the way to take photos – many at a Buddhist shrine. You can view this trip in 3D, with embedded photos, by opening this file in Google Earth. This is very cool! Photo […]
Video Mumble: Time, nature, and my little finger
End of week thinkings
(Today’s photo was taken on our trip to Yamaki Organic Soy farm last month) Morning. You find me on the train to work. It’s a Saturday. About 8am. Not too crowded. I got a seat. It’s 30 minutes to my stop from here, no changes. It’s been a challenging week. It started with my working […]
Video: Dancing Bean
A short experiment created for The Daily Mumble and my own interest: I was given a bean by *Twinkle* last week. I’ve been amazed by the speed with which it’s grown. Anyway, yesterday I decided to film it as I worked and listened to some nice music …and to my amazement, the following happened! Perhaps […]
Interviewing Arudou Debito
Arudou Debito by Alfie Goodrich. Special thanks to Alfie for taking this photo – for more of his work visit www.alfiegoodrich.com Earlier today I finally managed to post my interview with Arudou Debito, recorded a week or so ago at the Foreign Correspondents Club Japan. It was a lot of work, but well worth it […]
Video: Joseph and *Twinkle*s trip to Yamaki Jouzo
In our first video podcast collaboration, *Twinkle* and I take you to Yamaki Jouzo, an organic farm located about 2.5 hours from Tokyo in Kamikawa-cho, Saitama (accessible by train to JR Honjo and then bus) [Google Map]. This video was originally going to be a Japan Podshow episode, but in the end we were unable […]
Video: Amazing DIY Rapid Hair Grower
Japan is always ahead of the game when it comes to hair care. With more hair per square kilometre than over 76% of the earth’s surface, Japan takes it’s hair seriously, thus, when hair-loss situations arise, a whole variety of techniques have been developed to combat it. Here’s one I tried last night – as […]
Joseph attends the Fujima Kanrei school of traditional Japanese Dance
Having lived in Japan for a little over three years, I thought it was time to experience a bit of ye ancienty Japanese culture – starting with Nihon Buyo – traditional Japanese dance. View the video here
Video blog: Edogawa Ekiden (relay race) and more
It’s been a looong day. In the morning I joined Tom, Nami and Phil to run the Edogawa Ekiden (relay race). Things didn’t quite work out as planned for us personally, so I thought instead of focusing on our story I’d share with you some footage of the various characters we met throughout the event. […]
Video: Japan is not all skyscrapers and concrete
Yesterday, I made a trip to see my friends and Mrs. Bibi in the hills of Saitama, a couple of hours by public transport from where we live in central Tokyo. Getting off the bus at the end of what had been quite an exciting journey there (I finished editing a video on the train […]
Tokyo CGM Night Volume 4
Last night saw the fourth installment of Tokyo CGM Night, a night hosted by Danny Choo and Andrew Shuttleworth to celebrate Japan’s Consumer Generated Media producers. It’s a chance for Japan’s top bloggers, YouTubers and podcasters to gather and talk about past achievements, and make plans for future collaborations. This was my second CGM, and […]
Video Blog: Susan Boyle, Spring, and Podcasting
A quick video blog in which I talk about feedback received following the Susan Boyle escapade, spring, podcasting and happiness.
Video Exclusive: Susan Boyle sings live on a Tokyo commuter train
Having bought the most amazing computer in the whole world ever, I realised I needed to push myself beyond the confines of email and random web surfing, and into production, in order to justify the financial outlay. This happened to coincide with that gala event at the Tokyo Hilton, at which I was seated on […]
Video Blog: Japanese light fixtures and telephone language
In Today’s video blog you can learn about the wonders of the three-stage Japanese light fitting, and find out how I coped when the phone rang.
Mumble update – video style
With little time to give over to blogging, I decided to do a video blog instead. Online TV Shows by Ustream The video I start watching during this video is here There’s a second video featuring yours truly here Japan Podshow can be found at http://www.pokya.jp/japanpodshow. I’m on Flickr at www.flickr.com/tamegoeswild and on Twitter at […]
Livestreaming the Tokyo Quarter Marathon – Take Your Seats
This event is sponsored by Japan Podshow – launching shortly! LIVE STREAMING VIDEO PLAYER If I’m not streaming, the previous live-streamed video will play. (Go to http://www.qik.com/tamegoeswild to see a live-updated map of exactly where I am. There is also a comments tab – click on that and enter your comment – I will read […]
Live-streaming the Tokyo Qtr Marathon: A video response to my critics
Tame Talk TV Episode 001: Response to the Streaming Marathon Critics
iPhoning Japan Presents: Live-streaming the Tokyo Marathon with an iPhone strapped to my forehead
iPhoningJapan.com is delighted to bring you the most epic iPhone challenge yet seen in the world (probably). Joseph Tame, known for his addiction to his iPhone (a.k.a. ‘my baby’) is going to attempt to complete the Tokyo quarter Marathon in record time whilst carrying 30,603 pairs of eyes on his forehead. This epic feat has […]
A new bird feeder
Following on from my last post: having packed my rucksack with Macbook, clothes and shoes for work, water and stuff for my Japanese lesson, I realised it would be daft to try and run like that. Carrying so much weight would not be easy, and would probably leave me with mightily sore shoulders. So, instead, […]
Running across Tokyo to get to work (probably)
Just a quick post tonight, to tell you of my plans for tomorrow morning. After work tonight I visited the ‘citizens’ centre’ just down the road from the office, and asked about local gyms. Apparently there’s a council-run place in Kanda, about 20 mins walk from the office, and about 16km from home. That should […]
Live video streaming from the iPhone (again)
Having enabled video on my iPhone, I thought it would be fun to check out the possibility of live streaming to the net – via 3G, out on the streets. I’ve done two short tests today, both of which can be seen here. (The first is below, the second one is very long, and dull, […]
First ever live videocast from Qik-enabled iPhone
IBC – Inflammatory Breast Cancer
As the number of people I know or know of who have been diagnosed with or who have died from cancer increases, so the idea that it’s only something that affects other people fades away. My attitude these days is very different to what it was ten years ago. Today I was sent a link […]
Passed de TEFL Now I’m Qualified
We had a bit of free time this afternoon – this went from idea to YouTube in 30 minutes 🙂
Video: dancing at our wedding
In case you didn’t realise, *Twinkle* is the one in the cute white dress, and I’m the one dancing with her! Thanks to Jessica for the video