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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Gadgets

Yamanote Train Bank Lays Down Tracks To Financial Savings

5:00PM Elaine Chow | What better place to save your yen than this adorable bank in the shape of Japan’s iconic Yamanote subway train? Each deposit triggers the bank to play a melody from a randomly chosen Yamanote station. More »
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
Online

Introducing Gizmine: A Store For Weird Japan Gadgets

9:01AM Brian Lam | Doug Krone is my friend who started the dependable Japan importer Dynamism in the 90’s and he’s just launched Gizmine. Gizmine is different from Dynamism, a high end gadget site, by its content. I’d most summarily explain it as a collection of weird stuff on gadget blogs from Japan, but for sale. In fact, most of the inventory is stuff discovered on blogs and while walking through Shibuya on any given afternoon. Doug is also the man responsible for making Gizmodo Gallery possible. Below are a few of the pieces in his catalog that are my personal picks, and Doug says they’ll be adding new pieces every day til the end of the year. Not a bad place to find a gift for the geeks in your life. [Gizmine] More »
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