Reason # 1 – You Get Instant Peace Of Mind Your Satellite Phone is designed to operate in emergency situations. It will work even when the regular cellular networks are down. In an emergency such as a hurricane, cell towers may be down and you won’t get signal with your regular cell phone. In these …
Japan’s second largest city, Yokohama is a sprawling metropolis that has a long and storied history. Sitting along the western coast of Tokyo Bay, it began as a tiny fishing village, then served as an important port for foreign trade in the mid 19th century, and currently boasts of many modern structures, such as skyscrapers …
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Found in central Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, Toyota is a city known for its industrial economy. Not too far from Nagoya, it is home to many of Toyota Motor Corporation’s assembly and manufacturing sites, including the Tsutsumi manufacturing plant. Bounded by a mountain range to the north, and agricultural flatlands and hills to the south, it …
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Situated south of central Tokyo Metropolis, about 20 kilometers from downtown Tokyo, Chofu is a city that has a history that traces back to as early as the Japanese Paleolithic times. During the Edo period, the site of present-day Chofu was a town that served as an important post station, and after Meiji Restoration, it …
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With Mobal you don’t just travel the world, you make it a better place. At first this might sound like Marketing waffle. But drill down the Mobal site and it’s there in plain writing- Mobal donate the majority of their profits to charity. I’ve written about this before as it’s easy to pass that by …
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TGI Fridays is an American classic serving up everything from burgers & sandwiches to steaks & seafood. This chain with origins in New York once even lobbied for bartending to be recognised as an Olympic sport! Pretty sure bartending didn’t make the cut in time for the Tokyo Olympics. But I can tell you that …
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Japan is the world’s biggest consumer of tuna. Japan is also the home of the self-professed “Tuna King”. He paid a king’s ransom (over 3 million dollars!) for a tuna at the 2019 New Year fish auction. We can’t all be Tuna Kings. We can all however eat tuna royally for a princely sum- if …
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Mobal commit to donating the majority of profits to charity. In Japan Mobal support the work of Seibo who in turn provide school meals to 14,000 children in Malawi, Africa. Malawi in 2018 ranks as the world’s 3rd poorest country (source: IMF). In comparison Japan is an economic powerhouse ranking as the world’s 3rd largest …
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Having worked in Malawi, Africa as a volunteer over 6 years ago I was not only familiar with the Mobal name- I also knew of their charity promise. It somehow didn’t seem real. I was familiar with the 1% club of companies who gave to charity. In truth I even viewed those companies as generous. …
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Have you seen Japanese kids’s lunch (bento) boxes? So cute- almost too cute to eat! Japanese lunch boxes are so cool they’re more like art than food. They also tend to draw inspiration from Japanese anime & manga characters making them super cute. Now you can learn to make your own cartoon character lunch box …
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