With advance apologies for contributing to the recent
glut of off-topic posts....

There's a company in Japan called, well, Japanware,
which assists in localizing and distributing software
for the Japanese market.  With the MacWorld Tokyo expo
approaching, they've been posting a series of articles
with numerous tips for visiting the country.

While many of the tips are relative to the site of the
expo itself, many others are about the Japanese culture.

The current column is at

   http://www.japanware.com/macworldjapan.htm

Links to previous columns, and a brief description of the
focus of each, is in the left margin.

--Glenn