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List of Libraries in Tokyo

Here’s a great list of all the libraries in the Tokyo area. It’s all in Kanji, but you can run it through a translator to find the one you need. This is probably going to be my next project for scraping, translating and mapping.

http://www.reference-net.jp/lib_dir/13.html
Here’s a page with links to libraries throughout Japan, organised by prefecture.
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Searching for a Japanese Telephone Number

I got a call from an unknown number on my Keitai but didn’t answer it. It looked like a business number with repeating parts (043-224-1010) and I knew that it was in Chiba by the first 3 digits. Being paranoid, instead of calling it back I went and searched on the internet. It turns out [...]

My Map of Japan SEO updates and Favicon

I’ve been concerned about how my map of japan wasn’t showing up properly in google, so I decided to do some Search Engine Optimization. Some of the changes are things I should have done from the start, but it’s nice to finally get them out of the way.

The first change was to add a meta [...]