Bone on Jun 28 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Events
Beatles music fans in Tokyo are spoiled for choice, with not just one, but two Beatles covers bars, both based in Roppongi. These are theme live houses, with Japanese Beatles look-a-like bands playing covers all night long. Abbey Road and the Cavern Club are located only a few hundred meters from each other, and are [...]
Maroon on Feb 16 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Events
Last Friday night, Australian rock band Jet played at the Nippon Budokan, one of Japan’s most historic and revered event venues. The first foreign rock band ever to play there was the Beatles back in 1966 in a performance memorable for all the wrong reasons, and Stippy.com was there last Friday to find out whether [...]
Murasaki on Dec 08 2006 | Filed under: Japan: Events
Saturday December 2nd saw the 2006 K1 Grand Prix at Tokyo Dome. The announcer claimed that 54,000 visitors had come to see the climax of what was another year of high tension action in the ring this year - and Stippy.com was there behind the scenes to bring you exclusive insights.
K-1 was first staged in [...]
Blue on Sep 21 2006 | Filed under: Japan: Events
“My name is Blue, and I am an addict”..
When I was still a coffee cherry-boy, back in the days when all I knew was instant Nescafe (I still shudder when I think of those times!), I always used to scoff at the self proclaimed coffee habitués that loved to tell everyone within earshot how they [...]