You know what’s inefficient? Buying different snack food for both your baby and your dog. Don’t you wish one purchase would satisfy two hungry beasts?

Japanese food engineers to the rescue! Introducing: Bean Stalk Liver Biscuits!

Yes that’s right, kids. Now you too can enjoy that same great taste that Fido has been relishing all these years. Liver Biscuits are chalk full of meaty, chicken liver goodness in a convenient, “mess free” format that’s sure to please! I know I for one have a hard time resisting anything with liver in it. *

… but what about Naoki?

Will it make his fur coat shinier than ever? Or will it leave him with unsightly doggie breath?

Naoki reviews.

* Lie.

It doesn’t snow very often in Tokyo – maybe once a year if you’re lucky. This morning was only the second time that I recall seeing the white stuff on the ground during my time here. What a beautiful sight it is – even if it’s nothing compared to what I grew up in!

On the way out the door I grabbed my camera to snap a few snowy pictures during my daily commute for your viewing pleasure:

Our street – watch your step, no sand or salt here.

Not enough to require a snow brush / ice scraper… but plenty for snowballs!

More snowball supplies.

Japanese house with a dusting of snow on the roof.

With my visit to NB just a little over a week away – this is a timely reminder of exactly what I’m going into…

And after a brief hiatus the little tyke is back!

Naoki’s got a whole new bag of tricks – capturing them all on video is proving more and more challenging! So, I’ve thrown together a few of his latest moments into another collection for Naoki Playtime 3. If you’re new – yes, there is a part 1 and part 2, but you’d swear that’s a different kid!

We hope you enjoy!

On another note – our fearless video editor is back on his jet-setting ways. In the course of the next few weeks I’ll be in KL, Orlando and Saint John, New Brunswick. If you’re near one of those locations and feel like buying me a beer, please drop me a note!

UPDATE (1/23/10 – 10:17PM JST) – Yes, for those that noticed (and something to spot for those that didn’t) – that is indeed Alf on TV @ 1:56. If you thought he was funny 20 years ago – you should hear him in Japanese.

Another Christmas has come and gone as they always do. It’s a shame the build up seems to take forever, but once it’s here Christmas leaves us in the blink of an eye.

Yet as short as it was, our Christmas was great – nice and relaxing with lots of downtime at home to properly enjoy the time off work.

I captured a few of our holiday moments to give you a sense of what life is like for us lately. No real adventures or reviews this time around – just a glimpse of what’s going on.

Happy New Year – and look forward to more videos in 2010!

“Going for a bike ride” has a whole new meaning around our home. Sure, it used to mean me going out on my red bike for a jaunt along the Arakawa River. Now it means Naoki taking his red bike around the neighbourhood!

Man, how priorities change.

Naoki’s new bike is pretty sweet: it’s the Ides Cargo Trike (アイデスカーゴ三輪車). It wasn’t a gift from Santa this year – it was actually his main birthday present a month and a half ago. I figured he may as well skip the whole walking thing and jump right from crawling up to riding a bike! After all, walking is for suckers.

So how does Naoki like his shiny new red trike? Will it make him the next Lance Armstrong?

Naoki reviews.