Hottest Apps from Around the World

Have you ever wondered what the top selling/hottest apps are in another country other than your own? You could always change you country in the App Store but that can be somewhat frustrating and hard to navigate if you don't know the language...not to worry! I have found a solution for you!

App Annie

I just recently discovered AppAnnie and I can't get enough! Once you're at their homepage simply click on the "Store Stats" button on the menu bar, which will then lead you a grid of the top paying, top free, and top grossing apps.

 

Everything on the grid is pretty easy to read. It gives the app's rank, whether or not its a paid app or not (denoted by the $) and whether or not the app has risen or fallen in ranking.  Now the fun part....picking a country!

Don't see the country you're looking for? Just click "more stores!"

If there's an App store... AppAnnie has it

Using this site I have found some pretty cool photo apps from South Korea.. So go explore what's hot from all over the world! I found this site helpful and hopefully you can too.

Only in Japan :: メイドカフ (Maid Cafe)

HOWEVER... there are rules!!

The rules are pretty straight forward... like not being creepy stalker status for one!

lol, the main one, which I think almost everyone knows and can guess, is not to take pictures of the Maids without asking since they charge... usually if you do decided you want a picture they will decorate it afterwards! cute right??

Only in Japan : DUI Passenger Tickets??

 

“Riding as a passenger in a vehicle operated by a person intoxicated: DWI — Maximum jail time of 3 years or a fine of about $4,400 or less. DUI — Maximum jail time of two years or a fine not exceeding about $2,650.”

 

“You don’t have to be drinking to get into trouble

One of the new provisions of Japan’s revised traffic law spells out specific punishment for people who provide alcohol and vehicles to drunken drivers, and those who ride with a driver who they know has been drinking.”

source :: Stars and Strips

Only in Japan :: Fits Gum Contest

Every year FIts Gum has a contest that become quite popular..the contest is pretty  simple  just submit a video with the famous dance and jingle…here are some of my favorite videos
(the contest is normally around April)

Only in Japan :: Host Bars

New Feature :: Only in Japan!

so i wanted to start my first feature on this blog which i will try and do weekly..

::short story first::

..when the Japanese little league team to the United States for the Little League World Series (which i love to watch every year but its always sooo sad when a team loses and all the little boys start crying!!! i always cry too.) a reporter from ESPN was asking them if they liked American food. One little boy said that had tried mashed potatoes for the first time and he HATED them…

Now being an American, this seems like a travesty!! who doesn’t like mash potatoes.. so warm, soft, & fluffy.. with garlic and butter even better! yummm! how could anyone not just gobble these up in a heart beat..

 

My point being that obviously there is vast differences in tastes and preferences between our two nations.  so i thought i would feature a weekly ad and/or food product from Japan that is relevant, probably only in Japan…