If you’re in Tokyo, the exhibition is on until January 19, 2014. Shop News New Arrivals in the Bookstore October 17, 2013Kurt5 Comments Another Country in New York Fascimile Edition, by Daido Moriyama Page Spread Over the last few days we’ve been adding quite a few new titles to th...
In Japan, for many years, the experts who accompanied us on the lecture told us that the shopping malls in Japan had a very humane service experience. Taking Tokyo as an example, the department stores in Tokyo are very strict in checking the quality of their products. If you buy defective...
More recent work includes the Tokyo Midtown development in Roppongi, which opened in March 2007.PillingSimonArchitectural Review
A few days ago, the closure of Tokyo's Lok Cho department store had cast a shadow over the already stagnant Japanese department store industry. 11 stores closed in one year. In Tokyo this Christmas, the most dismal news is that there is a closure of the 26 year old XMU department store...
Tokyo National Museum, the first and foremost art museum in Japan, located in Ueno Park, Tokyo. (Read Sister Wendy’s Britannica essay on art appreciation.) The original collection, formed in 1871 and initially housed in temporary residences, was a mixtu
Most cities in Japan have an 'entertainment district', such as Roppongi in Tokyo or Susukino in Sapporo, where there is a high concentration of bars and restaurants - and often of foreigners, too. Most have loud music and a raucous atmosphere, especially at the weekend. To put it politely...
Ginza is the upscale designer fashion center of Tokyo. The high end department stores are teeming with middle aged women with kids out of the house and plenty of money and time to burn. If you’re into older women, or are looking for a sugar mama, you can hit up some of the departme...
Even now writing about them, they seem to me like stills from a dream, scenes out of a fairy tale: the pattern of the white gulls obscuring the plough; the rays of sunlight striking the ground behindThe lonely farm;the mysterious stillness ofThe island of the dead;the arching leap over ...
Self - TV Tokyo Announcer / Self - emcee / Self 58 Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010) Miyoko Asô Narrator / Old lady with Mamesuke / Self - Narrator 56 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) Takahiro Azuma Self 12 Sumo Hot Pot (2006) Takeo Chii Self 10 ...
In places like Nara, Tokyo, and other Japanese cities, there are volunteers ready to offer free guided tours. These are basically locals seeking to benefit from tourists in other things aside from money. For instance, friendly local seeking to improve their English language skills can offer to ...