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Fast Company
March 26, 2018
If you're looking for a new coworking space, why not get one that also serves chicken wings? Hooters in Tokyo's Ginza neighborhood has teamed up with Spacee–a space-matching service–to rent out work areas during the restaurant's downtime, SoraNews24 reports. Now digital nomads can park in one ofÃâà...
New York Times
March 23, 2018
TOKYO — While many people in Japan cherish their mechanical watches, getting them fixed may become difficult over the next few decades: The older .... Gotokuji is a quiet residential neighborhood of Tokyo, mostly known for its temple and the thousands of maneki-neko statues (the cat with the wavingÃâà...
Engadget
March 15, 2018
This neighborhood is pretty much where the main story line starts for each game in the series. The signage for this Kamurocho Tenkaichi Street shares a familiar design with the real one for Kabukicho Ichibangai in Shinjuku. Note the barrage of signs that light tiny windows and scattered traffic cones andÃâà...
Condé Nast Traveler
March 5, 2018
The best Tokyo neighborhood for seeing cherry blossoms, Nakameguro, comes alive with a free festival devoted to the bloom, this year from March 24 to April 10. The famous canal is lined with shops, stalls, and vendors selling things like pink champagne. (Other festivals dedicated to the sakura aboundÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 3, 2018
The chain's outlets in Osaka's Dotombori district, the historic city of Kyoto, and Tokyo's Roppongi and Shibuya neighborhoods are especially inviting to customers with a taste for late-night shopping. Late on a recent Saturday night, Don Quijote's store in Osaka's Dotombori neighborhood was crowded withÃâà...
Japan Today
March 3, 2018
Suumo, one of Japan's largest real estate agencies, recently polled 7,000 people living in Tokyo or the nearby prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, and Ibaraki, asking them which neighborhood in Kanto (east Japan) they want to live in (specifically which train station they'd like to live close to).
Eater
March 1, 2018
Edo Kobayashi — the hospitality group that helped shape Mexico City's up-and-coming Little Tokyo neighborhood — is preparing to open its second U.S. restaurant, a covert eight-seat sushi bar tucked behind a Miami taco shop. On March 6, Hiden will start serving a single Edomae-inspired omakase menuÃâà...
TravelPulse
February 28, 2018
Also in December 2017, SCRAP, Japan's pioneer creator of escape games, opened Tokyo Mystery Circus in a five-story building in Shinjuku's Kabukicho neighborhood. Billed as the world's first entertainment facility devoted to escape games, TMC features projection mapping and mind puzzles, whereÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
February 24, 2018
... the case with the Tsutaya Electrics store in Tokyo's Futako Tamagawa neighborhood, an affluent residential district, selections of books will make up a key part of the design. The choice of titles and interior decorating will take into account expected lifestyles as well as each neighborhood's characteristics.
Highsnobiety
February 17, 2018
Buy: Expected to land at NEIGHBORHOOD pop-ups in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. Editor's Notes: We've seen a ton of collabs on adidas's now classic NMD_R1 but one with Japan's famed NEIGHBORHOOD label is never one to be missed. This sleek new iteration is all about the shark toothÃâà...
Asahi Shimbun
February 15, 2018
The map charts risk levels combining fire and building collapses on a five-point scale in the event of a major earthquake. Tokyo's eastern neighborhoods are still at an elevated level of risk due to their numerous wooden houses and narrow roads. The updated map shows the risk level for building collapsesÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 5, 2018
Thanks to the spread of smartphones, Umeno-yu has successfully expanded its customer base via social media. Kurita is also promoting his sento by letting customers listen to rakugo comic tales in its lounge and offering drinks at the front desk in collaboration with a neighborhood bar. He has been holdingÃâà...
Culinary Backstreets
December 31, 1999
Sakura season is a great time to explore Tokyo's many neighborhoods and mingle with local residents. ... A favorite hanami place amongst Tokyoites is at the Nakameguro Cherry Blossom Festival along the Meguro River, now unfortunately hemmed in by concrete walls, in the hipster neighborhood ofÃâà...
The Cut
December 31, 1999
In this book, Yagi and Yuasa trace trends from the 1960s to today in different neighborhoods of Tokyo, including a return to high-quality products and craftsmanship. In one section, the jewelry designer Naho Okamoto explains how she incorporates traditional Japanese techniques like edo kiriki (glassware)Ãâà...
The Mainichi
December 31, 1999
Currently, he works on crafting one of the metal parts that supports the shutters. "I want to work until I die," he says. Born and raised in an old residential area of Tokyo, Hirahisa's interest in making things was sparked at a young age by a knife factory in his neighborhood. When he was around 20 years old,Ãâà...
Eater SF
December 31, 1999
Wise Sons Tokyo is located in the Marunouchi neighborhood of Tokyo, at 26 2-4-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6390. It's a business area sometimes known as Mitsubishi village, near law offices and a central train station. There, Wise Sons will share its traditional boiled bagels and deli meats withÃâà...
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