Posted on 24 May 2014. Tags: 【TBT】Pigeon, Flock, Google, people, Street, Tokyo, view 【TBT】Pigeon people flock to Google Street View in Tokyo If you happen to be looking for directions around Mitaka Station in Musashino, Tokyo you might be in for an eerie surprise. As Google’s Street View camera strapped to a guy’s back passed […]
Posted on 01 June 2014. Tags: ¥101.50, Around, Dollar, solid, Tokyo, trading Dollar solid around ¥101.50 in Tokyo trading Jiji Press The dollar was solid around ¥101.50 in Tokyo trading Friday thanks to a halt to recent falls in U.S. long-term interest rates, but failed to extend gains due to a lack of further dollar-positive […]
Posted on 15 May 2014. Tags: 2015, Chef, Noma, open, Popup, Redzepi, René, Tokyo Noma Chef René Redzepi Will Open a Tokyo Pop-Up in 2015 Noma is going Japanese—for a little while, anyway. René Redzepi, the acclaimed chef behind the Copenhagen hotspot (which last month reclaimed the number one spot on the S. Pellagrino’s World’s […]
Posted on 25 May 2014. Tags: ‘Best, Experience’, Tokyo, Tourists, Voted Tokyo Voted ‘Best Experience’ for Tourists Tokyo has triumphed over the Big Apple and the city of Gaudi as the best destination for travelers across the world in an online poll. According to a survey of over 54,000 travelers conducted by Internet travel site […]
Posted on 06 May 2014. Tags: after, dark, night, Nightlife, Tokyo, Visions Tokyo nightlife: Night visions after dark I am headed for Golden Gai, the historical little city block that houses some of Tokyo’s smallest, quirkiest and coolest bars. A remnant of “old Toyko”, Golden Gai is a warren of alleys so narrow you need […]
Posted on 28 April 2014. Tags: goes, Jiro, Obama, president, Sukiyabashi, Tokyo President Obama goes to Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo On Wednesday night in Japan, President Barack Obama kicked off his Asian tour in a way that will make food lovers pretty jealous: With a meal at Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo, one of the world’s […]
Posted on 01 May 2014. Tags: Cafe, IKEA, LimitedTime, Tokyo, visit We visit the limited-time IKEA café in Tokyo For a limited time in Tokyo, IKEA has made it possible for you to experience living in a space all decked out in IKEA goods and stuff your face with Swedish meatballs at the same time! […]
Posted on 08 May 2014. Tags: …, dreams, even, Obama, president, Restaurant, tempura, Tokyo Obama dreams of tempura: The Tokyo restaurant where even the US President … I was amused and impressed, therefore, to read that there’s a restaurant in Tokyo that can’t even make room for the most powerful man on the planet to […]
Posted on 23 April 2014. Tags: after, bottom, debut, Price, rises, Seibu, Tokyo Seibu Rises in Tokyo Debut After IPO Price Set at Bottom Seibu Holdings Inc., operator of Japan’s biggest hotel chain, rose on its Tokyo Stock Exchange debut, bucking the trend of first trading-day declines for initial public offerings this year. The hotel […]
Posted on 03 May 2014. Tags: …, airports, facial, Hopes, improving, recognition, System, test, Tokyo Tokyo airports to test facial recognition system with hopes of improving … Tokyo airports to test facial recognition system with hopes of improving immigration checks. May 02, 2014 Maan Pamintuan-Lamorena National 0. Tokyo airports to test facial recognition system with […]