Posted on 20 April 2014. Tags: …, Around, central, City, dead, Heart, lodging, Luxurious, running, Tokyo Luxurious lodging in heart of city; running around central Tokyo; not dead yet … Andaz, Hyatt’s upscale, boutique-inspired lifestyle hotel, will make its Japan debut in June, in one of Tokyo’s newest and most distinguished business towers, Toranomon Hills. […]
Posted on 19 April 2014. Tags: 2014, 41st, Motorcycle, pictures, Show, Tokyo In pictures: 41st Tokyo Motorcycle Show 2014 Held at the end of March each year, the annual Tokyo Motorcycle show is a “hands on handlebars and bums on saddles” kind of event which, as well as being a world showcase for the latest […]
Posted on 19 April 2014. Tags: …, Calls, Director, even, film’s, giant, Patlabor, Robot, stands, tall, Tokyo Giant Patlabor robot stands tall in Tokyo even as film’s director calls it … When surveys are done asking people which neighborhood of Tokyo they’d like to live in, Kichijoji often tops the list. It’s not hard to […]
Posted on 19 April 2014. Tags: Around, Audi, Peninsula, RollsRoyce, Tokyo, Tool Tool Around Tokyo in a Peninsula Rolls-Royce or Audi R8 If you’ve been to Tokyo, you know it’s possible to go from historic serenity in one of its temples to futuristic frenzy among its skyscrapers in a split-second. That proximity of the traditional […]
Posted on 19 April 2014. Tags: Japanese, Last, Music, Olympic, Play, stadium, stars, Time, Tokyo’s Japanese Music Stars To Play One Last Time At Tokyo’s Old Olympic Stadium Although some anime fans might associate the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stadium with Katsuhiro Otomo ‘s Akira, the new National Stadium won’t look anything like the one seen […]
Posted on 18 April 2014. Tags: AMAZING, district, Fashion, Ikebukuro, Lifestyle, Reside, Tokyo Tokyo Fashion and Lifestyle: Ikebukuro Fashion and Amazing District to Reside Tokyo fashion is internationally famous but while Aoyama, Ginza, Harajuku, Omotesando, Shibuya and Shinjuku often hog the limelight, it is equally true that other buzzing fashion districts are far from being […]
Posted on 18 April 2014. Tags: altj, Flowers, premiere, Ramona, Remix, Thom, Tokyo Premiere: The Ramona Flowers – Tokyo (Thom alt-j Remix) Adapting effortless to their surroundings, the band are now set to focus on a summer peppered with headline dates of their own. With new single ‘Tokyo’ set to drop on Monday (April 21st) […]
Posted on 18 April 2014. Tags: 2020, ahead, Cable, Construction, Olympics, Studied, Tokyo New Cable Car Construction Studied Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics A study is under way for the possible construction of a cable car that links 2020 Tokyo Olympics venues with a business area near the Ginza shopping district, said a mayor of […]
Posted on 17 April 2014. Tags: Canadian, Japanese, Made, Song, Statistics, Suicide, Tokyo A Canadian in Tokyo Made a Song Out of Japanese Suicide Statistics A Canadian transplant living in Tokyo “on and off” for the last two years, this experimental composer broached those touchy topics with piano, software, and some publicly available datasets. Viner […]
Posted on 17 April 2014. Tags: ‘city, Beijing, diplomacy’, Governor, Tokyo, visit Tokyo governor to make ‘city diplomacy’ visit to Beijing TOKYO: Tokyo’s top local official said on Tuesday he will visit Beijing this month at the invitation of its mayor, in an attempt by officials to heal Japan and China’s bruised relations. Governor Yoichi […]