Tokyo Eye in Higashi-Ikebukuro

I did another “My Private Tokyo” segment for the TOKYO EYE program on NHK World, and it airs this week starting Wednesday (see this page for the broadcast schedule). In it, I visit a collection of wacky “pocket parks” (called tsuji-hiroba) in Higashi-Ikebukuro. There are 11 of these tiny “theme” parks, and I took a picture of each, which I’ll try to post later this week. I’m going to be doing more segments for TOKYO EYE as well, and I’ll post more details as they get ready to air.

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Jean-

Here’s a link to that Atelier Bow-wow book on “Pet Architecture” I was telling you about: http://tinyurl.com/2muks4

Oddly, it’s available on the US Amazon but not Amazon JP

07.07.03 15:30
Posted by Josh
Thanks for the link. Yeah, I’d read something about it, but haven’t seen the book itself.

07.07.03 22:37
Posted by Jean Snow

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