Comments on: My Tokyo on CNN http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/ Your Guide to Design and Pop Culture in Tokyo Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:14:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nobody http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-142930 nobody Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:58:12 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/#comment-142930 Although I love cafes in Tokyo for the design of the places, especially ones in remodeled old buildings, and also for the food, I have yet to find one that is like a real coffee house where you could actually expect to relax, read or study. Add to that the problem of smoking. . there are very few cafes in Tokyo where I would like to spend a lot of time in to while away the hours. Oh, I miss coffee houses like the ones in the San Francisco Bay Area. If anyone knows of something with that kind of atmospherein Tokyo, please write about it. Although I love cafes in Tokyo for the design of the places, especially ones in remodeled old buildings, and also for the food, I have yet to find one that is like a real coffee house where you could actually expect to relax, read or study. Add to that the problem of smoking. . there are very few cafes in Tokyo where I would like to spend a lot of time in to while away the hours. Oh, I miss coffee houses like the ones in the San Francisco Bay Area. If anyone knows of something with that kind of atmospherein Tokyo, please write about it.

]]> By: Jean Snow http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-142865 Jean Snow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:34:10 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/#comment-142865 I don't entirely disagree, although for me spending time in a cafe is more about enjoying the surroundings and relaxing (reading, chatting) than anything trend related. For anything that involves nature, I hop on train and head to the city outskirts. I don’t entirely disagree, although for me spending time in a cafe is more about enjoying the surroundings and relaxing (reading, chatting) than anything trend related.

For anything that involves nature, I hop on train and head to the city outskirts.

]]> By: Marxy http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-142852 Marxy Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:18:01 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/#comment-142852 It's not just foreigners, nobody. That's the post-war Japanese paradigm for you. Culture = consumerism. The best art galleries are in department stores... It’s not just foreigners, nobody. That’s the post-war Japanese paradigm for you. Culture = consumerism. The best art galleries are in department stores…

]]> By: nobody http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-142841 nobody Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:48:14 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2008/10/02/my-tokyo-on-cnn/#comment-142841 I think the lack of cultural diversity in Tokyo, as opposed to major cities like New York or London, leads foreigners here to focus on commercial things like the design of products, shopping centers, and trendy cafes. Whether you buy it, you write about it, or you take a photograph of it, it's all a form of consumerism. Isn't there another way to enjoy this town without being part of its superficial consumer culture? I think the lack of cultural diversity in Tokyo, as opposed to major cities like New York or London, leads foreigners here to focus on commercial things like the design of products, shopping centers, and trendy cafes. Whether you buy it, you write about it, or you take a photograph of it, it’s all a form of consumerism. Isn’t there another way to enjoy this town without being part of its superficial consumer culture?

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