http://jeansnow.net/2009/11/05/the-latest-on-shimokitazawa/ 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 http://jeansnow.net/2009/11/05/the-latest-on-shimokitazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-229253 Jean Snow Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:05:05 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/11/05/the-latest-on-shimokitazawa/#comment-229253 It's a sad situation indeed, and one that every Tokyo resident I know simply can't understand (or accept). It’s a sad situation indeed, and one that every Tokyo resident I know simply can’t understand (or accept).

]]> http://jeansnow.net/2009/11/05/the-latest-on-shimokitazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-229251 Eric Likness Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:13:46 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/11/05/the-latest-on-shimokitazawa/#comment-229251 Thanks for sharing this. My wife is Japanese so I have travelled to visit Tokyo (where her parents live) 3 times now and we will be visiting again this New Years. One of my wife's best friends lives in Shimokitazawa not too far from the train station (walking distance). I cannot tell you how saw I was to read this, but I'm glad I at least know what's going on. Thanks Jean for passing this along. I think it would be sad indeed if anything happened to that area immediately surround the train station. It stands a landmark within Tokyo if not a national landmark. It is not like any other neighborhood and in my mind it is the most unique and exotic, heck I'll say it "Japanese" area in Tokyo I have seen so far. And it would be a crime against the culture to tear it up, and redevelop it in a Western style grid with wide streets like Ginza. Thanks for sharing this. My wife is Japanese so I have travelled to visit Tokyo (where her parents live) 3 times now and we will be visiting again this New Years. One of my wife’s best friends lives in Shimokitazawa not too far from the train station (walking distance). I cannot tell you how saw I was to read this, but I’m glad I at least know what’s going on. Thanks Jean for passing this along. I think it would be sad indeed if anything happened to that area immediately surround the train station. It stands a landmark within Tokyo if not a national landmark. It is not like any other neighborhood and in my mind it is the most unique and exotic, heck I’ll say it “Japanese” area in Tokyo I have seen so far. And it would be a crime against the culture to tear it up, and redevelop it in a Western style grid with wide streets like Ginza.

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