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Category: Tokyo Walking
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More on Hitotoki in Japanese
I posted a while back about Hitotoki accepting submissions in Japanese, but what I hadn’t realized was that they are actually to be used on a completely separate site, to launch July 31, meaning that stories will not be translated from one site to the other. Here’s some info on the editor of the Japanese…
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Pocket Parks of Higashi-Ikebukuro
As I mentioned in my post about the this week’s “My Private Tokyo” segment I did for NHK’s TOKYO EYE program, I took a photo of each of the 11 pocket parks, which you can view in this Flickr photoset. Pictured above are the Higasa park and the Sun Sun park.
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Tokyo Galleryscape
In his latest “Out of Tokyo” column for REALTOKYO, Tetsuya Ozaki maps out the new Tokyo galleryscape.
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Hitotoki Taking Japanese Submissions
Hitotoki (read an earlier post about it here) is now accepting submissions in Japanese.
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Claska No More
I’ve been hearing that the Claska, Tokyo’s first, and arguably only true, boutique hotel will close its doors in January of next year. That would be a shame — I’ve never stayed in a room, but the space was nice, including the first-floor’s Transit-produced The Lobby lounge.
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Julia Barnes on Tokyo Eye
Julia Barnes’ segment — mentioned here — for TOKYO EYE is now on YouTube (the video starts with a bit of a glitch).
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This Week at Gridskipper
Hitotoki Tokyo Guide You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).
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Hitotoki Launches
Hitotoki is now live (see my previous post)! The boys at CMP and AQ have come up with an elegant and magazine-like design for the site, which I think really suits the content. Oh, and I contributed this little piece, something I experienced during one of my first years in Tokyo.
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This Week at Gridskipper
Tokyo Fun Party An Afternoon in Aoyama and Ginza You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).
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Shin-Marunouchi Building
What’s next after Tokyo Midtown? The Shin-Marunouchi Building, which opens April 27. The Shin-Marunouchi Building, a 38-story office-retail complex, is projected to attract 20 million visitors and generate 22 billion yen in revenue a year after its official opening April 27, Mitsubishi Estate said. At 198 meters, the structure, rebuilt on the site of the…