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  • Tyler Brule on Tokyo Midtown

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    Tyler Brule was offered a sneak peek at the upcoming Tokyo Midtown complex (opens March 30), and he shares his thoughts in this piece for the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE. Update: And then get Marxy’s take.

  • Superfuture Superguides

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    I’m a bit late on this, but Superfuture (“urban fundamentals for global shopping experts”) is now offering Superfuture Superguides, which amount to 30-page PDF guides to various cities. Going for $20, these are public versions of reports the site has been producing for private clients for years now, and they will be updated on a…

  • Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza

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    I get a lot of mail from readers asking me to recommend hotels for a stay in Tokyo, and the only thing I can do is point them to this post. But let me add the Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza, which I just spotted on Gridskipper. Looks quite nice, and rooms start at $111. Read…

  • My Private Tokyo: Nakameguro

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    Remember that “My Private Tokyo” corner I did on Nakameguro for the NHK World TV show TOKYO EYE? I’ve finally gotten around to putting up the segment on YouTube. This is the first time I’ve done something like this, so be gentle.

  • Tokyo Eye Segment Re-Airing

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    I’ve just been told that the TOKYO EYE episode with the “My Private Tokyo” segment I did on Nakameguro will air again in Japan this Sunday (February 11) at 11:25 on the NHK digital educational channel (NHK Digital Kyoiku 3).

  • Bespoke Tokyo

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    Today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES has a piece on Nicole Fall — editor of the Tokyo LUXE guide — and Charlie Spreckley — former editor-in-chief at METROPOLIS — who talk about their new venture, Bespoke Tokyo, a service that “offers visitors, however short or long their time in Japan, a unique experience, tailor-made to…

  • Tokyo Eye Takes on Nakameguro

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    The segment I did for the NHK program TOKYO EYE will air in this week’s episode (#016). In it, I cover a few favorite locations in Nakameguro that share the theme of mixed concepts for the “My Private Tokyo” corner. The places visited are Cow Books — it was the first time they ever permitted…

  • Pasmo Explained

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    Things are going to get a whole lot simpler come March 18 when it comes to riding the train, subway, or bus in Tokyo, since not only are all the private railways adopting a new Suica-like touch-and-go system called Pasmo, both JR’s card and the Pasmo will become interchangeable! Patrick explains it in more detail.

  • Wallpaper* City Guide: Tokyo

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    The other day I picked up the Tokyo edition of the recently launched “Wallpaper* City Guide” travel series from Phaidon. Looking at the format, I really like what they’ve done, releasing something affordable (only 1000 yen), and quite functional as well — they’ve really done a good job with the way the book gets divided,…

  • An Afternoon in Ikebukuro

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    I’ve done a lot of these “Afternoon” posts, but I think I’ve yet to write one for Ikebukuro, my hood, and so here is what amounts to a rather typical Saturday (or Sunday) with the wife. We started off yesterday by heading out around 13-14:00 to get lunch at Cafe Add+Ress inside Parco. We pretty…