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Category: Tokyo Walking

  • 3www

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    3www is a new directory of events happening in Tokyo. It’s in Japanese only, but you can make out most of the listings. There’s a paper version also, available for 100 yen. Link via Click Opera.

  • Tokyo Random Walk

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    In a recent post, Robert takes through a nice tour of the Kanda/Jinbocho area. He’s got me wanting to go there now, especially to the Tokyo Random Walk design bookstore! And that Saboru cafe looks excellent (I think he’s mentioned once wanting to bring me there). In his words, “a great place to go and…

  • A Weekend in June

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    It’s a nice sunny Saturday, and we leave our place unusually early (noon) in order to make it to the Muji flagship store in Yurakucho for lunch at Meal Muji. After a nice healthy lunch and a bit of shopping, we make our usual stop at the Okinawa shop (picking up a Taco Rice kit…

  • Tops Again

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    Tokyo remains the world’s most expensive city, according to the latest cost of living survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting released Monday. London was ranked 2nd, Moscow 3rd, with Osaka and Hong Kong rounding out the top five most expensive cities, while Asuncion in Paraguay is the least expensive city in the survey of 144…

  • Hige Cho

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    We finish up our week of pics from Roppongi Hills with this shot of the Hige Cho Taiwanese bento shop. According to Yuko, it’s the only memorable thing at Roppongi Hills (well, that and Village Vanguard).

  • An Afternoon at Roppongi Hills

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    After both getting some haircuts early in the morning at a hair salon not far from our place (the area around Azuma Dori in Ikebukuro has 7-8 of them), we grab a quick lunch at home before taking the Tokyo Metro (its new official name) for a visit to the Mori Art Museum at Roppongi…

  • Harajuku T-shirt Shops

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    Metropolis has an article spotlighting 6 Harajuku t-shirt shops, including BeamsT, Graniph, Akiz, Densuke, Shop 33, and Ijiit Keiji Itakura (the link to the article is not permanent; after a week, just look in the sidebar for issue 531).