The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is a museum of historic Japanese buildings in Koganei, Tokyo. It is famous as the model of the world in Hayao Miyazaki ‘s film…

“Economical depression”, the word repeats everyday everywhere. Cheap stand-and-drink bars (tachinomi izakaya) get crowded every night, and inexpensive fast fashion including UNIQLO are sold well.   Against those facts, I…

    In the global recession, Japanese young people still keep consuming for their fashions; however, instead of buying expensive famous brands, they shop at inexpensive casual brands.  

A Japanese TV show did a survey of foreign tourists in [W:Asakusa], Tokyo, and this is the result of the popular souvenirs top 10. #1: Jika-tabiJapanese traditional footwear known as…

    The other day when I was reading the NIKKEI news paper, I found an article about the President of CHANEL Japan, Richard Collasse. The story was about his…

    Trip Advisor, a travel site, has announced their list of Japan’s Best Hotels, which was collected November 2008 to October 2009.   The Female’s Choice Top 3 are,…

Trip Advisor, a travel site, has announced their list of Japan’s Best Hotels, which was collected November 2008 to October 2009. The Male’s Choice Top 3 are….

  Last weekend, I went to the “INTERNATIONAL ROBOT EXHIBITION 2009” held in Tokyo. “This show is designed to provide a place to exhibit robots and related equipments in order…

  HINOKIZAKA RESTAURANT AT THE RITZ-CARLTON, TOKYO RECEIVES ONE-STAR MICHELIN RATING FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR TOKYO, November 25, 2009 – The “stars” aligned once again for The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo, as…

  “Urahara” 裏原散歩 posted by (C)HITON   The back street of Harajuku is called “Urahara” and the fashion style popularized in the area is called “Urahara kei (style)”, which is…

  In stylish shopping areas in Tokyo, there are drip infusion salons named “TENTEKI 10”, where the doctors and the nurses instill the guests depends on their needs.   It’s…