Tokyo

  • The Price of Soda
    August 31st, 2009By Nakata
    Sometimes the things I discuss in this forum I’ve provided myself are grand sweeping ideas whose larger implications have bearing on the lives of millions. Sometimes what I say offends as many people and that cannot be helped. An opinion coated in the proverbial sugar of polite discourse often loses its » Continue Reading
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  • If you’re going to be a fool, you might as well dance!
    August 28th, 2009By Jessica Korteman
    On Aug 23, Ikebukuro West Gate Park was alive with an energy that I have yet to experience within the confines of this concrete jungle. While I often describe Tokyo’s energy to family and friends back home, the hustle and bustle that is going to and from work is often void » Continue Reading
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  • Conbini Living
    August 28th, 2009By Erika Scott
    I’m coming up on my second week in Tokyo.  During the day I’m a marketing intern and weekend nights I work at a bar.   I feel like I’m running around in circles hopping from one train to the next as I switch lines and try to catch an express.  I haven’t » Continue Reading
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  • A Little Bit of Germany in Japan
    August 26th, 2009By Lieske Leynen
    When you live abroad, one of the many things you miss is food. Not food in general. By no means are you going to starve in Japan, but you miss the food you had back home. Things that had been easy to come by but aren’t any more. Being a little » Continue Reading
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  • The Great Japanese Adventure
    August 26th, 2009By Nakata
    Forgive me friends. For those of you who like reading these updates on my life in Japan, I know I have made you wait longer than usual. It is not that Tokyo, Japan, or even the Japanese have stopped amazing me on a daily basis, it is that life has a » Continue Reading
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  • Mongolian Elvis
    August 24th, 2009By Christina Bell
    My friend L has this worm, which hitched a ride from Mongolia somewhere in her belly, making her violently ill. Due to a lack of experience with Mongolian worms, her United States doctor had some trouble figuring out what the problem was, which means she has gone several weeks without a diagnosis, much less proper » Continue Reading
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  • The Music of Tokyo
    August 17th, 2009By Nakata
    Who is that there making this sweet music and dancing its slow waltz? Is it an orchestra on a grand stage? Is it the world-renowned Bolshoi ballet company? Nay! ’tis but a lowly janitor and his floor polishing machine dancing, their labor of love trampled by the million-masses behind them. Each » Continue Reading
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  • Wedding Headaches
    August 13th, 2009By Ashley Roushom
    As an international couple with relatives spread all around the world, my fiancé and I thought that having a wedding ceremony would be the perfect way to gather our families and spend some special time with them here in Japan. Being complete newcomers to the field (neither of us had » Continue Reading
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  • The Forever 21 Phenomenon
    August 10th, 2009By Jessica Korteman
    Tokyo is no stranger to the fashion world. From hot international fashion items straight off the catwalks of Milan and New York right through to Japanese inspired fashion and ‘cosplay’, inner city Tokyo boasts thousands of options when it comes to adorning yourself with the latest must-have piece. However, no » Continue Reading
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  • Oedo-Onsen Monogatari
    August 10th, 2009By Nakata
    Yesterday, thanks in no small part to a dear friend being in town with her entourage, I experienced the sights, sounds, and feels of the Oedo-Onsen Monogatari. For the uninitiated, an Onsen is a public bathing house. Yakumi (thin Japanese pyjamas) are worn, food and drink establishments line the inner courtyard, » Continue Reading
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