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This past weekend I accidentally attended the grand opening of Eataly, a great to place to taste and shop for Italian wines, cheese, breads, pastries and almost everything else that you can imagine in Tokyo’s Daikanyama neighborhood. And what a great accident it was!
Surrounding a stone paved courtyard with relaxing patio seating, near Daikanyama’s landmark […]
Combine some bourbon, amaretto and a little cranberry juice and you have the award winning Red Carpet Cocktail created by Takahiro Watanabe of the Keio Plaza Hotel’s Polestar Skybar. Sounds like a tasty drink to sip while overlooking the Tokyo skyline from the hotels’ 45th floor in Shinkjuku, and it’s only one of the award […]
As seen on CNN! Check out this weeks Offbeat iReport images to see one of my shots from the Tokyo Cow Parade 2008.
What worries the Japanese? Earthquakes and global warming top the list of worries.
Your favorite English language magazine in Tokyo may be hard to find due to the bankruptcy of a major distributor.
Baseball […]
School is back in session, improv school that is! Have you always been fascinated with improv theater and thought that maybe someday you’d like to give it a try? Now you can!
All native-level English speakers are welcome to attend a weekly two hour improv workshop hosted by Chris Wells, director of the Tokyo Comedy Store […]
Summer is almost a memory and fall is fast approaching in Tokyo. The Japanese are well known for being proud of their four seasons and autumn is no exception. In Japan the changing of the seasons are celebrated throughout the country with festivals, seasonal foods and special events.
In the fall, the harvest of new rice […]
Upon approaching the main building of a shrine in Tokyo you may notice a number of wooden plaques tied to a simple structure or tree. These are ema and visitors purchase them from a stall on the shrine premises, write a prayer on the back, and then leave them behind in the hope that their […]
Bunkyo Ward is located in the center of Tokyo and is home to many of the city’s colleges and universities along with over 190 thousand residents in a 11.3 square kilometer area. It sits alongside Arakawa Ward and is the fourth smallest ward in terms of area and fifth in terms of population. Despite it’s […]
If you have a love of ramen then you will adore Ramen Tokyo, a site that offers reviews of ramen shops throughout the Tokyo Metropolitan area and was recently featured by The Washington Post. The man behind Ramen Tokyo prefers to remain anonymous but he kindly granted me an interview via email so that I […]
When you think of Sega you think of video games! Sega is a household name when it comes to video games and they are the makers of classic arcade games such as Sega Rally, Virtua Fighter and House of the Dead. They are also well known for games such as Mario and Sonic at the […]
Manma, or food, is the first words spoken by many Japanese babies according to The Mainichi Daily News. Mama came in a distant 4th on the list of 50 words!
How Japan’s antiquated baseball system is being challenged, again…this time by a semi-pro player.
Have you heard of Metabolic Syndrome? It’s commonly spoken about in Japan […]
Whether you live in Tokyo, or are just planning a trip, you will find out what to do and see right here!
Written by Shane Sakata [email] for b5media.
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