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  • Tokyo Eye 1st Anniversary

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    Starting today and running all week, NHK World TV’s TOKYO EYE is running a special episode to celebrate 1 year on the air, with a selection of segments from throughout the run. I’m told the visit I did to Cow Books in Nakameguro is to be included, and I expect you’ll see Patrick Macias and…

  • Update on Claska

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    Earlier this year I mentioned rumors that the Claska boutique hotel would be closing down by the end of the year. Seems that it won’t be closing after all, but instead will be taken over by new management. The renewal, with more emphasis on a new “Japanese style,” will include new rooms and more events.…

  • Tokyo Taxi Fare Hike

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    I already felt taxi prices were high in Tokyo, and now this: “Taxi fares were increased Monday in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture. The first price increase since April 1997 raised the flag-down fare for the first 2 kilometers to 710 yen from the current 660 yen.” Via Japan Today.

  • Backpackers in Ikebukuro

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    A few weeks ago I was sitting inside Cafe Pause, working on my laptop, when a girl walks by and notices me through the window. She walks in, comes up to me, and starts asking me if my friends traveled a lot. I was a bit confused, not really knowing where this was heading —…

  • Tokyo Eye: Sanya

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    The latest segment I did for the TOKYO EYE program is currently airing in this week’s episode (#48, you can see the broadcast schedule on NHK World here). It covers the Sanya area, which has long been known as an area with cheap hotels (frequented by day-laborers mostly), but in recent years has turned its…

  • Otakool Goes to Akihabara

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    Patrick Macias‘ new “Otakool” column was in yesterday’s THE JAPAN TIMES (online here), and covers a visit to Akihabara.

  • Hitotoki New York

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    Ladies and gentlemen, Hitotoki New York is now live! Brought to you from the same fine folks — that would be Chin Music Press and AQ — who brought you the English and Japanese versions of the initial Tokyo site.

  • In Ginza

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    In Ginza, at the major intersection in front of the Sony Building, waiting to cross the street. That’s the new Marronnier Gate shopping center you see in the background (seemingly coming out from the middle of the bus). You can listen to my afternoon walk through Ginza in the latest episode of the TOKYO BOY…

  • Marronnier Gate

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    Just outside the recently opened Marronnier Gate shopping center in Ginza, which I cover in this Gridskipper post.

  • Tokyo Boy 5

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    Yes, that’s right, believe it or not, but there’s a new episode of my TOKYO BOY podcast up! It was recorded yesterday afternoon in Ginza, and was cut short because of a little incident that involved blood… How’s that for a tease! As with the recent episode of my TB.MUSICA podcast, it uses chapters so…