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Category: Tokyo Walking

  • 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…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Marronnier Gate Potage Patisserie The Peninsula Tokyo Hotel Akihabara’s Bandage Girls You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Bespoke Tokyo in Time

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    Charles Spreckley and Nicole Fall’s Bespoke Tokyo concierge service gets coverage in this week’s issue of TIME (no, I didn’t write it). You can read it online here. Update: Read more about what a Bespoke Tokyo tour is like in this piece, from THE OBSERVER.

  • Tokyo Subway Maps for the iPhone

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    Sure, the iPhone isn’t yet available in Japan, and it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting it anytime soon, but if your passion for one has led you to follow the import/unlock route (or you brought one along on a trip) then here are some iPhone-formatted maps of Tokyo’s subway and JR lines ready for…

  • Tokyo Top 5

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    MoCo Loco is currently running a top 5 series, where the site’s contributors were invited to list 5 favorite spots in the city where they reside. Mine is up, and longtime readers probably won’t be surprised much: Ginza Graphic Gallery, Ootoya, Cafe Pause, MUJI Yurakucho, and Junkudo.