Mori has made its mission to create "cities-within-the-city" complexes, most notable in Roppongi but also in Aoyama with the Omotesando Hills.
In mid-2014 Mori Building opened the Toranomon Hills ...
Buy a piece of Japanese postwar design history and donate to a good cause by purchasing one of the items of furniture and fixtures from the Hotel Okura Tokyo.
When the iconic Hotel Okura Tokyo ...
The beautification of Kabukicho continues.
Now it will literally get a "clean" with the opening of Thermae-yu on August 18th.
The massive bathhouse will be the biggest in Tokyo and includes ...
This article by Grigoris Miliaresis first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo.
Photo by no_typographic_man used under CC
The original idea was to keep it as cheap as possible (we have a reputation to ...
New documentary examines changing face of Shimokitazawa, 2003-2014
February 27, 2015
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Shimokita: 2003 to 2014 is a new documentary charting the changes in the landscape of one of Tokyo's best-loved areas.
Located just west of Shinjuku and Shibuya, Shimokitazawa (aka Shimokita) is ...
The new Hotel Gracery opens in Kabukicho in the heart of Shinjuku on April 24th, part of the changing landscape of a district more known for sleaze than sightseeing.
This being a Japanese hotel, ...
When Tokyo made its ultimately successful bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it emphasized how its Games would be compact and ecological.
The Olympic Village to house athletes for 2020 ...
We remember the good ol' days when every tech blog was keen-eyed for the latest development from Japan, when mainstream newspapers at least partly seemed to take Japanese fashion seriously, and... ...
Peyoung Super Large Yakisoba Instant Noodles (Pack of 12)
Regular, spicy, half-and-half cup noodles in big size
Japan is in its third "lost" decade. Oh, and it is in the midst of a recession. What, didn't you notice?
You'd be forgiven for failing to spot the signs, given the buoyant real estate market ...
Can the real beneficiaries of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics please stand up?
As expected, the biggest impact is going to be felt in the balance sheets of the real estate companies developing the bayside ...
Just when you thought the Han-ryu boom must surely be over, along comes an even more ambitious development.
Though the fad for Korean girl groups seems now to have passed in Japan, the K-pop boys ...