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Tokyo Cheapo: What we know about Toyosu Fish Market so far
This article by Adriana Mazza first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. New Toyosu Fish Market | Photo ©Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market You’ve probably heard by now that the iconic Tsukiji Fish...
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Studio Ghibli anime retrospective exhibition, themed cafe opens in Roppongi...
This week, a major Studio Ghibli retrospective exhibition opens in Roppongi Hills, covering all of the studio’s 22 anime feature films. The Ghibli Expo runs July 7th to September 11th, and includes...
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The Park-In Ginza hosts summer-themed Mika Ninagawa exhibition
Earlier this year, we wrote about fashion guru Hiroshi Fujiwara’s new project, The Park-In Ginza, a unique retail concept space located in the parking lot underneath the soon-to-be demolished Sony...
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Book and Bed Tokyo bookstore hotel opens new branch in Kyoto
Last week we reported on the growing bookstore boom in Tokyo that has seen Book and Bed, a bookshop-hotel, become such a hit that its customized pajamas sell out in minutes. Book and Bed Tokyo opened...
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Toast the release of Godzilla Resurgence with Godzilla Scotch Whisky
Films have a habit of attracting strange marketing stunts, though this is quite an incongruous one indeed. Godzilla and whisky? Yes, Japan is the land of Godzilla and also the land of great whisky, as...
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Tokyo goes Dada for art anniversary
To celebrate the 100 years since the Dada art movement launched in Europe, a series of commemorative events is happening around Tokyo this summer. Dada, or Dadaism, was an anti-art movement started in...
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Muscle Cafe Tokyo serves up burly omotenashi for Japanese women
A muscular male “performance team” will bring their brawny charms to Tokyo for the first time this summer. ALLOUT will open a special “muscles cafe” in a venue on Omotesando on July 30th. All 230...
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New Leslie Kee photography exhibition showcases 1,000 portraits of LGBT in Japan
A new photography exhibition showcases sexual diversity in Japan. “Out in Japan: 1,000 Portraits” opened at Spiral in Minami-Aoyama on July 12th, featuring portraits taken by Leslie Kee, a Singaporean...
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Mercedes-Benz opens virtual car showroom in Daikanyama T-Site bookstore
Mercedes-Benz has opened a virtual showroom in central Tokyo. Potential car-buyers visiting the new space inside Daikanyama’s T-Site, an upmarket bookstore by Tsutaya, do not get to experience the “new...
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Japan and tourists continue to go crazy for ninja
This summer, Tokyo is going mad for ninja (again). “The Ninja: Who Were They?” is an exhibition at Miraikan, a science museum in Tokyo, until October 10th. While ninjas might seem a better suited to a...
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Where’s Wally? Wally Run recruiting 6,000 Waldo cosplayers for October
A Where’s Wally? Wally Run will take place in October, bringing together thousands of Wally (aka Waldo) cosplayers. Applications are currently being accepted for the two “runs” in Osaka on October 2nd...
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Thanko Electric Armpit Clip-on Cooler Fan is summer’s most original cooling...
Is this the most original way to stay cool this year? Quite possibly. New from Thanko, Japan’s at times strangest creator of chindogu (everyday gadgets), the Electric Armpit Clip-on Cooler Fan is your...
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Kirby Café opens in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo this summer
The Nintendo game character Kirby now has its own pop-up cafe and official store. Kirby Café and store opens August to September in Osaka, with a concurrent store opening in Nagoya’s Parco department...
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RoboNeko: Driverless courier deliveries launched in Japan next year
Courier company Yamato Transport has teamed up with DeNA to launch a self-driving car delivery service from March 2017. The driverless automobiles are branded with the distinctive black cat logo of...
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Tokyo JR Yamanote Line train decorated with running tracks for Rio Olympics
The top 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games sponsors have joined together to support the Japan team heading to Rio with a special branded Yamanote Line train. Sponsored by 15 companies, the...
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Blue Bottle continues Tokyo expansion: new branches in Nakameguro, Shinagawa,...
The rise, rise and rise of Blue Bottle continues. After its much-hyped arrival in chicly run-down Kiyosumi-Shirakawa in 2014, it swiftly went more metropolitan with branches in Aoyama and Shinjuku. Now...
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Plus-sized comedienne Naomi Watanabe celebrated in interactive exhibition
Pocchari (larger size) culture just got another stamp of mainstream approval. While Japan is readily associated with slim and willowy female fashion, beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. As such, it...
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Henn na Hotel robot-staffed hotel opens near Tokyo Disney Resort in 2017
One of the biggest stories of 2015 was the opening of the “robot hotel”, Henn na Hotel, in Sasebo, where guests are served by artificial staff. The “Strange Hotel”, as its name literally means,...
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Shibuya Station cup noodle restaurant Donbareya closes
It’s the end of an era as Donbareya, the cup noodle restaurant on one of the platforms for the Yamanote Line at JR Shibuya Station, has closed. Offering Donbei instant noodles for hungry commuters,...
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Interactive digital installation wizards teamLab transcend boundaries in...
The creative unit teamLab is already making a big splash this summer with its incredible digital flowers installation in Odaiba. If that’s not enough for you, you could also catch teamLab’s exhibition...
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