Category Archives: Tokyo

Kiyousumi-Shirakawa: Escaping Tokyo’s Heat withContemporary Art and Traditional Gardens

photos and text by Whitney Conti Accessing Tokyo’s best arts can mean massive crowds, busy train stations, and oceans of concrete, but it doesn’t have to. The 15 minute walk to Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art, or MOT, from Kiyousumi-Shirakawa … Continue reading

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The Buisness and Burritos of Surviving as a Community Art Space in Tokyo

by Whitney Conti Traci Consoli is an idealist and a workaholic. Ten years ago, she was an active painter living in Tokyo, but since opening Shibuya’s international art mecca and burrito haven, The Pink Cow, she works 100 hours a … Continue reading

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The Hidden Kaiten Gem Under Shinjuku Bus Terminal

photo and text by Whitney Conti When a friend in Nagano told me that her favorite sushi in all of Tokyo was located below Shinjuku’s highway bus terminal I thought I had misunderstood her Japanese. However, if you venture down … Continue reading

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Tokyo’s Cat Cafes

Cattery Will Get You Nowhere by Michael Richey When some friends asked me and my wife if we wanted to go to a cat cafe, I did as I should have and shrugged a “Sure,” as my wife jumped up … Continue reading

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The Pets and Posers of Urbanism

Pets are wonderful things. There is certain innocence about pets; they are like children, yet slightly more responsible.  They possess an honesty that human beings lose as we allow life to damage us into an affected fortress of “sophistication”. Humans … Continue reading

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There’s Just Something About Those Mountains:

There’s Just Something About Those Mountains: A Reflection from the Gay, Jewish Cheerleader by Jon Reimer It occurs to me in writing this that, although it has been only a year since I left the JET Programme to pursue other … Continue reading

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Contender for Tokyo’s Best Coffee: Aiyo Coffee Shop, Tsukiji Fish Market

An Insider’s Guide to the Outiside pockets of Tsukiji Fish Market  Tokyo’s Best Coffee: Aiyo Coffee Shop The Aiyo coffee shop opens at 3:30 a.m. and closes at 12:30p.m. It has been catering to the Tsukiji workers and locals for … Continue reading

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Lebard: Yotsuya’s organic wine bar, Tokyo

Like many things in Tokyo, Lebard has turned one room into four. The singular room is the kitchen, bar, restaurant, and dish washing area, all of which are visible from every angle within the space. From the bar, you can … Continue reading

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