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05 UPFRONT
08 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
10 MINATO-KU SPECIAL
14 AGENDA & LISTINGS
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23 MEAT SPECIAL
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COVER DESIGN: KOHJI SHIIKI
The Small Print
By Steve Trautlein
WE USED TO BE
IN A SECURITY
“
ENVIRONMENT THAT
CHRISTI ROCHIN
DID NOT REQUIRE US TO
CONSIDER HOW TO DEAL
WITH THE ENTRY OF A
DRONE INTO JAPANESE
AIRSPACE. WE SHOULD NOW
CONSIDER IT.” —Defense Minister
BOILING POINT
ćć Officials at the Meteorological Agency recorded
record-high water surface temperatures in
five areas around the Japanese archipelago last
month.
ćć Meanwhile, global warming is being blamed for
a spate of unusual fish catches in the waters off
Hokkaido, including sardines and bluefin tuna.
Itsunori Onodera, after an unmanned Chinese
aircraft was spotted near the Senkaku islands
earlier this month.
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
ćć Two 19-year-olds in Hokkaido were arrested
after they tweeted a photo of themselves
vandalizing police property, along with the
comment, “We are going through puberty so
we’ve come to destroy a patrol car.”
ćć Authorities in Iwate say a shady cellphonerenta l company rout inely accepted fake
application documents from customers,
including a drivers license that “showed the
holder was born in the 17th month of the year.”
ćć It was reported that the TMG spent at least
¥3 million in fiscal 2012 to reimburse members of the municipal assembly for travel
expenses—even though the politicians commuted for free using cars provided by the city.
ćć S c ient i s t s at Ky ot o Un i v er s it y a nd t he
Kyoto Cit y Zoo have come up w it h a way
of “preser v[ing] anima l sperm through
freeze-drying.”
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Episodes of Sazae-san that have aired since its debut in
1969, making it the longest-running animated TV series
ever, according to Guinness World Records.
ćć The number of Japanese aged 65 or over
topped 30 million for the first time, while the
number aged 14 or under was the lowest ever.
ćć The number of births—1.029 million—was
also a new low.
ćć In all, 39 of Japan’s 47 prefectures saw their
populations drop.
AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD
NEWS…
ćć Hea lt h of f icia ls in Osa ka say t heir newly
established suicide-prevent ion prog rams
have led to a 16 percent drop in the number
of people killing themselves in the prefecture
since 2010.
ćć Japanese researchers have developed a gel
that repels both water and oil, which they
hope will lead to the development of “surface
materials that do not need cleaning at all.”
ćć It was reported that South Koreans have been
going crazy for ekiben after a railway company introduced the Japan-inspired boxed
lunches at Seoul station this summer.
SOMETHING IN THE AIR
ćć Police in Chiba say skeletal remains found by
a local fisherman are likely those of a Niigata
man who went missing in 2004, and who was
originally believed to have been abducted by
North Korean agents.
BY THE NUMBERS
ćć Officials at the internal affairs ministry say 2012
was the fourth straight year that the population of
Japan declined. As of December 31, 126,393,679
people were living in the country.
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Percent of climbers on Mt Fuji who favor charging
entrance fees to the mountain, according to a survey by
Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.
ćć An “error in maintenance records” forced officials at ANA to cancel 12 flights of their A320
Airbus aircraft, affecting 2,400 passengers.
ćć In what’s being described as a “bid to counter China’s inf luence,” the foreign ministry
is mulling whether to establish new embassies in six countries, including the Kingdom
of Bhutan and the Republic of the Marshall
Islands.
ćć A Cabinet Of f ice sur vey revea led t hat 72
percent of adu lts a re concer ned about
“smartphone use by children.”
ćć Bottom Story of the Week: “Corgi Climbs 900meter Mountain More Than 1,000 Times Over
9 Years” (via Mainichi Japan)
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Number of new AIDS and HIV patients recorded in
Japan from April to June—the most ever for a threemonth period, according to the health ministry.
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Once again Tokyo’s corporate titans will have the
chance to take their battles from the boardroom to the
boxing ring. Executive Fight Night III: Triple Thunder
is slated to go down Friday, November 8 at the illustrious Grand Hyatt Tokyo Ballroom. This Vegas-style fight
night will see 16 corporate amateurs (14 men and two
women) endure a twelve-week boot camp to get in
fighting shape, learn the ropes from professional fight
trainers and develop their “eye of the tiger.” On event
night, these brave souls from all walks of life and 8 different countries will step into the ring and duke it out
in eight exciting bouts—each lasting for three rounds of
two minutes each. The last EFN drew over 460 attendees and raised over ¥7.6M for Refugees International
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in the shadow of Tokyo Dome, the 2,600m 2 facility
offers activities that range from leisurely to grueling.
Golfers can hone their skills at a putting area or golf
simulators that boast a selection of virtual greens based
on real courses around the world. Aspiring Dice-K’s and
Ichiros can try the pitching and batting cages that give a
printout of your performance. And anyone wanting to
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helpful staff cheer you on and hint at the next hold with
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dog eared
unbearably popular
Japan is overrun with vapidly cute characters, but occasionally one stands out from the crowd. Meet Control
Bear, which at first glance looks like a normal cuddly
toy teddy. A closer look reveals he is actually taking off
his own head. The slightly dark twist has scored countless fans and the headless wonder that first appeared
on shirts at T-Graniph now has a new shop in Harajuku’s
LaForet, T-shirts released by fashion brand Nozomi
Ishiguro and a line of plush toys. Designer Nagatake
Uehara explains that there is a concept behind the
name: “You control everything. Be strong willed and
don’t be controlled by others or just follow what others
expect you to do.”
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One lucky Metropolis reader will win a limited edition
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co.jp with the name of the US president teddy bears are
named after.
Purchase any book in Japan, and the bookstore will
wrap it in a boring brown cover to protect it from wear
and tear as well as prying eyes on the rush hour train.
If you want to keep your paperback in good condition
or choose not to broadcast to the world what you are
reading, you can have fun doing so with an Animal
Book Cover from Dreams, Inc. (¥399 for one). Drift into
the fantasy world of a novel and take your fellow commuters along with you, with covers sporting faces of
Labradors, tigers and bears—oh my! Looking across the
train aisle to see a grinning chimp is enough to crack a
smile on the face of even the most sullen salaryman.
Looking for something to put inside? Check out our
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Despite the spread of smartphones and their many calendar apps and widgets, paper-based schedule books
are still widely popular in Japan and autumn is the
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choosing the right techo a breeze with English planners (¥2,500) designed especially for people living in
Japan. Designers started with what works in the Japanese language version, such as a page-per-day design,
lots of memo pages and white space, and recreated it in
English. Also included are Japanese and international
holidays, guides to sushi, sake and tea, measurement
conversion charts and international telephone codes.
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Feature
MOVIE
TOWN
Tokyo film fans are
spoiled for choice
By Kevin Mcgue
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COURTESY PETER KRASINSKI
T
he projectionist carefully threads up
a pristine new print of Fritz Lang’s
black-and-white science fiction epic
Metropolis. As the house lights go down,
a musician perches himself at an organ boasting
4,623 pipes. It omits a thunderous chord as the
silent film begins rolling. The projected image and
I AM PLEASED
TO EXPERIENCE
THESE MOST
UNIQUE VERSIONS OF
THE ART IN JAPAN”
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The 1927 sci-fi classic Metropolis.
live musical performance work together to transport viewers to a faraway future. The audience,
dazzled by the clever special effects of the film,
wonders, “How did they ever do that?”
This is not Berlin in January, 1927, but Yokohama in October, 2013. The upcoming screening
of the classic film at Minato Mirai Hall will be
accompanied by the sounds of American organist Peter Krasinski. “The art of silent movie
accompaniment on the pipe organ is a rare but
much cherished tradition in the US,” Krasinski
explains, “and I am pleased to experience these
most unique versions of the art in Japan.” The performance is just one example of countless unique
cinema experiences available around Kanto, and
confirms something that local fans have long
known—Tokyo is one great place to catch a movie.
American organist Peter Krasinski will perform organ
accompaniment for the 1927 film Metropolis.
COURTESY CINEMA VERA
“W
hat is so special about Tokyo theaters
is the diversity,” says Atsushi Naito,
owner of Cinema Vera in Shibuya.
“You can see almost any movie from all around the
world, even North Korea. In addition to this international diversity, you also have historical diversity
with the National Film Center in Kyobashi and
the many meizaga.” The Japanese term literally
translates as “masterpiece theater” and the closest international equivalents are the revival houses
that are rapidly disappearing across the US. When
Naito lived in New York 25 years ago, they were
practically uncountable. On his last visit, only the
Film Forum remained. On the west coast, Quentin
Tarantino purchased the New Beverly rather than
allow one of the last remaining revival houses in
Hollywood to close.
Although they are threatened by the specter of
the multiplex, revival houses in Tokyo are still plentiful—something Naito says we should all be proud
of. Plus, they offer a dazzling array of choices. Moviegoers can gorge themselves on ‘70s Italian horror,
Cinema Vera in Shibuya shows classic Japanese and Hollywood films from the ‘30s to ‘50s.
rediscover the magic of early silent films or lose
themselves in a triple-feature of Audrey Hepburn
classics that most fans know only on DVD.
The attractions are not only up on the screen.
“There are a lot of events in Tokyo that bring international filmmakers to Japan,” says Koyori Suzuki,
a writer for the online film magazine Movie And
(www.eigato.com). “As a film writer, I’m never at a
loss for story ideas. It really is a great environment
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for movies fans.” She also points to annual film
fests, led by the Tokyo International Film Festival, but also including smaller ones dedicated to
Scandinavian, French, Latin or gay and lesbian
films—there are even fests and venues dedicated
to short films and Tokyo’s aspiring filmmakers (foreign and Japanese).
Suzuki admits that foreign residents may be put
off by ticket prices that are much higher than what
SILVER SCREENINGS
they know at home, but recommends inexpensive
film events hosted by embassies around Tokyo. She
also frequents Gucci’s Cinema Visionaries series.
The fashion company’s film foundation restores
analog prints of classics such as Sergio Leone’s
Once Upon a Time in America and Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and presents them at the Gucci
Gallery in Ginza. Maison Hermès Le Studio also
offers screenings of French films in Ginza. Events
at both venues are free, but online reservations are
required (see sidebar).
Whatever you're into, there’s a movie house for
you in and around Tokyo
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espite the diversity of film venues, things
are in a state of transition. “At present, there
are many attractive theaters in Tokyo,” says
Mark Roberts, a film lecturer at Temple University
Japan. “However, going forward they will come
under increasing stress. It is highly likely that with
the ongoing restructuring of distribution and exhibition, a number of the smaller theaters will close.”
Indeed, several of them already have. Ebisu
Garden Cinema, the home-away-from-home for
Woody Allen and Michael Moore, closed its doors
in 2011 and European film stalwart Theatre Cinema
in Ginza lowered its house lights for the last time
this summer.
A trio of Audrey
Hepburn films,
including 1954's
Sabrina, returns
to the screen
this fall.
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NESCO statistics reveal that
despite the long
ticket counter lines you
may encounter when
you go to see The Wolverine this fall, theater
attendance is actually
slipping. For 40 years,
Japanese people have
been to movie theaters
2.0 t imes a yea r on
average. Recently that
number has fallen to 1.5,
compared to 4.5 in Australia and 5.4 in the US. B-movie director Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Man
Roberts points to a lack From Planet X will screen this fall at Cinema Vera.
of government support.
“Despite its nationalist bluster, the Japanese government has very weak policies
on film culture and no policy whatsoever on film education,” he explains. “This is
visible in the low level of film literacy among young people in Japan, and the fact
that many domestic productions can no longer be exported.”
Another factor is the rise of the multiplex, the first of which appeared in Japan
in 1993 (Warner Mycal Ebina). They were first concentrated in suburban areas,
where land is ample, but are now encroaching on urban areas. “They have many
screens and book major Hollywood movies as well as art house cinema,” theater owner Naito explains. “So small theaters cannot book the kind of movies
that they used to.” Yet another threat exists in the proliferation of multiplexes:
the spread of digital distribution. As major studios pressure larger theaters to go
digital, smaller ones either refuse or can’t afford the switch from analog. “Japanese major studios will someday decide to no longer maintain their 35mm print
archives,” Naito muses. “That will mean the end of the revival house business.”
But a new generation of fans is working to postpone that day. Naito was
pleasantly surprised when the crowd of men over 60 coming to his theater to
see samurai flicks recently grew to include women in their 20s and 30s. “For the
moment, there are lots of choices,” Roberts says, “and we should enjoy them
while they last.
Brillia Short Shorts Theater
International short films with
Japanese and English subtitles.
5-3-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku,
Yokohama
045-633-2151
www.brillia-sst.jp
Jack & Betty
Independent Japanese films,
European cinema.
3-51 Wakaba-cho, Naka-ku,
Yokohama
045-243-9800
www.jackandbetty.net
Cine Switch
European cinema.
4-4-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku
03-3561-0707
www.cineswitch.com
Maison Hermès Le Studio
Free screenings of French films.
03-3569-3300
www.maisonhermes.jp/
reservation/
Cinema Vera
Japanese samurai films, classic
Hollywood.
1-5 Maruyamacho, Shibuya-ku
03-3461-7703
www.cinemavera.com
Eurospace
European cinema, Japanese
independent films.
1-5 Maruyamacho, Shibuya-ku
03-3461-0211
www.eurospace.co.jp
Gucci Gallery
Free screenings of restored classic
films.
03-5469-6611
http://gucci-cinemaroom.com
Image Forum
European cinema, American cult
films.
2-10-2 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku
03-5766-0114
www.imageforum.co.jp
Musashinokan
European cinema, American art
house and exploitation films.
3-27-10 Shinjuku
03-3354-5670
http://shinjuku.musashino-k.jp
The National Film Center
Classic Japanese films. Closed for
renovations until October 30.
3-7-6 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku
03-5777-8600
www.momat.go.jp
Shin-Bungeiza
Second-run Hollywood films, ‘70s
horror and exploitation flicks.
3F, 1-43-5 Higashi-Ikebukuro
Toshima-ku
03-3971-9422
www.shin-bungeiza.com
Waseda Shochiku
Second-run Hollywood films, classic
European cinema.
1-5-16 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku
03-3200-8968
www.wasedashochiku.co.jp
TOKYO STORIES
Live performances, limited screenings and a close-knit
community mean a variety of film events and meetups
across the city
The 26th Tokyo International
Film Festival runs October 17-25 at
Roppongi Hills and other venues.
http://tiff.yahoo.co.jp/2013/en/
Peter Krasinski performs live organ
music for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis
October 12 at Minato Mirai Hall.
See concert listings (classical) for
details.
The “Screen Beauties” series kicks
off with three Audrey Hepburn
films, September 28-October 18
at Shinjuku Piccadily and other
theaters.
www.screenbeauties.com
The Pink Cow in Roppongi hosts
screenings of short films and
documentaries by independent
filmmakers.
www.thepinkcow.com
The 10am Film Festival is an
ongoing morning series of digitallyrestored classic films at Toho
Cinemas Roppongi and other
theaters. Upcoming films include
The Godfather and The Towering
Inferno.
http://asa10.eiga.com/
Arts & Entertainment
music
THE TROJANS
Ska-ing their way
into history
By Dan Grunebaum
S
inger, bandleader, DJ, impresario and
fashionable bloke about town Gaz Mayall says he’s at the “hub of a musical and
cultural wheel”—and he means it.
When Metropolis catches him by phone on a
sunny late summer day at a London park, several
entertainment business friends pass by, and for
good measure are put on the phone to say “hallo.”
Gaz and his friends are still basking in the afterglow of the Notting Hill Carnival, London’s
annual freewheeling celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture.
Mayall, the 55-year-old son of blues legend
John Mayall, has run a stage at the festival for
years. “For the last two years Mick Jones has
come up and sung ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go,’”
he drops casually. “I’m the only guy who still
has live bands. To get funding we go to the arts
council, because it costs a fortune to put it on.
We build a huge stage, a DJ tower and take over
a whole block.”
Needless to say, Mayall’s own ska outfit The
Trojans play his Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues stage, an outdoor version of the Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues night he
stages every Thursday night in London. At 33 years
and counting, the event is London’s longest running one-nighter.
While Gaz’s musical education came at the
hands of his father, his musical career emerged
from a different angle. “I had a clothes stall in the
‘70s in Kensington Market,” he explains, “and at
COURTESY OF SMASH
that time my shop was quite big. I would bring a
load of records, we’d be listening to ska, old rock,
R&B… We had a meeting of kids’ tribes—punks,
teddies, skinheads—and one day in ’79 all of a
sudden all you could hear was ska up and down
the country. Everybody started buying second
hand suits and looking really sharp and listening
to ska, and I was right in the center of it in my shop.
All the bands—Madness, The Specials—would
come to hang out.”
Mayall launched his club night in 1980, and
then followed it up with his own band in 1986. “Ska
was about being an international music form—not
just American music, but about our homegrown
mish-mash, which we called ska,” he says of his
motive for creating The Trojans.
“When I started my own band I wanted to
push the border a bit further,” he continues. “So I
introduced Celtic music to the mix, with bagpipes,
whistles and fiddles, and showed how you can
have archaic Celtic music—even Japanese or Russian music—and mix that into Afro-Caribbean
beats. I try to incorporate all this music that I love
with a passion, because at the end of the day all
music is a fusion of something that came before it.
It’s all about bringing together people from different tribes, and I’ve always wanted to be right at the
hub of that musical wheel.”
With Gaz’s various endeavors keeping him
busy (and hard to reach), and the band’s lineup
shifting due to events both happy (children) and
sad (suicide), The Trojans are an occasional affair.
art
THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING!
Preparing for 2020 by
looking back at 1964
By C.B. Liddell
I
t will be hard for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
Games to make the same kind of impact on
the city and the country as the last event of
its kind, held here 49 years ago. Tokyo 1964
was undoubtedly special. It marked an important
watershed in the country’s history and influenced
so much, from architecture and infrastructure to
the social mood and the international perception
of Japan, which, of course, greatly improved.
To coincide with the International Olympic
Committee’s decision on the 2020 venue, the
Edo-Tokyo Museum bravely decided to host an
exhibition entitled “The Olympics Are Coming!”
looking at the art, posters, photography and various odds and ends from the 1964 games.
This was a risk y strateg y, as t he ex hibition would have looked ridiculous if the IOC
had instead chosen Madrid or Istanbul and the
Olympics were not coming, but luckily Tokyo
triumphed and now, with the
The section on post-war
world’s eyes upon us, it’s fitting
reconstruction presents aerial
to think what the Olympics
views of the city, including the
will mean through the prism of
Washing ton Heights housa previous experience.
ing area in Shibuya. Built as
The exhibition is divided
housing for the US Occupainto several sections that look
t ion forces, t h is was later
at t he planned 1940 Tok yo
transformed into the OlymOlympics (cancelled due to
pic village and then Yoyogi
war), the post-war reconstrucPark, marking a significant
tion, the preparations for the
st age i n Japa n’s post-w a r
1964 Olympics and the actual
normalization.
games themselves.
Guide books on manners,
Coming four years after the
architectural diagrams and
1936 Berlin “Hitler” Olympics,
publicit y posters all testif y
at which the Olympic torch was
to the enormous efforts that
used for the first time, Tokyo’s
the Japanese people put into
1940 Ga mes was i ntended
preparing for the Games. This
to coincide with the 2600th
naturally also boosted the
a n n iversa r y of t he my t h i- Poster for Tokyo Olympic Games 1964
learning of English. Attempts
cal founding of the Japanese by Yusaku Kamekura, Osamu Hayasaki,
were also made to beautify the
imperial house, and was going and Jo Murakoshi
city, but, on the other hand,
to be used to boost the cult of
some of the infrastructure projthe Emperor, but events determined otherwise.
ects connected to the Olympics, such as concrete
It’s been five years since they last toured Japan
and 15 since their last album.
Among the 18 musicians on Smash It! (available digitally and on vinyl as an import from
Japan’s Ska in World Records), are everyone
from 20-year-old featured singer Zoe Devlin to
vintage Jamaican trumpeter Eddie “Tan Tan”
Thornton to Japanese sax player Megumi. Mayall jokes that the band is something of a Buena
Vista Social Club of UK ska.
“I went back to the basics with this one,” he
says of the disc. “There’s rocksteady, calypso,
mento, and instruments like the bagpipes that
you’d only hear with the Trojans. We take it back
to the basic Trojans story, which is about a load
of people coming together who represent the
multiracial backbone of London. We started at
a pivotal turning point in London society where
that really began, around ’79-’80.”
The connection between Gaz and Japan
isn’t limited to Megumi and the vinyl release
of Smash It! The Trojans have long considered
Japan a second home. “The first time I’d ever
been to Japan, I’d just had three wisdom teeth
removed and my first live-in girlfriend had left
me,” Gaz recalls. “The phone rang, and it was
Koichi Hanafusa of Japanese promoter Smash,
and he said, ‘Do you want to come to Japan?’”
Thus was launched a bond between Mayall
and Smash that has deepened over time. Regulars at Smash’s Fuji Rock Festival may have
noticed a tall, gangly man at the entrance to the
Palace of Wonder stage—Gaz’s brother Jason.
“Jason was the tour manager for the Trojans
in the ’80s and I introduced him to Masahiro
Hidaka,” Gaz says of the head of Smash. “They
got on and Jason ended up establishing Smash’s
London office. I haven’t done them all but Jason
has done every one.”
Club Quattro, Oct 18. See concert listings
(popular) for details.
expressways, had quite the opposite effect.
Special efforts were made concerning the
weather, as well. Unusually, the 1964 “Summer
Olympics” were actually held in the autumn, quite
sensibly in view of Tokyo’s terrible summer heat
and humidity. The date chosen for the all-important opening ceremony (October 10) was selected
because, statistically, it was the day of the year
most likely to be sunny, and therefore a meteorological representation of the national symbol.
The actual items from the 1964 Olympics—
the torch used to light the Olympic flame, the
vest of the runner who carried it, blazers of
the officials, the programs and souvenirs—
inevitably have the slightly sad atmosphere
of mementos and nostalgia, but there is also a
sense of a great epic event of the past, one that
united the nation and successfully repackaged
it for the boom times that followed.
With the problems caused by the 2011 earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear accident, as
well as ongoing criticism of the government’s priorities, it may be difficult for Japan to recapture
the sense of naive optimism that preceded the
1964 Olympics, but if it can be done anywhere, it
can be done by visiting the Edo-Tokyo Museum.
Edo-Tokyo Museum, until October 20. See
exhibition listings (Ueno) for details.
books
AUTUMN
READING
Books to get you through the long nights of fall
A
lthough Westerners are used to making
a summer reading list to find the perfect
paperback to bring to the beach, Japanese
associate reading with autumn, when the
longer nights give more time to curl up with a good
book. As Tokyo cools down, Metropolis looks at some
new titles to fill out your bookshelf.
My Awesome
Japan Adventure
By Rebecca Otowa
Tuttle, 2013, 48pp,
¥1,800
Writer and long-time Japan
resident Rebecca Otowa
provides an engaging
introduction to the culture,
society, food and fun of the
country in this children’s
book. Rather than take a
encyclopedic approach with entries on sushi and ninja,
Otowa presents a fictional, generously illustrated travelogue from the perspective of an American fifth grade
boy on a four-month homestay. Entertaining and essential reading that presents little ones growing up in Japan
with the information they need to survive.
Jet Black and the
Ninja Wind
By Leza Lowitz and
Shogo Oketani
Tuttle, 2013, 320pp,
¥1,800
Due out in early November, Jet Black continues the
series of Japan-themed
“young adult ” titles that
publisher Tuttle started
with last year’s Samurai
Awakening. Clearly appealing to the global popularity of the Twilight and Hunger
Games franchises, this genre is a new one for Tuttle. In
JBATNW, the title character is a teenage girl in America
with little connection to her Japanese heritage. When
her mother dies, she discovers she is the end of a long
line of ninja. The action quickly moves to Japan, where
she must fight off hired assassins in order to protect a
family treasure and ancient culture.
Metropolis has an advance copy of Jet Black for one
lucky reader. Email giveaways@metropolis.
co.jp and answer: What is a female ninja is called?
From the
Fatherland,
with Love
By Ryu Murakami
Pushkin Press, 2013,
672pp, ¥3,059
Often referred to as “the
other Murakami,” the Coin
Locker Babies author’s work
has taken a political slant
in recent years. His latest
offering begins in 2010, as
Japan is hit by global economic decline and homelessness is rampant. North
Korea sees Japan’s weakness as an opportunity and
sends in forces, while publicly denouncing them as
rebels to avoid repercussions. South Korea, the US and
China are all too afraid of inciting a full-scale war and
so the decision is left to the dithering Japanese government. Like all great works of speculative fiction, it
plays on the fears of the day, and since its 2005 release
in Japanese, the North Korea situation has received
increased media coverage. However, the main political message is a critique of the pathetic indecision of
those in power, the ineffectiveness of bureaucracy and
the collective malaise of the Japanese people. It makes
for a thought-provoking and entertaining ride through
a Japan darker than the one we live in. William Bradbury
Evil and The
Mask
By Fuminori Nakamura
Soho Crime, 2013,
356pp, ¥1,404
The latest novel by the
Kenzaburo Oe Prize winner starts out with a unique
premise—an 11-year-old
boy is i n for me d by h is
father that his purpose on
earth is to be “cancer,” a role
of pure evil that has been passed through his family
for generations. He has until his 14th birthday to free
himself from his destiny. The tale raises questions
about the role of fate in our lives. If we’re destined to
do something repellent, can we escape it by acting to
cause the opposite effects? This question is memorably asked in Minority Report, though Nakamura goes
for a more meditative approach. Through much of the
story, the boy contemplates his role in the universe,
the morality of his actions and the struggle between
nature and nurture. Some of these ideas will stay with
you for some time. WB
A Tale For The
Time Being
By Ruth Ozeki
Cannongate Books Ltd,
March 11 2013, 432pp,
¥1,198
Ruth Ozeki’s latest starts
with a character (based on
the author) finding a journal washed up near her
quiet Canadian residence.
Is it a remnant of the 2011
tsunami? Is the writer of the
diary, a 16-year-old Japanese schoolgirl named Nao,
still alive? The character and the reader can only speculate. Shortlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize, the
novel features large chunks of information on Japanese
culture with over 150 footnotes, many of which longtime Japan residents will find unnecessary. Ruth finds
herself wanting verification of the story and the internet plays a vital role in connecting some of the missing
pieces. Nao’s narrative illuminates various social problems in Japan, with a focus on bullying depicted in all its
harrowing extremes. Her lack of self-pity is what makes
her character so engaging, and she is determined not to
let the cruelty of others destroy her life. WB
MINATO-KU PROMOTION
MINATO
COOL!
Local shops and services in the
central ward offer safe harbor
and some great deals
WEBSITE
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I
t’s often said that Tokyo has more hair salons per square mile than any other city on earth. With so many
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WEBSITE
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s the name suggests, K-MAP Chiropractic and Sports Therapy specializes in chiropractic, sports medicine, soft
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WEBSITE
MINATO CITY GLOBAL COMMUNITY PLANNING SUBSECTION Minato-ku
I
n an effort to increase cross-cultural
communication and decrease misunderstandings, Minato City plans
to start an email information service
for foreign residents in the city on October 10, 2013. The friendly folks in the
Minato City office plan to send out details
on local events, businesses and other
official guidance via an opt-in email
newsletter service. The service—which
will be provided in English, Korean and
Chinese—requires applicants simply to
register their email address, area and
the type of information they would like
to receive on the city’s website. Once
registered, users can receive periodic
notifications on their chosen preferences that include subjects such as child and health care, assistance for
the elderly, disaster preparedness and community activities. All Minato City residents 20-years-old and over,
including those who work and study there, are eligible. The email service will start on October 10, with notifications planned to be sent at least twice per month. Those wishing to sign up for the service can register at:
http://meturl.com/minatoinfo
SPECIAL OFFER
▶▶ New multi-language email
information service to start
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CONTACT INFO
1-5-25 Shibakoen, Minato-ku
Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5:15pm
03-3578-2046
http://meturl.com/minatoinfo
WEBSITE
NAIL SALON BLANL’OR Shirokane
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ust a short walk from Shirokane-Takanawa station is Nail Salon Blanl’or, a favorite with local residents who come for the attentive treatment by the Japanese staff. A warm white and brown interior
with comfortable reclining sofas makes for a relaxing atmosphere, where clients can unwind and
watch television or DVDs during their appointment. Friendly English-speaking staff begin all treatments
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CONTACT INFO
2F Wada Bldg, 1-25-2 Shirokane, Minato-ku
Shirokane Takanawa
10am-7pm; closed Tues.
03-6904-0053
http://nail.blanlor.jp/en
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Tokyo Grand Tea
Ceremony 2013
C
hoose f rom t he st u n n i ng
grounds of a unique museum
or the landscaped splendor of
the Hamarikyu Gardens, where an
English ceremony gives you precious
insight into the ritual’s profound
beauty.
Sep 28-29, 10am-5pm, Edo-Tokyo
Open Air Architectural Museum.
Nearest stn: Musashi-Koganei. Oct
12-13, 9:30am-4:30pm. Hamarikyu
Gardens. Nearest stn: Shiodome.
TOKYO
CREATIVE
WEEKS
Oct 1-Nov 4, 2013
Fire up your arty side as
summer cools down
A
s the temperature slides
and people emerge from
t heir air-con cocoons,
To k y o u n d e r g o e s a n
autumnal awakening, accompan ied by Tok yo Creat ive Week s.
Part of the Tokyo Culture Creation
Projec t, it of fers f ive i ntensive
weeks packed with more than 50
high-qualit y art, music and performance programs. These events
are designed for residents as much
as tourists, Japanese as much as
foreigners, art experts as much as
cultural newbies.
The Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony
2013 offers a tranquil, interactive
tea-culture experience among the
luscious grounds of the Edo-Tokyo
Open Air Architectural Museum
out west, or in a landscaped garden immersed in downtown Tokyo.
Audiophiles shouldn’t miss Music
Weeks In Tokyo 2013, which showcases the TCW ethos of blending old
and new in various treats of musical
juiciness at several Tokyo venues.
And Art Access Adachi: Downtown
Senju—Connecting through Sound
Art is a free public platform for some
happening young artists to ply their
trade.
Other events include Sound Live
Tokyo, a radical live performance
using sound and music in edg y
expressive ways, the last chance to
see a striking exhibition by Japanese
luminary Tadashi Kawamata and an
international conference on economy through the lens of art. See the
website for more details.
http://tcw2013.jp
©Yow Kobayashi
©Great The Kabukicho
Music Weeks In Tokyo 2013
A
series of unique events promoting the joy of music. In Jazz meets Classic, Legendary Japanese pianist Makoto Ozone and Grammy-winning
teams up with sax clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera to serve up classical
concertos by Mozart and Rachmaninoff, followed by a session of serious jazz.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra provides a fitting backdrop.
Oct 26, 3pm, ¥5,000. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Nearest stn: Ueno.
Oct 27, 3pm, ¥5,000. Parthenon Tama. Nearest stn: Tama Center.
Art Access Adachi:
Downtown
Senju—Connecting
through Sound Art
I
mmerse yourself in an unforgettable world of light and soap
bubbles with Memorial Rebirth.
The “Shabon Odori”—soap-bubble dance—fuses Shinji Ohmaki’s
performance-art creation with the
traditional Japanese summer dance
of Bon Odori.
Memorial Rebirth Senju 2013 Joto:
Oct 19, 4-4:30pm & 7-7:30pm, free.
Senju Joto elementary school yard.
Nearest stn: Kita-Senju.
Photo: Yukitaka Amemiya
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Agenda Listings
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FESTIVAL
Oct 17, 7pm, ¥8,500 (adv) +1d.
Studio Coast. Nearest stn:
Shin-Kiba. Tel: 03-3499-6669.
Tokyo Dome. Nearest stn:
Suidobashi. Tel: 0570-550799. outthere-japantour.com
Guild
Alicia Keys
Visual-kei melodic pop-rock.
Oct 18, 7pm, ¥4,000 +1d.
Shibuya-AX. Nearest stn:
Harajuku. Tel: 03-3447-8822.
www.euclidagency.com/guild
The Trojans
With Eddie "Tan Tan"
Thornton, DJ Baby Soul and
others. Oct 18, 7pm, ¥6,000
(adv) +1d. Club Quattro.
Nearest stn: Shibuya. Tel:
03-3444-6751. gazrockin.com
Namie Amuro
Sound Live Tokyo
Launched last year, Sound Live Tokyo explores the possibility
of creative sound expression through live performance,
installations and interactive art. This year’s festival kicks off
with The Quiet Volume, in which participants gather in a library
for whispered, self-generated and “automatic” performances.
In addition to such avant-garde undertakings, concerts are
planned among others by Yaeyama folk musician Tetsuhiro
Daiku and Jew’s harp/vocal group Ayarkhaan (pictured) from
the Sakha Republic in Eastern Siberia, who are said to actualize
“nature” through sound, music, song and words.
At SuperDeluxe and other venues through Oct 6. For details
see www.soundlivetokyo.com
Concerts
POPULAR
Shores
Japanese-American
hardcore band based in
Okinawa. Sep 27, 8:30pm,
¥500 (adv). Shibuya Ekimae
Ongakukan. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. Tel: 03-5728-6501.
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schedule
Roxyparty
Retro rockers Okamoto's,
Okinawan pop-rock Oz
and others. Sep 27, 6:30pm,
¥3,000 (adv)/ ¥3,500 (adv)
+1d. Club Quattro. Nearest
stn: Shibuya. Tel: 03-35823030. www.club-quattro.com
The Sketchbook
Melodic punk rock trio. Sep
28, 5pm, ¥3,000 (adv) +1d.
Shibuya-AX. Nearest stn:
Harajuku. Tel: 0570-550-799.
thesketchbook.jp
Teachers for TELL
Kanto Plain International
School faculty bands play
for charity. Sep 28, 5pm, free
(donations appreciated).
What the Dickens. Nearest
stn: Ebisu. Tel: 03-3780-2099.
meturl.com/tellteachers2
Benjamin Skepper
Contemporary artist with
a classical background.
Sep 28, 6pm, ¥4,000 (adv)/
¥5,000 (adv w/ CD). Konno
Hachimangu Shrine. Nearest
stn: Shibuya. Tel: 03-34071811. www.wazoo.jp/open/
skepperlivetokyo2013
Flumpool
Osaka J-pop rockers. Oct
1-2, 6:30pm, ¥5,800 (adv).
Nippon Budokan. Nearest
stn: Kudanshita. www.
nipponbudokan.or.jp
City Rockers Tokyo
Bradberry Orchestra,
Wrecking Crew Orchestra
and others. Oct 1,
6pm, ¥4,000 (adv) +1d.
Liquidroom. Nearest stn:
Ebisu. Tel: 03-3405-9999.
www.liquidroom.net
Beni
Bilingual J-pop songstress.
Oct 5, 5pm; Oct 6, 4pm,
¥4,800-5,800. Zepp Diver
City. Nearest stn: Daiba.
www.kyodotokyo.com
Aaron Yan
K-pop cutie. Oct 5, 7pm; Oct
6, 3pm, ¥7,800-10,800 (adv)
+1d. Shibuya-AX. Nearest
stn: Harajuku. Tel: 050-55330888.
Justin Bieber
Teenybopper heartthrob.
Oct 7, 7pm, ¥9,000-14,000.
Saitama Super Arena. Nearest
stn: Saitama-Shintoshin. Tel:
03-3499-6669.
The Strypes
Speed blues punk from
Ireland. Oct 8, 7pm, ¥5,800
(adv) +1d. Liquidroom. Nearest
stn: Ebisu. Tel: 03-3444-6751.
www.smash-jpn.com
9mm Parabellum Bullet
Punk and heavy
metal-influenced melodic
rock. Oct 8, 7pm; Oct 9,
7pm, ¥3,500 (adv) +1d. Zepp
Tokyo. Nearest stn: Aomi. Tel:
050-5533-0888.
Suede
Recently reformed
Brit-rockers. Oct 10, 7pm; Oct
11, 7pm, ¥7,350-8,000 (adv)
+1d. Shibuya-AX. Nearest stn:
Harajuku. Tel: 03-3499-6669.
Backstreet Boys
Princes of pop return. Oct
11, 7pm; Oct 12, 5pm; Oct
13, 4pm, ¥9,500 (adv)/
¥20,000 (premium seat,
adv). Saitama Super Arena.
Nearest stn: SaitamaShintoshin. Tel: 03-3499-6669.
www.creativeman.co.jp/
artist/2013/10backstreetboys
Redline Tour 10 Days
SiM, Rottengraffty, The Cherry
Cokes and others. Oct 11-20.
various times, ¥2,800 (1 day,
adv)/ ¥18,000 (10 days, adv)
+1d. Liquidroom. Nearest
stn: Ebisu. Tel: 03-464-0800.
redlinetour.jp
Coldrain
Post-hardcore melodic metal
from Nagoya. Oct 12, 7pm,
¥3,300 (adv) +1d. Shibuya-AX.
Nearest stn: Harajuku. Tel:
03-3499-6669.
Crazy Ken Band
Funk, rock and pop. Oct
14, 5:30pm, ¥6,300 (adv).
Yokohama Blitz. Nearest stn:
Shintakashima. Tel: 0570-029999. www.red-hot.ne.jp
Miyavi
Samurai guitarist and rock
god. Oct 14, 6pm, ¥4,500 (adv)
+1d. Shibuya-AX. Nearest stn:
Harajuku. Tel: 03-3475-9999.
myv382tokyo.com
The Killers
American indie-pop rockers.
Okinawan pop queen. Oct 19,
6pm; Oct 20, 5pm, ¥8,500 (adv).
Makuhari Messe. Nearest stn:
Kaihin-Makuhari. Nov 26,
6:30pm; Nov 27, 6:30pm; Dec 7,
6pm; Dec 8, 5pm, ¥8,500 (adv).
Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
Nearest stn: Meiji-Jingumae.
kyodotokyo.com
Loud Park 13
Yngwie Malmsteen, Europe,
Crossfaith and more. Oct
19-20, 10:30am, ¥14,500 (1
day, adv)/ ¥26.000 (2 day, adv).
03-3499-6669. www.loudpark.
com/13
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Sayonara Mata Kondo Ne,
Mao Uchuu and more. Oct
20, 3:30pm, ¥1,500 (adv) +1d.
O-West. Nearest stn: Shibuya.
jack.ro69.jp
The Flaming Lips
R&B singer-songwriter.
Nov 18, 7pm, ¥9,000 (adv).
Yokohama Arena. Nearest
stn: Shin-Yokohama. Tel:
03-3499-6669. t.pia.jp
Franz Ferdinand
Glasgow boys who want you
to take them out. Nov 19-20,
7pm, ¥7,000 (adv) +1d. Zepp
Tokyo. Nearest stn: Aomi. Tel:
03-3444-6751.
Pretty Maids
Not-so-pretty Danish melodic
heavy metalheads. Nov 22,
6pm, ¥7,000 (adv) +1d. O-East.
03-5453-8899. t.pia.jp
Charisma.com
Electro-pop female rap duo.
Nov 24, 6pm, ¥2,800 (adv)
+1d. WWW. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. Tel: 050-5533-0888.
official-charisma.com
Bon Jovi
'80s rock icons who'll be there
for you. Dec 4, 7pm, ¥9,00012,000 (adv). Tokyo Dome.
Nearest stn: Suidobashi. Tel:
03-5800-9999. l-tike.com
Arashi
J-pop idol quintet. Dec
12-15, 6pm, ¥8,500 (adv).
Suidobashi. Tel: 0180-993773. www.johnnys-net.jp
Babymetal
Psychedelic alternative rock.
Oct 21-Oct 22, 7pm, ¥7,5008,500 (adv) +1d. Akasaka Blitz.
Nearest stn: Akasaka. Tel:
03-3499-6669.
Trio that fuses idol music with
metal. Dec 21, 4pm, ¥5,800
(adv). Makuhari Messe.
Nearest stn: Kaihin-Makuhari.
Tel: 0570-084-003. www.
red-hot.ne.jp/sp/babymetal
Bowline
Perfume
Rock festival with Ken
Yokoyama, Crossfaith, Man
with a Mission and more. Oct
27, 12:30pm, ¥6,500 (adv).
Yokohama Arena. Nearest
stn: Shin-Yokohama. Tel:
[email protected]. www.
bowlinelive.jp
Hey-Smith
Sprited ska-punk rock. Oct 27,
7pm, ¥2,800 +1d. Shibuya-AX.
Nearest stn: Harajuku.
Tel: 03-3444-6751. www.
hey-smith.com
Worldwide Showcase
DJ Gilles Peterson presents
up-and-coming artists from
around the world. Nov 1,
6:30pm, ¥5,500 (adv) +1d.
Liquidroom. Nearest stn: Ebisu.
Tel: 03-5464-0800. www.
liquidroom.net
One Direction
British boy band. Nov 2, 5pm;
Nov 3, 4pm, ¥8,000-15,000.
Makuhari Messe. Nearest stn:
Kaihin-Makuhari. Tel: 03-34996669. www.creativeman.co.jp/
english
Ke$ha
Party girl and pop hit-maker.
Nov 12-13, 7pm, ¥8,000 (adv)
+1d. Zepp Tokyo. Nearest stn:
Aomi. Tel: 03-3499-6669. www.
creativeman.co.jp/english
Freaks Addict Tour Beyond
Pop princess trio. Dec
24-25, 6pm, ¥6,500 (adv).
Suidobashi. Tel: 03-57209999. www.red-hot.ne.jp
Blur
Boys who like girls who like
Brit pop veterans. Jan 14,
7pm, ¥9,000-10,500 (adv).
Nippon Budokan. Nearest stn:
Kudanshita. t.pia.jp
JAZZ/WORLD
Tito Jackson
Original member of Jackson
5 sings the blues. Sep 27, 7
& 9:30pm; Sep 28, 5 & 8pm,
¥8,400. Blue Note. Nearest stn:
Omotesando. www.bluenote.
co.jp
Kat McDowell
With The Underdogs and
Ray Yamagucci. Sep 28,
7pm, ¥2,500 (adv)/ ¥3,000
(door). Powers2. Nearest
stn: Moto-Sumiyoshi. www.
powersbar.com/powers2
Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist with
Kazumi Watanabe, Harvey
Mason and others. Sep 30, Oct
1, 7-8, 7 & 9:30pm, ¥8,400. Blue
Note. Nearest stn: Omotesando.
www.bluenote.co.jp
Madeleine Peyroux
Visual-kei bands Lynch, Merry
and others. Nov 15, 5:30pm,
¥4,000 +1d. Shibuya-AX.
03-3447-8822.
American jazz singer,
songwriter and guitarist. Oct
2-3, 7 & 9:30pm, ¥6,500-8,500.
Billboard Live. Nearest stn:
Roppongi. www.billboard-live.
com
The Pillows
Peter Cincotti
Alternative J-rock. Nov 16,
6pm, ¥4,200 +1d. Shibuya-AX.
050-5533-0888. www.
pillows.jp
Funkist Festival
J-rock quintet with secret
guests. Nov 17, 2pm, ¥3,500
(adv) +1d. Akasaka Blitz.
Nearest stn: Akasaka. Tel:
050-5533-0888. funkist.info
Paul McCartney
Former Beatle and living
musical legend. Nov 18-19
& 21, 7pm, ¥12,500-16,500.
American singer, songwriter
and pianist. Oct 3-4, 7 & 9:30pm,
¥7,350. Blue Note. Nearest stn:
Omotesando. www.bluenote.
co.jp
Lage Lund Trio
Winner of the 2005 Thelonious
Monk Guitarist Competition
and others. Oct 4, 8pm,
¥5,000 (adv)/ ¥5,500 (door).
Pit Inn. Nearest stn: Shinjuku
Sanchome. Tel: 03-3354-2024.
www.pit-inn.com
Nacka Forum
Talented young jazz group
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from Sweden. Oct 8, 8pm,
¥3,500 (1 drink included).
Sanchome. Tel: 03-3354-2024.
www.pit-inn.com
Morning Concert Vol.74
Ana Popovic Band
No. 1763 Subscription
Serbian blues guitarist and
singer. Oct 8-10, 6:30 & 9pm,
¥6,800-9,000. Cotton Club.
Nearest stn: Tokyo. www.
cottonclubjapan.co.jp
Steve Gadd Band
American session and studio
drummer feat. Michael
Landau, Larry Goldings and
others. Oct 10-11, 7 & 9:30pm;
Oct 12, 5 & 8pm, ¥8,400. Blue
Note. Nearest stn: Omotesando.
www.bluenote.co.jp
Samuel Blazer
Up-and-coming Swiss
trombonist. Oct 11, 8pm,
¥3,000 (1 drink included).
Sanchome. Tel: 03-3354-2024.
www.pit-inn.com
Jazz Promenade 2013
Jazz festival turns all of
Yokohama into a stage. Oct
12-Oct 13, all day, ¥1,0007,500. Various venues. http://
jazzpro.jp
CLASSICAL
Berlin Philharmonic Wind
Quintet
German woodwind ensemble
plays Haydn, Mozart, Ibert and
more. Sep 28, 5pm, ¥2,0004,500. Saitama Arts Theater.
Nearest stn: Yonohonmachi.
Tel: 0570-064-939. www.
saf.or.jp
Keisuke Toyama
Piano recital featuring works
by Chopin. Sep 29, 2pm,
¥3,000-4,000 (adv). Suntory
Hall. Nearest stn: Roppongiitchome. meturl.com/
suntoryhall
The 564th Popular Series
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony
Orchestra plays works by
Berlioz and Shostakovich. Oct
2, 7pm, ¥3,500-7,000. Suntory
Hall. Nearest stn: Roppongiitchome. yomikyo.or.jp/e
Nighttime Organ Concert
Performance by Megumi
Ogata and Hideyuki
Kobayashi. Oct 3, 7:30pm,
¥1,000. Tokyo Metropolitan
Theatre. Nearest stn:
Ikebukuro. Tel: 0570-010-296.
www.geigeki.jp
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
& Yomiuri Nippon
Symphony Orchestra
Works by Chopin and
Shostakovich. Oct 4, 3pm,
¥2,000-6,000. Tokyo
Metropolitan Theatre. Nearest
stn: Ikebukuro. Tel: 03-53912111. www.geigeki.jp
Ensemble-WienBerlin
Performing works by Mozart,
Carl Nielsen and others. Oct
4, 7pm, ¥2,000-5,000. Kioi
Hall. Nearest stn: Yotsuya. Tel:
03-5276-4500. www.smf.or.jp
N Hibiki
The NHK Symphony
Orchestra performs Mozart
and Berlioz, with pre-concert
talk by Maestro Kazuyoshi
Akiyama. Oct 5, 3pm, ¥2,0006,500. Saitama Kaikan.
Nearest stn: Urawa. Tel:
0570-064-939. www.saf.or.jp
Asia Orchestra Week
Orchestras from the
Philippines, New Zealand
and Japan. Oct 5-6, 3pm;
Oct 7, 7pm, ¥1,000-7,000.
Tokyo Opera City Concert
Hall. Nearest stn: Shinjuku or
Hatsudai. Tel: 03-5610-7275.
www.orchestra.or.jp
Suntory Hall Festival:
Opening Festa
Conductor Naoto Otomo with
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
Oct 5, 6pm, ¥15,000-20,000.
Suntory Hall. Nearest stn:
Roppongi-itchome. www.
suntory.co.jp/suntoryhall/
feature/openingfesta2013/
Baritone singer Yosuke
Takahashi. Oct 8, 11am, ¥500.
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Nearest
stn: Ueno. www.t-bunka.jp/en
The NHK Symphony Orchestra
performs works by Gluck,
Wagner and Beethoven. Oct
9, 7pm, ¥3,500-8,500. Suntory
Hall. Nearest stn: Roppongiitchome. www.nhkso.or.jp/en
The 82nd Subscription
The Tokyo Philharmonic
Orchestra plays works
by Henze. Oct 10, 7pm,
¥500-7,500. Tokyo Opera
City Concert Hall. Nearest stn:
Shinjuku or Hatsudai. www.
operacity.jp/en/concert/
Mutsumi Tsuuzaki
Xylophone recital featuring
works by Mozart, French folk
song and more. Oct 10, 7pm,
¥3,000-4,000. Tokyo Opera
City Recital Hall. Nearest stn:
Requiem Live Webcast
Live-streamed tribute for
Verdi bicentennial by Maestro
Riccardo Muti and the Chigaco
Symphony Orchestra. Oct
10, 9:30am. facebook.com/
ChicagoSymphony
The State Moscow
Chamber Choir
Playing works by
Rachmaninov, Russian
folksongs and more. Oct 11,
7pm, ¥3,000-6,800. Tokyo
Opera City Concert Hall.
Nearest stn: Shinjuku or
Hatsudai.
Peter Krasinski
American organist
accompanies silent films
“Metropolis” and “The Frightful
Era of Kurama Tengu.” Oct 12,
4pm, ¥1,800. Minato Mirai
Hall. 2-3-6 Minatomirai,
Nishi-ku, Yokohama. Nearest
stn: Minatomirai. Tel: 045-6822020
Chie Mori
Piano recital featuring works
by Mendelssohn. Oct 12,
2pm, ¥3,000. Tokyo Opera
City Recital Hall. Nearest stn:
Placido Domingo
World-renowned opera
tenor and conductor. Oct 12,
7:30pm, ¥7,000-38,000. Tokyo
International Forum Hall
A. Nearest stn: Yurakucho.
Tel: 03-3234-9999. www.
domingo2013.jp
Yusuke Satoh
Asahi Contemporary Music
Award winner piano recital.
Oct 12, 7pm, ¥3,500 (adv)/
¥4,000 (door). Suntory Hall
Blue Rose. Nearest stn:
Roppongi Itchome. meturl.
com/suntoryhall
Mamoru Samuragochi
Piano Sonatas No.1 & No.2
World Premiere Concert Tour.
Oct 13, 2pm, ¥5,000-6,000.
Tokyo Opera City Concert
Hall. Nearest stn: Shinjuku or
Hatsudai. samonpromotion.
com/en
One Day with Mozart
Pianist Ikuyo Nakamichi
plays Piano Sonata in F major,
K332, in B major, K281 and
more. Oct 14, 12:30 & 3pm,
¥3,500. Suntory Hall Blue
Rose. Nearest stn: Roppongi
Itchome. meturl.com/
suntoryhall
Ayako Takagi
Flutist accompanied by
pianist Itsuko Sakano. Oct 14,
3pm, ¥1,000-3,000. Hakuju
Hall. Nearest stn: Yoyogi
Hachiman. Tel: 03-5478-8867.
www.smf.or.jp
Wishful Singing
A cappella group from the
Netherlands. Oct 18, 7pm,
¥3,800-4,800. Tokyo Bunka
Kaikan. Nearest stn: Ueno.
www.t-bunka.jp/en
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CONCERT
Verdi's operatic tale of
murder and deceit. Dec 1,
3pm, ¥11,000-43,000. Tokyo
Bunka Kaikan. Nearest stn:
Ueno. Tel: 03-5774-3040.
www.japanarts.co.jp
Dance
What Happened
Anyway
Mika Kurosawa and Dancers
perform with poets and
musicians. Sep 29, 5pm,
¥2,000-3,000. Okurayama
Kinen Hall. Nearest stn:
Okurayama. Tel: 090-84905439. mikadancers.seesaa.
net
Kathak Dance Tokyo
Gharana
COURTESY OF SMASH
Beth Orton
For a brief moment in the mid ‘90s, English singer-songwriter
Beth Orton became the voice of the burgeoning electronica
movement, via memorable collaborations with William Orbit and
the Chemical Brothers. Her own material tended toward to the
folktronica side, and Orton in fact debuted her recording career
in Japan with 1993’s limited pressing Don’t Wanna Know Bout Evil,
produced by then-boyfriend Orbit. Orton makes her first visit to
Japan in 13 years on the back of the release of her latest, Sugaring
Season, which finds her back in the company of Chemical
Brothers’ Tom Rowlands, voice as ethereal as ever.
Oct 15, 8pm, ¥6,000 (adv) +1d. Club Quattro. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. Tel: 03-3444-6751. www.club-quattro.com
The State Moscow
Chamber Choir with New
Japan Philharmonic
Led by conductor Vladimir
Minin. Oct 18, 7pm, ¥5,0006,500. Sumida Triphony Hall.
Nearest stn: Kinshicho. Tel:
03-5608-1212. www.triphony.
com
Murray Perahia
American concert pianist
plays Chopin, Bach and more.
Oct 19, 3pm, ¥3,000-10,000.
Saitama Arts Theater. Nearest
stn: Yonohonmachi. Tel:
0570-064-939. www.saf.or.jp
Oct 24, 7pm, ¥5,4000-14,000.
Suntory Hall. Nearest stn:
Roppongi-itchome.meturl.
com/suntoryhall
Stage
Opus
Story of a quartet by Michael
Hollinger featuring Eriko
Kogawa. Until Sep 29, various
times, ¥1,500-5,250. New
National Theatre Tokyo.
Nearest stn: Hatsudai. Tel:
03-5351-3011. www.nntt.jac.
go.jp/play
Belshazzar's Feast
Operatic portrayal of a
Babylonian king's sacrilege
and eventual death. Oct 1, 7pm,
¥2,000-5,000. New National
Theatre Tokyo. Nearest stn:
Hatsudai. Tel: 03-5352-9999.
www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english
Rigoletto
Opera in three acts by Giuseppe
Verdi. Until Oct 19, 2 & 7pm,
¥5,250-26,250. New National
Theatre Tokyo. Nearest stn:
Hatsudai. Tel: 03-5352-9999.
www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english
Breath of Sound
Collaboration of traditional
Japanese wind instruments
with contemporary music and
dance. Oct 5, 6:30pm, ¥2,0004,000. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.
Nearest stn: Ueno. meturl.com/
breathofsound2013
Koten e no Izanai
Edo no Hana
Ebizo Ichikawa presents
a diversified version of
traditional Japanese kabuki.
Oct 16, 2pm, ¥4,000-9,500.
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall.
Nearest stn: Nihonodori. Tel:
045-663-9999. www.tvkcom.
net
Duel: Opus 2
Laurent Cirade and Paul Staicu
combat with cellos, pianos and
a barbecue set. Oct 19, 7pm;
Oct 20, 3pm, ¥1,000-2,500.
Setagaya Public Theater.
Nearest stn: Sangenjaya. Tel:
03-5432-1515. setagaya.pt.jp
The Marriage of Figaro
Comic opera composed by
Mozart. Oct 20, 26, 29, 2pm;
Oct 23, 6pm, ¥3,150-21,000.
New National Theatre Tokyo.
Nearest stn: Hatsudai. Tel:
03-5352-9999. www.nntt.jac.
go.jp/english
Gamarjobat
Award-winning comedy
performance group. Oct 27,
2pm, ¥4,500. Shinjuku Bunka
Center. Nearest stn: HigashiShinjuku. Nov 30, 1pm, ¥4,500.
Shibuya Kokaido. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. Tel: 0570-00-3337.
www.gamar-jack.com
Wicked
Broadway musical spin-off of
The Wizard of Oz. Until Jan 31,
various times, ¥3,000-9,800.
Dentsu Shiki Theater Umi.
Nearest stn: Shinbashi. Tel:
0120-489-444. wicked.jp
Phaedra's Love
Sarah Kane's edgy makeover
of the Greek tragi-comedy.
English with Japanese
subtitles. Oct 31-Nov 1, 7:30pm;
Nov 2-3, 2 & 7:30pm, ¥2,500
(student)/ ¥3,000 (adv)/
¥3,500. Tiny Alice. Nearest
stn: Shinjuku Sanchome
or Shinjuku Gaienmae.
doubtfulsound.tokyo@gmail.
com. www.doubtfulsound.asia
Tanoshimu Kyogen
Short farce usually performed
during interludes of Noh plays,
and workshop. Nov 3, 11am &
2pm, free +park entrance fee.
Hamarikyu Gardens. Nearest
stn: Tokyo. Tel: 03-3232-3018.
teien.tokyo-park.or.jp/en/
hama-rikyu
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Opera fantastique by Jacques
Offenbach. Nov 28, 6:30pm;
Dec 1, 2pm; Dec 4, 6:30pm; Dec
7, 2pm; Dec 10, 2pm, ¥1,50021,000. New National Theatre
Tokyo. Nearest stn: Hatsudai.
Tel: 03-5352-9999. www.nntt.
jac.go.jp/opera
Tosca
Teatro Regio Torino performs
Puccini's Tosca. Nov 29,
6:30pm; Dec 2, 3pm; Dec 5,
6:30pm; Dec 8, 3pm, ¥10,00041,000. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.
Nearest stn: Ueno. Tel: 03-57743040. www.japanarts.co.jp
A Masked Ball
Teatro Regio Torino performs
Classical Indian dance.
Oct 2, 8pm, ¥3,000 (adv)/
¥3,500 (door). Spiral.
Nearest stn: Omotesando.
Tel: 080-1330-5859. www.
atsukathak.com
Une Petite Maison
Contemporary dance by
Megumi Nakamura and
Shuto Yasuyuki. Oct 4, 7pm;
Oct 5, 3pm, ¥3,150-6,300.
New National Theatre
Tel: 03-5352-9999. www.
nntt.jac.go.jp/english
Idevian Crew
Contemporary dance using
themes from Japanese
funeral ceremonies and
Western ballet. Oct 5, 7pm;
Oct 6, 2 & 6pm; Oct 7, 3pm,
¥3,000-4,000. Kanagawa
Arts Theater. Nearest stn:
Motomachi-Chukagai. Tel:
045-662-8866. www.kaat.jp
Shakespeare: The
Sonnets
Contemporary dance by
Megumi Nakamura and
Shuto Yasuyuki. Oct 9, 7pm;
Oct 10, 7pm, ¥3,150-6,300.
New National Theatre
Tel: 03-5352-9999. www.
nntt.jac.go.jp/english
The Dream of
Descending to the
Ocean
New generation butoh
dancers show symptoms of
true human nature through
their movements. Oct
10-12, 7:30pm; Oct 13, 3pm,
¥3,500. Za-Koenji. Nearest
stn: Koenji. Tel: buohje@
gmail.com. www.facebook.
com/butohje
Flamenco Festival in
Tokyo
Belén Maya and Manuel
Liñán, Israel Galván and
Rocio Molina Company.
Oct 12-14, 2pm, ¥8,50010,000 (1 day)/ ¥ 28,000
(3 days). Shinjuku Bunka
Center. Nearest stn: HigashiShinjuku. Tel: 03-32349999.
Clubbing
FRIDAY 27
Ageha
Fever. Hip-hop: DJs Kaori,
Hazime, etc. From 10pm,
(m)¥3,500, (f)¥2,000. Nearest
stn: Shin-Kiba. www.ageha.
com
Air
12th Anniversary. Techno,
house: DJs Krush, Ishino, etc.
From 10pm, ¥3,500. Nearest
stn: Shibuya. www.air-tokyo.
com
Module
Gold Experience. Techno,
house: DJs Sinzin,
Yamaguchi, etc. From 10pm,
¥2,500. Nearest stn: Shibuya.
www.module-tokyo.com
Sound Museum Vision
Hyper Society. Electro, house:
DJs Tanaka, Ol Killer, etc.
From 10pm, (m)¥3,500 w/1d,
(f)¥2,500 w/1d. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. www.vision-tokyo.
com
Agenda Listings
The Room
Champ. Funk, jazz: DJs
Tominaga, Oibon, etc.
From 10pm, ¥2,500 w/1d.
Nearest stn: Shibuya. www.
theroom.jp
Velours
Bonnie & Clyde. DJs Katsuya,
Tamra, etc. From 10pm,
¥3,000 w/1d. Nearest stn:
Omotesando. Tel: 03-57784777. www.velours.jp
Village
Fantastic. Hip-hop: DJs
Hokuto, Kekke, etc. From
10pm, (m)¥3,000 w/1d,
(f)¥2,000 w/2d. Nearest stn:
Azabu-Juban or Roppongi.
Tel: 03-6230-0343. www.
villagetokyo.com
Womb
Lilith. House, trance: DJs Russ
Yallop, Serizawa, etc. From
11pm, ¥3,500. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. Tel: 03-5459-0039.
www.womb.co.jp
SATURDAY 28
Ageha
Summer Closing Fiesta. House,
techno: DJs The Presets,
Off the Rocker, etc. From
11pm, ¥3,500. Nearest stn:
Shin-Kiba. www.ageha.com
Air
12th Anniversary. House: DJs
Taku Takahashi, Dexpistols,
etc. From 10pm, ¥3,500.
air-tokyo.com
Module
Entropy. Techno, house: DJs
Kittikun, Karsten Patzwaldt,
etc. From 10pm, ¥2,500 w/1d.
module-tokyo.com
Sound Museum Vision
Classics. Hip-hop: DJs
Southpaw Chop, K-Boogie, etc.
Live: Beatnuts. From 10pm,
(m)¥3,000 w/1d, (f)¥2,500
w/1d. Nearest stn: Shibuya.
www.vision-tokyo.com
The New Matrix Bar
Saturday Night Fever. Hip-hop,
R&B, reggae: DJ Ykk and
more. From 6pm, ¥1,000
(after 10pm). Nearest stn:
Roppongi. www.matrixbar.jp
The Room
Jazztronica. House,
crossover: DJs Nozaki, Shuya
Okino (Kyoto Jazz Massive),
etc . From 10pm, ¥2,500 w/1d.
theroom.jp
Unit
In Business. Funk, soul
DJs Jin, Kuroda, etc. From
11pm, ¥3,000. Nearest
stn: Daikanyama. www.
unit-tokyo.com
Womb
Arpa Showcase. House,
techno: DJs Markus Suckut,
Sodeyama, etc. From 11pm,
Tel: 03-5459-0039. www.
womb.co.jp
SUNDAY 29
Air
The Morning Beat. House,
techno: DJs Wada,
Sodeyama, etc. From 6pm,
www.air-tokyo.com
Module
Noodle Soup. Techno,
minimal DJs Saimura, Miyu,
etc. From 5pm, ¥2,000 w/1d.
module-tokyo.com
Village
Sunday Tribe. Hip-hop DJs
Hokuto, Slomororo, etc.
From 8pm, ¥2,000 w/1d.
Nearest stn: Azabu-Juban or
Roppongi. Tel: 03-6230-0343.
www.villagetokyo.com
MONDAY 30
Module
Dynanite. House: DJs Wanico,
Hashimoto, etc. From 10pm,
¥2,000 w/1d. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. www.module-tokyo.
com
Womb
Hedonist's Sambhala. House,
techno: DJs Housecat, Terubi,
etc. From 10pm, ¥1,500 +1d.
03-5459-0039. www.womb.
co.jp
TUESDAY 1
Air
Martes. Minimal house: Haruka,
Shintaro D., etc. From 10pm,
www.air-tokyo.com
Module
Triple. Bass music: DJs Dx,
Eraguru, etc. From 7pm, free.
module-tokyo.com
WEDNESDAY 2
The Room
Noi. Bar style: DJs Yagisawa,
Niwa, etc . 6-11pm, free. Nearest
stn: Shibuya. www.theroom.jp
stn: Roppongi. www.suntory.
jp/sma
The National Art Center,
Tokyo
Divisionism from Van Gogh
and Seurat to Mondrian. Oil
paintings. Oct 4-Dec 23,
¥800-1,500. The Japan Fine Arts
Exhibition. Mixed media. Recent
works of traditional themes.
Nov 1-Dec 8, ¥500-1,200. Open
Wed-Mon 10am-6pm, closed
Tue. 7-22-2 Roppongi. Nearest
stn: Roppongi. www.nact.jp
GINZA/KYOBASHI/
TOKYO
Bridgestone Museum
Gustave Caillebotte. Oil
paintings. Oct 10-Dec 29,
¥1,000-1,500. Open Tue-Sun
& hols 10am-8pm, closed
Mon. 1-10-1 Kyobashi,
Chuo-ku. Nearest stn: Tokyo.
Tel: 03-5777-8600. www.
bridgestone-museum.gr.jp
Craft Gallery, The National
Museum of Modern Art
Wedm. Electro, house: DJs
Hiroki, Ikezawa, etc. From 10pm,
(m)¥1,500, (f) free. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. Tel: 03-5459-0039.
www.womb.co.jp
Close Up Crafts. Mixed media.
Until Dec 8, ¥300-500.
Open Tue-Thu 10am-5pm,
Fri 10am-8pm, Sat-Sun
10am-5pm. 1-1 Kitanomarukoen Chiyoda-Ku. Nearest stn:
Takebashi. Tel: 03-5777-8600.
www.momat.go.jp/english
THURSDAY 3
Idemitsu Museum of Arts
Womb
Air
09edge. House, techno: DJs
The Nibrick, Hiyuma, etc. From
10pm,¥2,500 w/1d. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. www.air-tokyo.com
Womb
LMIRL. House, techno: DJs
CMT, PCO, etc. From 10pm,
Tel: 03-5459-0039. www.
womb.co.jp
FRIDAY 4
Air
Tanz Baby. House, techno:
Robag Wruhme, Trus'me , etc.
From 10pm, ¥3,000. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. www.air-tokyo.com
Exhibitions
AKASAKA/ROPPONGI
21_21 Design Sight
Color Hunting. Directed
by Dai Fujiwara. Until Oct
6, ¥500-1,000. Open Mon
& Wed-Sun 11am-8pm,
closed Tue. 9-7-6 Akasaka,
Minato-ku. Nearest stn:
Nogizaka. Tel: 03-3475-2121.
www.2121designsight.jp
Fujifilm Square
Ihee Kimura's Travels to Akita
and the Ryukyu Islands.
Photographer's documentation
of pre- and post-war Japan.
Until Dec 27, free. Open daily
10am-7pm. 9-7-3 Akasaka,
Roppongi. Nearest stn:
Roppongi. Tel: 03-6271-3350.
fujifilmsquare.jp/en
Mori Art Museum
Discover the Beauty of Japan VIII.
Sengai and the world of Zen.
Until Nov 4, ¥700-1,000. The
Kano School in Edo—Innovation
toward Elegance. Traditional
Japanese paintings with an
innovative style. Nov 12-Dec
15, ¥700-1,000. Sengai and the
World of Zen. Well-known Edo
period Zen priest's humorous
yet sophisticated paintings
and calligraphy. Until Nov 4,
¥700-1,000. Open Tue-Thu
10am-5pm, Fri 10am-7pm,
closed Mon. 9F Teigeki Bldg,
3-1-1 Marunouchi. Nearest stn:
Tokyo. www.idemitsu.co.jp/
museum
Mitsubishi Ichigokan
Museum
Masterpieces from the Collection
of Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum.
Works by Renoir, Vallotton,
Toulouse-Lautrec and more.
Oct 5-Jan 5, ¥400-1,200. The
Beautiful-Art for Art's Sake:
The Aesthetic Movement
1860-1900. Mixed media.
Organized by the Victoria and
Albert Museum, London. Jan
30-May 6, ¥500-1,600. Wed-Fri
10am-8pm, Tue, Sat & Sun/
hols 10am-6pm, closed Mon.
2-6-2 Marunouchi. Nearest
stn: Tokyo. Tel: 03-5405-8686.
www.mimt.jp
Mitsuo Aida Museum
Also one thing. 10th Anniversary
special planning Mitsuo Aida
museum relocate. Until Dec
15, ¥200-800. Open Tue-Sun
10am-5:30pm, closed Mon. B1
Tokyo International Forum
Glass Bldg, 3-5-1 Marunouchi,
Chiyoda-ku. Tel: 03-6212-3200.
www.mitsuo.co.jp
Out of Doubt: Roppongi Crossing
2013. Contemporary art
series held triennially. This
installment takes a fresh look
at a familiar intersection to
most Tokyoites. Until Jan
13, ¥500-1,500. Open Mon &
Wed-Sun 10am-10pm, Tue
10am-5pm. 6-10-1 Roppongi.
Nearest stn: Roppongi. www.
mori.art.museum
National Film Center
Mori Arts Center Gallery
Seiho Takeuchi. Traditional
Japanese paintings. Until Oct
14, ¥300-1,300. Open Tue-Thu
& Sat-Sun 10am-5pm, Fri
10am-8pm. 3-7-6 Kyobashi.
Nearest stn: Takebashi. www.
momat.go.jp
Ever and Never: The Art of
Peanuts. Original drawings
and sketches of Snoopy &
co. Oct 12-Jan 5, ¥500-2,000.
52F Roppongi Hills Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi. Nearest stn:
Roppongi. www.roppongihills.
com/art/macg/
Suntory Museum of Art
Drinking Glass. A rare collection
of drinking vessels from all
over the world. Until Nov 11,
¥800-1,300. Open Wed-Sat
10am-8pm, Sun-Mon & hols
10am-6pm, closed Tue. 9-7-4
Akasaka, Minato-ku. Nearest
Japanese Film Heritage.
Permanent collection of works
from the National Film Center.
Until Apr 3, ¥40-200. Open
Tue-Sun 11am-6:30pm, closed
Mon. 3-7-6 Kyobashi. Nearest
stn: Kyobashi. www.momat.
go.jp
National Museum of
Modern Art Tokyo
Zeit-Foto Salon
Tenjiku. Photos by Hitomi
Watanabe. Until Oct 12,
free. Open Tue-Fri 10:30am6:30pm, Sat 10:30am-5:30pm,
closed Sun-Mon & hols. 4F
Matsumoto Bldg, 1-10-5
Kyobashi, Chuo-ku. Nearest
stn: Tokyo. Tel: 03-3535-7188.
www.zeit-foto.com
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Amazon-Santarem.
Photography by Kosuke
Arakawa. Sep 30-Oct 18,
free. Mon-Fri 9am-1pm &
2-5pm. Closed on hols. 2-11-12
Kita Aoyama. Nearest stn:
Gaienmae. www.brasemb.
or.jp
Hasselblad Japan
Bleu. Photography by Vanessa
Franklin. Until Oct 1, free.
Mon Fri 10am-6pm, closed
Hols and weekends. 1-10-32
Jingumae. Nearest stn:
Harajuku. Tel: 03-6434-9567.
www.hasselblad.jp
Laforet Museum
100 Headpieces. Haute
couture catwalk headwear
by Katsuya Kamo. Nov 2-18,
¥500. Laforet Harajuku 6F,
1-11-6 Jingumae. Nearest stn:
Meiji-jingumae. www.laforet.
ne.jp/index.html
Nezu Museum
Lofty Elegance: Ink Painting
from Medieval Japan.
Kamakura period art adopted
from China. Until Oct 20,
¥700-1,000. Ido Tea Bowls:
Treasured Possessions of
Muromachi Daimyo. Ceramics
from the Korean peninsula
adored by Japanese tea
masters. Nov 2-Dec 15,
¥800-1,200. Tue-Sun,
10am-4:30pm. 6-5-1 MinamiAoyama, Minato-ku. Nearest
stn: Omotesando. www.
nezu-muse.or.jp/en
SHIBUYA/EBISU
Bunkamura: The Museum
Masterpieces from Yamadera
Goto Museum of Art. Wide range
of european paintings of the
Barbizon School. Oct 20-Nov 18,
¥1,300. Open Mon-Thu & Sun
10am-7pm, Fri-Sat 10am-8pm.
2- 24-1 Dogenzaka. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. Tel: 03-3477-9111.
www.bunkamura.co.jp
Meguro Museum of Art
Yukio Tsuchiya. Performance
art and design. Oct 19-Dec
8, ¥500. Open Tue-Sun
10am-6pm, closed Mon. 2-4-36
Meguro. Nearest stn: Meguro.
Tel: 03-3714-1201. www.
mmat.jp
The Watari-Um Museum
of Contemporary Art
Shuji Terayama: Knock.
Performance art, film and
photography. Until Oct 27,
¥800-1,000. Open Tue &
Thu-Sun 11am-7pm, Wed
11am-9pm, closed Mon.
Gaienmae. www.watarium.
co.jp
Yamatane Museum of Art
Hayami Gyoshu and the Elite of
the Japan Art Institute. Nihonga
paintings on silk and paper.
Until Oct 14, ¥800-1,000. Open
Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, closed Mon
& hols. 3-12-36 Hiroo. Nearest
stn: Ebisu. Tel: 03-5777-8600.
www.yamatane-museum.or.jp
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Sompo Japan Museum
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Tokyo Opera City Art
Gallery
150 Years of Modern
Japanese Music. Mixed
media. Dynamic view
of Japan's meeting with
the West. Oct 11-Dec
23, ¥600-1,000. Open
Tue-Thu 11am-7pm,
Fri-Sat 11am-8pm. 3-20-2
Nishi-Shinjuku. Nearest stn:
Hatsudai. www.operacity.
jp/en/ag
Tokyo Toy Museum
Japan Native Toys Collection.
Until Sep 29, ¥500-700. Open
Fri-Wed 10am-4pm. Closed
Thu. Yotsuya Hiroba, 4-20
Yotsuya. Nearest stn: Yotsuya
Sanchome. Tel: 03-53679601. www.goodtoy.org
UENO
Edo-Tokyo Museum
The Olympics are Coming!
A look back at Tokyo and
the 1964 games. Until Oct
10, ¥300-600. Open Tue-Fri
& Sun 9:30am-5:30pm, Sat
9:30am-7:30pm, closed
Mon & hols. 1-4-1 Yokoami.
Nearest stn: Ryogoku.
Tel: 03-3626-9974. www.
edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp
National Museum of
Nature and Science
Deep Sea. Earth's last frontier
with a rich biodiversity that
we have only just begun
to explore. Until Oct 6,
¥300-600 admission, plus
special exhibition fee. Open
Tue-Thu & Sat-Sun 9am-5pm,
Fri 9am-8pm, closed Mon.
7-20 Ueno Park. Nearest stn:
Ueno. Tel: 03-3822-0111.
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Comical Ukiyo-e: Humorous
Pictures and the School of
Kuniyoshi. Art with a laugh
in old Oedo. Oct 1-Nov 26,
¥700-1,000. Open Tue-Sun
10:30am-5:30pm, closed Mon.
Harajuku. www.ukiyoe-otamuse.jp
Unholy Matrimony in
Kyrgyzstan. Photography by
Noriko Hayashi. Until Sep 30,
free. Open daily 10am-7pm.
Tokyo L-Tower 28F, 1-6-1,
Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku.
Nearest stn: Shinjuku.
Tel: 03-3344-0565. www.
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Mixed media. Psychedelic
manga-style pop art by Kazuki
Umezawa. Until Nov 15, free.
Open daily 11:30am-9pm.
1-23-16 Shibuya. Nearest stn:
Shibuya. www.diesel.co.jp/art/
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Ukiyo-e Ota Memorial
Museum of Art
Memento Mori. Photography
by Tsutomu Otsuka. Until
Sep 29, free. Rooftop. The
seldom seen amusement
parks above department
stores. Photography by
Fujio Kitou. Oct 1-13, free.
Wau. Rainy landscape
photography by Akiko
Nakamura. Oct 8-13, free.
Japan meets Italy. Works
by 8 Italian photographers.
Oct 15-20, free. 5-18-11
Shinjuku. Nearest stn:
Yotsuya-Sanchome. Tel:
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a special partnership with the Casa Buonarroti (Florence)
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visitors with a unique chance to experience 60 pieces ranging
from “Madonna of the Stairs,” an early-period marble relief
created when the artist was around 15 years old, to little-known
letters and manuscripts. Through the show, the curators aim to
shed light on the human side of the Renaissance master and “the
anguish” that accompanied his artistic production.
The National Museum of Western Art until Nov 17, ¥700-1,400.
Open daily 9:30am-5:30pm. 7-7 Ueno Park. Nearest stn: Ueno.
T-Life Design. Furniture.
Until Nov 12, free. 10:30am7pm, closed Wed. 3F to 8F
Shinjuku Park Tower, 3-7-1
Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku.
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Anniversary of the Sistine Chapel
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28, ¥200-500. Mon-Sat
10am-4:30pm, Closed Sun
and hols. Shinjuku Bunka
Quint Bldg. 3-22-7 Yoyogi.
Nearest stn: Shinjuku. Tel:
03-3299-2387. www.bunka.
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Sun-Hols 11am-3pm
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The National Treasure
Butto of Yakushi Nyorai and
Masterpieces from Kohfukuji.
Wooden sculptures and
bronze Buddha heads
displayed for 1,300th
anniversary of Nara’s
Kohfukuji. Until Nov 24,
¥¥800-1,500. Open Tue-Sun
Ueno. www.geidai.ac.jp/
museum
From Kyoto, Inside and
Outside: Scenes on Panels
and Folding Screens.
Depictions of symbolic
locations around Kyoto,
including Ryoanji temple,
the Kyoto Imperial Palace,
and Nijo Castle. Oct 8-Dec 1,
¥900-1,500. Open Tue-Sun
9:30am-5pm. 13-9 Ueno
Park. Nearest stn: Ueno.
www.tnm.jp
Ueno Royal Museum
Art in Wonderland.
Interactive and explorationfriendly art. Until Oct 6,
¥400-1,200. Open Sat-Thur
10am-6pm, Fri 10am-8pm.
Ueno. www.ueno-mori.org
OTHER AREAS
Hara Museum of
Contemporary Art
Enoshima. Photography
by Eiichiro Sakata. Until
Sep 29, ¥500-1,000. Open
Tue-Sun 11am-5pm, closed
Mon. 4-7-25 Kita-Shinagawa.
Nearest stn: Kita-shinagawa.
Tel: 03-3445-0651. www.
haramuseum.or.jp
Feeling the Light and the
Wind. Realist painting by
Japanese artists. Until Nov
10, ¥750-1,500. Open Mon
& Wed-Thu 10am-6pm,
Fri, Sat 10am-7pm, Sun
10am-5pm, closed Tue. 3-15
Asumigaokahigashi, Midoriku. Nearest stn: Toke. www.
hoki-museum.jp
Museum of
Contemporary Art
Tokyo
Crystallize. Mixed media by
Tokujin Yoshioka. Oct 3-Jan
19, ¥600-1,100. Tue-Sun,
4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku.
Nearest stn: Kiyosumishirakawa. www.mot-artmuseum.jp/eng
Ikebukuro
Shibuya
2F Dogenzaka Center Bldg.
2-29-8 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku
03-5459-1736 |[email protected]
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Central League
Oct 6, 12pm, ¥3,000-7,000.
Korakuen Hall. Nearest stn:
Suidobashi. Tel: 03-58009999.
Dragon Gate
Oct 10, 6:30pm, ¥4,000-7,000.
New Japan
Oct 14, 4pm, ¥4,000-7,000.
Ryogoku Kokugikan. Nearest
stn: Ryogoku. Tel: 03-36235111.
Big Japan
Pacific League
New Japan: Road to
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Lotte Marines vs.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden
Eagles. Sep 27, 6:15pm,
¥800-4,800. QVC Marine Field.
Tel: 043-296-1227.
Chiba

Lotte Marines vs.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham
Fighters. Sep 30, 6:15pm,
¥800-4,800. QVC Marine Field.
Tel: 043-296-1227.
Chiba

Lotte Marines vs.
Saitama Seibu Lions. Oct
1, 6:15pm, ¥800-4,800.
QVC Marine Field. Nearest
stn: Kaihin-Makuhari. Tel:
043-296-1227.
Season Opener
Saitama Seibu Lions vs. Chiba
Lotte Marines. Sep 29, 2pm,
¥600-4,500. Seibu Dome.
Nearest stn: Seibukyujomae.
Tel: 04-2925-1141.
BASKETBALL
Japan Basketball League
Hitachi

Sun Rockers Tokyo
vs. Levanga Hokkaido. Oct 4-5,
7:15pm, ¥1,000-2,000. Yoyogi
National Gymnasium. Nearest
stn: Meiji-Jingumae.
Hitachi

Sun Rockers Tokyo
vs. Link Tochigi Brex. Oct
11-12, 7:15pm, ¥1,000-2,500.
Ota City General Gymnasium.
Nearest stn: Umeyashiki. Tel:
03-5480-6688.
Oct 18, 7pm, ¥3,150-5,250.
Oct 25, 6:30pm, ¥4,000-8,000.
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Black Rams vs.
Toshiba Brave Lupus.
Sep 27, 7pm, ¥300-3,500.
Chichibunomiya Rugby
Stadium. Nearest stn:
Gaienmae. Tel: 03-3401-3881.
NEC

Green Rockets vs NTT
Docomo Red Hurricanes.
Sep 28, 7pm, ¥300-3,500.
Chichibunomiya Rugby
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SOCCER
J. League, Division 1
Kashima

Antlers vs. Oita
Trinita. Sep 28, 3:30pm,
¥1,400-7,500. Kashima
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Kashiwa

Reysol vs. Albirex
Niigata. Sep 28, 3pm, ¥1,0005,000. Hitachi Stadium.
Nearest stn: Kashiwa. Tel:
047-162-2250.
Urawa

Reds vs. Omiya
Ardija. Oct 5, 4pm, ¥1,0004,500. Saitama Stadium.
Nearest stn: Urawamisono.
Tel: 048-812-1001.
FIGURE SKATING
TENNIS
Carnival on Ice
Rakuten Japan Open
Oct 5, 7pm, ¥6,000-20,000.
048-600-3001.
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AMERICAN
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Sep 30, 7pm, ¥4,000-7,000.
Shinjuku Face. Nearest stn:
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X League
Big Japan: Revival 4
Fujitsu

Frontiers vs. Bulls
Nihon Unisys Football
Club. Oct 5, 4:30pm, ¥1,000.
Kaientai Dojo: 10th
Anniversary Party
Yomiuri Giants vs. Tokyo
Yakult Swallows. Oct 2-3, 6pm,
¥1,700-15,000. Tokyo Dome.
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03-5800-9999.
Kaientai Dojo: K-Up
Impact
Sports
Shinjuku
Kawasaki Stadium. Nearest
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Nojima

Sagamihara Rise
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5, 1:30pm, ¥1,000. Kawasaki
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Kawasaki or Kawasaki. Tel:
044-244-2931.
Tokyo

Gas Creators vs.
Hurricanes. Oct 5, 10:30am,
¥1,000. Kawasaki Stadium.
Nearest stn: Keikyu Kawasaki
or Kawasaki. Tel: 044-2442931.
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Tokyo National
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Hoki Museum
2F Shinjuku Lion Hall
3-28-9 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
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Oct 3, 7pm, ¥4,000-5,000.
Shinkiba 1stRing. Nearest stn:
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Sep 30-Oct 6, various times,
¥1,000-13,000. Ariake
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25th Hokkaido Fair in
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International Knit Cafe
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Japan Graphic Arts Show
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Oedo Antique Fair
Design Festa Vol.38
Biannual fashion, art and
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Measurement and
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Aoyama Marché
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Yasukuni Shrine Antique
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[email protected].
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Half-Fast Cyclists
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Tokyo Street Hockey
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Casual street hockey group
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Every first, second and
third Fri, ¥2,000-3,000 (per
player)/ ¥500 (goalies, girls,
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details. www.tokyohockey.
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Writers' Bloc Tokyo:
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Word artistry exchange in
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CHRONICLE
R
emember that amusing
sequence back i n t he
first Spiderman movie,
when Tob ey M a g u i re
first discovers his new
spidey powers and then swings
off to do good in the world? Well,
consider this refreshingly original
a n d s u r p r i s i n g ly e n te r t a i n i n g
sleeper a more real-world approach
to what teenagers might do with
s uch s up e r p owe rs . T h re e h i g h
school kids (Dane DeHaan. Alex
Russell & Michael B. Jordan) gain
amazing telekinetic abilities from
a presumably alien thingy they’ve
discovered in a hole in the ground.
It’s all a hoot as they progress from
pranks (they are kids) to levitation
to full-on Superman flying. But then
things start to get dark and disturbing as human nature brings things
down to earth, and their powers
begin to surpass their ability to
handle them responsibly. None of
the actors is well known, boosting
the film’s believability, and the
STEVE JOBS: THE LOST
INTERVIEW
NEW
In 1995, Steve Jobs sat down for a
rare, 70-minute interview. It was
just before he would return from his
forced exile from Apple, become its
CEO and go on to present the world
with such very cool, society-changing items as the iPhone, the iPod,
the iPad and iTunes. A snippet of the
interview was used in a PBS program;
the rest lost somewhere in transit.
But recently a copy was found, and
it’s something that everyone should
see, wherever his or her interests lie.
The leading visionary of our times,
then 40, is candid and expansive,
articulate and focused; even funny.
Highly recommended. (70 min)
eiga
A
LORDS OF SALEM
dialogue is natural . The “ found
footage” approach is a little forced
and annoying until you realize how
effective it’s being. Best of all, it’s
self-contained, with no sequel set
TRASHED
NEW
Both realists and alarmists will
benefit from a look at this committed
eco-doc by Candida Brady. In it, a
genuinely appalled Jeremy Irons
takes us on a tour of global paradises
– a garbage-strewn Lebanese beach,
toxic landfills in Britain, a hospital
for deformed Agent Orange kids
i n Vi e t n a m , h i g h -te m p e r at u re
garbage incinerators in the US -- that
indicate how badly and how rapidly
our refuse-disposal practices are
trashing our planet to the point of
no return. Did you know that even
biodegradable shopping bags create
a lumpy plastic soup in our oceans?
Makes its points strongly and offers
solutions. (98 min)
ALEXIS WUILLAUME
s those of us living here
who are not Japanese—or
not fully Japanese—know,
the insular nature of Japanese
society tends to exclude us .
This phenomenon cuts deep to
those who actually have partial
Japanese blood, and thus feel a
part of society here, even if that
society does not reciprocate.
The new documentary Hafu,
by Megumi Nishikura and Lara
Perez Takagi, poignantly investigates the lives of present-day
mixed race/mixed nationality Japanese people and openly
challenges Japanese society to be more accepting. It details the
lives of five hafu, the Japanese term for mixed race or mixed
nationality folk, and details their trials in dealing with a culture
that seems incapable of integrating them. Those appearing span
a range of ages and cultural backgrounds, from Venezuela and
Mexico to Ghana, Korea and Australia. The most gripping case
concerns the Mexican-Japanese pre-adolescent boy Alex, who
has clearly been traumatized by mistreatment from his schoolmates and teachers due to his background. The film follows him
from Japan to Mexico and back again as he comes to terms with
his identity and living in Japan. The documentary is clearly
aimed at Japanese people and, while occasionally approaching
preachy, it is a heartfelt and deeply human effort to encourage
Japan to be an openly multicultural society. (87 min: Japanese,
English and Spanish with English and Japanese subtitles). Uplink
Factory, October 5-18. Rob Schwartz
up or even necessary. This unique
sci-fi fantasy/cautiona r y tale is
directed by Josh Trank and written
by Max Landis, both 26. Guys to
watch. (84 min)
DESPICABLE ME 2
Okay, Gru (voiced again by Steve
Carell) has retired from the supervillain business in favor of the no
less arduous task of raising three
adorable little girls. But something’s
missing. Enter Secret Agent Lucy
Wilde (voiced by a spot-on Kristen
Wiig), a bumbling emissary from the
Anti-Villain League, which hopes to
recruit him to track down a mystery
baddie. Personally, I liked this slightly
better than the first, which I found a
tad predictable. The fun story along
with the rapid-fire sight gags and
one-liners kept me amused. Smart
enough for grownups, zany enough
for kids. Japanese title: Kaitou Gru no
Minion Kiki Ippatsu. (98 min)
movie news
F
BYZANTIUM
Think the vampire genre is played
out? Neil Jordan (The Crying Game,
Interview with a Vampire) begs to
differ, and backs it up with this
mesmerizing, artfully tattered film
about a 200-year-old vagabonding
mother/daughter team (a fantastic,
cast-against-type Gemma Arterton
and an impeccable, highly believable Saoirse Ronan). Mom, a hooker,
favors the sex & violence thing, while
the forever 16-year-old daughter
takes a kinder, gentler approach.
It’s a well-told, satisfying and stylish
story that unfolds gradually, often
shifting between the two women and
times past. Look at it as an antidote to
Twilight. (118 min)
IMAGE.NET
ollowing the explosive
global success of Titanic,
Kate Winslet decided to
work in smaller independent
films while starting a family
and later turned down
coveted roles in Shakespeare
in Love and Match Point in
orde r to s p e nd t i me w it h
her k ids . Now t he mot her
of t h re e s ay s he r p a re nti n g ex p er ience i s helpi n g
w it h her act i n g ca re er. I n
Jason Reitman’s new film
Labor Day, Winslet plays an
agoraphobic single mother
who realizes the mysterious
stranger (Josh Brolin) who
shows up at her door just
might be the escaped convict the police have been looking for.
“I have admiration for mothers everywhere, whether they’re
single or not,” the actress said before the film’s premier at the
Toronto International Film Festival. “It turns you inside out.”
The star also mentioned that 13-year-old Gatlinn Griffith, who
plays her son in the film, is a few years older than her own little
ones, giving her glimpse of what she has in store. Winslet will
soon have more opportunities to practice her parenting, as she
is currently expecting child number four with husband Ned
Rocknroll (yup, that’s his name). Labor Day will be released in
Japan for Golden Week 2014. Kevin Mcgue
NEW
Goth rocker-cum-filmmaker
Rob Zombie takes a break from his
torture-porn to make this relatively
restrained, low-budget, sporadically
creepy spook movie. “Restrained,”
mind you, doesn’t mean there’s
any lack of flat-out weirdness and
ga r i sh su r rea l i sm , wh ich ta ke s
place mostly in cheesy “and-then-Iwoke-up” nightmares. A Salem lady
DJ (Rob’s wife Sheri Moon Zombie) is
targeted by a local coven of witches
for some nefarious reason. Don’t
b e ex p e ct i n g Ro semar y’s B aby.
Points for atmosphere and general
strangeness, but it ’s more than a
little silly and hardly great horror.
Abrupt, puzzlingly pointless ending.
(101 min)
SIGHTSEERS
NEW
2011’s dark comedy God Bless
America had a fed-up pair killing
off irritating people: movie theater
cell-phoners, reality show stars, etc.
This wicked little Brit flick from Ben
Wheatley (Kill List) moves along on
a similar theme, with a tacky couple
of closet sociopaths (writers Alice
Lowe & Steve Oram, sketch comedia n s) to u r i n g E n g l a n d ’s l a m e s t
tourist attractions in a caravan,
wreaking violent, murderous havoc
on a variety of obnoxious types they
encounter. Caution: dark comedy is
a subjective thing, and this twisted
flick, while made with skill and
smarts, is about as pitch black as it
gets. (89 min)
HOW TO MAKE A BOOK
WITH STEIDL
G erha rdt Steid l ca l l s h i m sel f a
printer, but this doesn’t even begin
to describe him. For 40 years he has
meticulously handcrafted some
of the most elegant books on the
planet. This insightful doc observes
the sought-after, fiercely determined
artisan as he globe-hops to discuss
book strategy with leading artists,
authors and photographers like
Gunter Grass, Robert Frank and Karl
Lagerfeld. Even a Qatari emir. He’s
concerned with how a book feels and
smells; how it sounds when the pages
are turned. Japanese title: Sekai ichi
Utsukushii Hon wo Tsukuru Otoko:
Shutaideru to no Tabi. (88 min)
cinematic underground
A
© RED CROWN PRODUCTIONS
utumn is the
season for
reading in
Japan (see Books, p.10),
and Shin-Bungeiza in
Ikebukuro (3F, 1-43-5
Higashi-Ikebukuro
To s h i m a-k u ; w w w.
shin-bungeiza.com)
celebrates with a
program of movies
based on literary
masterpieces, through
October 4. Bookish films
include The Tin Drum
(1979; pictured) and The
Conformist (1970)… Dance and film fans alike won’t want to miss
the international coproduction Tango Libre, which opens September 28 at Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho (2-7-1 Yurakucho,
Chiyoda-ku ; www.ttcg.jp). It tells the story of a lonely prison
guard who realizes a woman in his tango class has a husband
in the clink, then he plots an elaborate dance step to freedom...
After a decade working in the States with films in English such as
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind, director
Michel Gondry has returned to his native France (and Français)
for Mood Indigo, screening from October 5 at Shinjuku’s Wald 9
(3-1-26 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku; www.wald9.com). It’s a fantasy
tale of a woman with a rare disease that causes flowers to grow
in her lungs—a storyline familiar to Japanese moviegoers as the
same novel was turned into the local 2001 film Chloe. KM
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Roppongi
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Japanese izakaya
Brazilian Churrasco
Japanese BBQ
Safe beef, pork and chicken. 14 varieties of lamb
from Australia and New Zealand. Churrasco
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Top quality Omi beef filet and chicken from
Shiga Prefecture cooked on skewers or shabu
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waitresses ensure an enjoyable Japanese
dining experience.
Try ten assorted Omi yakitori (¥1,180) or a
hearty bowl of flavorful chicken soup (¥1,680).
5F Matsumoto Bldg., 2-9-19 Nanko, Nishi-ku,
Yokohama. Open Mon-Sat 5pm-midnight,
closed Sun. Tel: 045-321-9875. Nearest stn:
Yokohama. http://i-hanako.com/toridonya/
The Japanese black beef short rib is always a
hearty recommendation. Also try the pork rib
and chicken thigh.
Pumpkin dishes will be added to the buffet for
Halloween and turkey at Thanksgiving.
Taste the quality difference of chicken from
Shiga Prefecture with a variety of charbroiled
yakitori selections and superb customer
service by staff in traditional Japanese
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atmosphere with convenient access to
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With chicken, pork, seafood and vegetables
also on the menu from ¥105, it’s not just for meat
lovers. Sensible prices mean that even with
drinks, meals can cost less than ¥3,000 per
person.
Samba show by Brazilian dancers twice daily,
Mon to Thu starting in October.
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60-min all-you-can eat-plan (¥2,289).
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or Yurakucho.
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11am-2:30pm, Tea
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prices)
Grill-side seating only (four seats per session)
Impressive wine pairings
Fast-paced meal
Tokyo American Club 2-1-2 Azabudai, Minato-ku.
Tel: 03-4588-0675. Nearest stn: Kamiyacho
Tue-Sat dinner seating at 6, 7 & 8:30pm; Sat brunch
11:30am-1pm, closed Sun-Mon
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Lunch time:
time: Weekdays
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Behind the counter is chef Hide Iinuma, who has
worked in European kitchens totaling an impressive
11 Michelin stars and has a further 13 years of experience in Tokyo. He deftly mixes Western technique
with Japanese ingredients. Iinuma says that he
“enjoys cooking in front of the customers,” but adds
that it means “there is no room for error.”
Wine aficionados will want to include the winepairing option. The TAC is known for having one of
the largest cellars in Asia, and wine program director Kelley Schaefer was formerly the chief sommelier
aboard the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria cruise
ships. The aromatic and ever-so-spicy Alsatian
Domaine Zind Humbrecht Gewürztraminer seamlessly melded with the young ginger and foie gras.
Another magical combination was the fruity and
bold Hirsch Vineyards Pinot Noir from Sonoma
served with duck and spicy chocolate. As our server
Sam succinctly said, “this wine has attitude.”
It was a whimsical experience to the very end.
Before dessert, we were handed goggles and advised
to shield ourselves with our napkins. Things went
snap, crackle, and pop on the plate—and then in our
mouths (thanks to some cool LN2). We made a mental note to return for the 6-course Saturday brunch.
The ten-course meal (¥11,000 members/¥14,000
non-members) passed quickly in two hours. There is
almost too much to take in, from the preparations in
front of you to listening to the explanations about the
wine and each course. It’s sensory overload, but in a
very good way.
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Yaesu
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Kyobashi
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Tokyo
Tokyo
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7min from
from Tokyo
Tokyo stn.
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Yaesu Central
Central Exit,
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7min
5min
from
Kyobashi
stn
(Ginza
Line)
Exit
5
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10min from
from Yurakucho
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e knew we were in for a fun evening
when the chef poured liquid nitrogen
over the Campari orange aperitif and
cold smoke fell into our laps. Flatiron
is an interactive culinary experience, sprinkled with
bits of molecular technique. Although it is housed in
the exclusive Tokyo American Club, non-members
can make a reservation through OpenTable (prices
are higher for non-members).
Seated in front of the large iron grill, we peppered
the chef with questions about ingredient provenance
and preparation technique as each course was being
created. Two Japanese guests had joined us for dinner, but this didn’t present a problem for the staff,
who spoke to us in both English and Japanese.
The myriad of cooking presentations is fun for
even the savviest of eaters. Fish consommé is
warmed in a bag made
from glass fibers, foie
gras is cooked in a low
temperature sous-vide
machine and duck is
seasoned with sakura
smoke in a glass bowl.
T he showcase of
ingredients includes
Frenc h a nd It a l i a n
truffles, foie gras, lobster and a creamy artisanal
buratta cheese that is flown in once a week directly
from Italy. Japanese produce is also highlighted,
and features tomatoes, Hokkaido white corn so
sweet and tender it is served as sashimi, and fresh
wasabi leaves.
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1.2 HAIR & BEAUTY
1.3 MOVING
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cosmetic dental clinic. Dentist
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walk from JR Tamachi stn.
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AKASAKA NIHONGO CLUB offers
Japanese in a small-scale setting.
Classes taught by volunteer group
every Sat, 10-11:30am, at Akasaka
Iki-Iki Plaza, 4min from Akasaka
stn, Chiyoda line, exit 6. Please
call 03-3401-4306 (evenings) or
080-5432-4306. Kawada.
JA PA N E S E LE S S O N S fo r a l l
levels from experienced private
teacher along the Yamanote line.
First two lessons ¥500/h. Let’s
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language and culture. Please call
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group and private courses
available. info@from-zero.
c o . j p h t t p : // w w w. f r o m zero.co.jp/academic2013/
03-6278-7704
3.4 ENGLISH TEACHERS
ADVANCED ENGLISH. Are you ready
to advance to the next level of
English? I can help you with lessons
targeted at your needs. Qualified
and experienced teacher, with
over 20 years' teaching experience
in Japan. Advance your reading,
writing, conversation. contact@
tokyo-esl.com www.tokyo-esl.com
PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTION. Learn English from
the best. Over 20 years' experience
teaching private students, embassy
spouses, business professionals and
social groups. Recently relocated
back to Japan. Kind, classy and
effective. Call or email for open
instruction times. cheryl@holdcroft.
net 080-4373-9403
3.5 LANGUAGE EXCHANGE
Chinese, English, Spanish. I am
a beginner at Chn. I can teach you E
basics. I am a native Japanese, but my E
is business level. Also, I can speak Sp at
an intermediate level. elsalvadorjapan@
yahoo.es
English and Japanese. Native
English-speaking female seeking
language exchange partner for weekly
meetups in Tokyo. lost.in.japan2011@
gmail.com
English and Japanese. English
male seeks language exchange and
friendship in Tokyo or Kanagawa.
[email protected]
English and Japanese. I'm a Japanese
male. I work for an American company
(financial institution) as an accountant
(CPA) in Tokyo. It'd be great if you
could help me improve my English. Of
course, I'd be happy to help you with J.
[email protected]
English and Japanese. Japanese
female, 31. Lived in London and seeking
a casual language exchange with
British people. Available weekends.
Nonsmokers only. Thanks. days_in_
[email protected]
English and Japanese. Hello, I'm a
JF, 40s, living in central Tokyo. I have
flexible time, so meeting time could
be up to you! I need to develop my
English. Prefer American English.
Azabu, Roppongi, Aoyama areas are
best. [email protected]
English and Japanese. JM, 30,
musician, seeks native English speaker
for language exchange around Tokyo
and Saitama. I love music and business.
Let's hang out! tokyolocalize@hotmail.
com
English and Japanese. Me: middleaged married British ruggerman
studying intermediate J. Seeking
Japanese exchange partner to practice
listening and speaking, textbook drills.
Prefer daytime on weekdays near
Tsujido stn. Teach/proofread E in
exchange. [email protected]
English and Japanese. Japanese
businessman, 37, working in ICT and
environment. I want to learn E and
teach you J around Shinjuku. Weekdays
ok. [email protected]
English and Japanese. I'm a Japanese
writing lyrics in E. I want English
speakers to check my rhymes. I can
help your Japanese. I'd like to do this
language exchange at cafes in Tokyo
or Kanagawa. Thanks. dingrown@
yahoo.co.jp
English and Japanese. Seeking a
kind Japanese local who can teach
me Nihongo. I'm willing to teach you
E in return. Asian guy here speaks
English fluently. Preferably around
or near Urawa. jonathan.galvez@
yahoo.com
English and Japanese. Easygoing
and open-minded people gather at
a cafe in the evening to exchange
languages and friendship. We're
waiting for you to bring new
topics and fresh air! We value your
personality over language skills.
[email protected]
English and Japanese. I work for a
foreign company in Tokyo, which is why
I need to improve my spoken English. It
would be great if you could help me. Of
course, I'd be happy to help you with J.
[email protected]
English, Hebrew, Japanese. Israeli/
American visiting Tokyo to practice
aikido. I am seeking someone on a
regular basis. I am a native Hebrew
and E speaker, having grown up in
both countries. [email protected]
English, Swedish, Japanese. I'm a
Swedish woman, 22, studying J. I need
someone to practice with. I'm at a really
basic level. In return, I can help your
English or Swedish. anna.westin42@
gmail.com
Filipino and Japanese. Filipino
language speaker wanted by Japanese
guy for exchange via Skype or at
cafes in Yokohama or Yokosuka. I'm
a complete beginner. I can speak
advanced E and intermediate Sp.
[email protected]
Fre nc h , Engli sh , Japane se .
European man seeking a language
exchange partner to improve his
Japanese. I can teach you Fr or E. West
of Tokyo preferable, but Yokohama or
central Tokyo are ok. understanding_
[email protected]
Spanish and Japanese. Japanese
male seeking Latino. I can only speak
E. If you can help me learn Sp, please
drop me a line. I can help you with J.
[email protected]
3.9 TEACH ME!
English lessons. JM, 33, seeks native
English teacher for ¥1500/h around the
Odakyu line. [email protected]
Japanese help needed! 大変! アメリカ
人、女、２３才 needs help with Japanese.
Legitimate help. My dream is to
become fluent in Japanese. Currently
my speaking is very bad. Thank you in
advance! よろしく。 lost.in.japan2011@
gmail.com
Magic! Would like to learn magic and
card tricks. Located in the Akasaka
area. Thank you. pozapoza@yahoo.
com
Seeking British English teacher.
Seeking qualified and experienced
British native English teacher for
private lessons in Tokyo. I'm a JF, 30,
professional. Please help me with my
English! [email protected]
4 HOUSEHOLD GOODS
4.1 FURNITURE & FITTINGS
Cabinet, white, lacquer and glass, for
bathrooms, by designer Jaime Hayon
for Bisazza Bagno (H160xW60xD35cm),
imported from Italy, new, small flaw in
glass ¥20,000. Pick up Jingumae.
Photos available. tokyo.cba2013@
yahoo.com
Shelf, as new, adjustable ¥500.
[email protected]
Sofa, Curvature (170x100x84cm)
¥20,000. [email protected]
http://
Sofa, seats two (L160xD74xH69cm),
red, deep cushions ¥13,000. Minato-ku.
[email protected]
4.2 APPLIANCES
Hairdryer, Koizumi KHD-1236, w/
Turbo and ion function, in good
condition ¥1000. Rice cooker, Sanyo
ECJ-JG10, IH, 5.5 cups, ‘08, very clean,
as new ¥10,000. Delivery included.
[email protected]
Humidifier, Twinbird SK 4975, as
new, in box ¥1000. Pick up Shinjuku.
[email protected]
Rice cooker, Zojirushi, IH, '08, in good
condition ¥9000. Delivery in Tokyo
area ok. [email protected]
JOBS
10 HELP!
To advertise:
[email protected]
SALES & MARKETING POSITIONS.
Metropolis is seeking motivated ,
b i l i n g u a l ( E /J ) s a le s e xe c ut ive s
and support staff to join the most
successful English-language
advertising and marketing team in
Japan. Experience preferred, but not
required. Base salary and attractive
commissions. Send E/J resume to
[email protected]. More info
online: http://metropolis.co.jp/jobs/
HYPE CASTING AGENCY is seeking
foreign models residing in Japan. We
have various job opportunities for you,
such as fashion shows, commercials and
more. Please check our website to find
out more. [email protected]
www.exileshype.com 03-6415-3712
Washer/dryer, Toshiba Zaboon
TW-Z8200L(WS), one y/o, low
consumption. New ¥127,000. Sell
¥50,000. marchand.xavier@gmail.
com 09054410214
4.3 SAYONARA SALE
Sayonara sale! Cof fee table,
cur tains, heater ¥3000/each.
And more. Pick up Shibuya-ku.
[email protected]
090-1104-4371
Sayonara sale! Dark blue leather sofa,
seats two ¥9000. Sharp Aquos TV, 32",
w/remote and stand ¥27,000/obo.
[email protected] 080-3247-1430
Sayonara sale! Carpet (200x200cm),
in good condition ¥1000. White leather
love seat, in good condition ¥2000.
Massage table ¥8000. Pick up only. the.
[email protected]
Sayonara sale! Fridge, washer, chair,
furniture, phone/fax, iron, kitchen
goods, bicycle, etc., all 2.5 y/o, in good
condition. Pick up JR Tamachi. Details,
photos, manuals available. ger@bloom.
ocn.ne.jp
4.4 TV & HOME THEATER
3D TV 32", LG 32LW5700, full HD,
warranty until Apr 22, '17, protective
plastic still on frame and stand, as new.
New ¥150,000. Sell ¥55,000/obo. Pick
up only. [email protected]
LCD TV 37", Sharp LC-37DS3, works
well ¥15,000. Pick up only. adriaan.
[email protected]
Receiver, Yamaha RX-V2500, six or
seven y/o, in great condition, silver,
w/cables and remote ¥10,000. Pick
up Hiroo stn. [email protected]
08030185292
4.5 AUDIO & MP3
CD player, Pioneer Super Audio
PD-D6, silver, as new, w/remote, cable,
J/manual ¥12,000. Pick up Jingumae.
Photos available. tokyo.cba2013@
yahoo.com
Stereo, Sony, AM/FM radio, CD player,
Type-R MDLP, active speakers that light
up (green), w/USB, SPDIF, analogue
inputs, remote and antenna ¥5000.
[email protected]
03-4588-2277
CHAT HOSTS & TEACHERS WANTED
BY LEAFCUP @ Tokyo, Iidabashi,
Shibuya, Yokohama, Omiya. Seeking
enthusiastic and proficient English,
Korean, French, Spanish and/or German
speakers who can teach and lead lively
conversations. ¥1000-¥1500/h. Apply
online: www.leafcup.com/job.htm
SALES INTERN. Metropolis is seeking
a bilingual (E/J) intern to join its
Restaurants & Bars advertising team.
No pay, but transportation provided.
Please email knakashima@
metropolis.co.jp.
4.7 FOR FREE
Fridge, Sharp SJ-N40P-G, '95,
four-door, 400L (H180xW60xL65),
door light doesn't work, otherwise
in excellent condition. Pick up
Akebonobashi. [email protected]
Mattress, double, one y/o; microwave,
1000W; phone/fax, Canon CF-S10.
15min from Shinjuku. pepe061270@
gmail.com 080-3004-4487
in car buy-backs, door-todoor shipping, long-term car
storage and any other carrelated matters. If you need
assistance with your car, we
are here to help. Tel: 03-68683366 or 090 -9362- 5098
[email protected]
www.jce-autos.jp
PC and notebook, both are J/Win XP.
Pick up Tokaichiba, Yokohama line, or
Aobadai, Denentoshi line. stefanust@
yahoo.com
5 HOBBIES&INTERESTS
5.2 SPORTS EQUIPMENT
Excercise bike, as new ¥5000. Near
Yokosuka. [email protected]
5.3 MUSICAL
EQUIPMENT
Bass, Warwick Thumb BO 5, Ovangkol
neck and body, Wenge fingerboard,
active MEC J/J pickups, Warwick JustA-Nut II, w/Warwick gig bag, in great
condition ¥160,000. Pick up Ikebukuro.
[email protected]
Pedal, BOSS ME-50 B Bass MultiEffects, COSM compressor/limiter and
drive effects, envelope filter, T-Wah,
Reverb, etc., dedicated knobs for
each effect section (no menu-surfing)
¥15,000. Pick up Ikebukuro. bloom_
[email protected]
5.6 COLLECTORS
African Juju hat, decorative, white
feathers (diameter 85cm), new
¥13,000. Pick up Jingumae. Photos
available. [email protected]
5.7 PETS
Cat, female, 4 months old, very nice,
seeking new home. khawlamarouen@
hotmail.com
6 VEHICLES
6.1 CARS, PARTS, &
ACCESSORIES
V O LV O X C - 9 0 N O R D I C , V 6 ,
3. 2l, 6 -speed, seats seven, w/
English navigation, back camera,
35,000km, '08 model, black 1/2
leather seats, w/seat heater, climate
control, etc. ¥2.55 million. Contact
Rodo at 080-5051-5838. euro@
eurojp.com
6.3 BICYCLES, PARTS, &
ACCESSORIES
Mountain bike, Trek 8500 Hardtail,
19.5" aluminum frame, front suspension
Rock Shox fork, Shimano Deore XT
components, w/front/rear lights, bell,
portable pump ¥45,000. Delivery
negotiable. [email protected]
08094368181
NEED TO TALK? We’re here to listen.
TELL LIFELINE: free, anonymous
English counseling daily from
9am-11pm by trained volunteers:
03-5774-0992. TELL COUNSELING:
affordable multilingual
p syc hothe rapy by acc re dite d
Western-trained professionals,
a CIGNA International Provider:
03-4550-1146. TELL website: www.
telljp.com. Follow us on Facebook
and Twitter @TokyoLifeLine.
THE JAPAN HELPLINE, 24 hours
a d ay, fro m a ny wh e re , a b out
a ny t h i n g . Fro m e m e rg e n c y
assistance to simple questions. Visit
www.jhelp.com/ and press “help,”
or call 0570-000-911. To volunteer
or support, please contact team@
jhelp.com. www.jhelp.com/
WEST PAPUA: ONE SOUL , ONE
PEOPLE . Fifty years ago, West
Papua should have been an
independent country. Since 1969,
West Papua has been invaded
and the people robbed of their
rights, culture and country. Help
support West Papuans’ desire to
be free. http://tapol.gn.apc.org/
[email protected]
Infertlity support group. TTC Tokyo
is an infertility support group that
provides informal opportunities for
women and men experiencing infertility
to connect with one another. Please visit
website for more info. admin@ttctokyo.
org www.ttctokyo.org/
11 MESSAGES
11.1 PERSONAL MESSAGES
7 GENERAL
7.2 FASHION
Flip-flops, Olukai brand, XL, made in
Hawaii, never worn. New ¥6000+. Sell
¥3000. Ties, Versace, two, in original
gift box ¥3000/each. ¥5000/both. Pick
up Shinjuku. [email protected]
7.3 MISCELLANEOUS
Ladder, four-step ¥1500. Pick up near
Tamachi stn. [email protected]
080-4183-4278
Lawn mower, Briggs & Stratton,
gasoline engine, made in USA, four y/o,
maintained and in excellent condition.
New ¥50,000. Sell ¥15,000. Adachi
area. [email protected]
WRITE A M ES SAG E FO R YOU R
SPECIAL SOMEONE! Write
anything, from birthday messages
to proposals, and so much more!
Contact us through our website at
http://classifieds.metropolis.co.jp.
12 SOCIAL SCENE
12.1 LET’S PARTY
8.2 HARDWARE
Film, zero-bubble, anti-fingerprint,
for iPad 2, five available ¥600/each.
[email protected]
JCE AUTOS - THE
A U T O M O B I L E
PROFESSIONALS. Specializing
Printer/copier/scanner, HP C310c
Photosmart Premium, wireless or
via USB, English OS, w/touchscreen
interface, in excellent condition, low
on ink ¥5000. [email protected]
JAPAN I NTE R NATI O NAL
PARTY - Autumn Special.
Sat, Sep 28, 6:30-9pm, Devi
Fusion (Roppongi). Japan’s
biggest international party.
TA M B O U R E L L I . Ve r y u n i q u e
new sport from Scotland. Using
a tambourine -like instrument
as a sports racquet, players hit a
shuttlecock! We play two or three
tim e s/m o nth o n we e ke n d s in
Meguro with many socials. Join us!
More details: www.tamjapan.org/
en/ [email protected]
International football club.
Five-a-side, 11-a-side, on grass fields.
Two or three practices/matches
on Sun. All nationalities welcome.
Happy and friendly club! We have
many socials. djnorio0417@yahoo.
co.jp
J O I N T H E B I G G E S T,
B E S T, M O S T P O P U L A R
INTERNATIONAL PARTY!
Great people, drinks and food!
Meet new friends and party
with nice people in a friendly
atmosphere. Events in Tokyo
(Ginza, Azabu Roppongi)
and Osaka. ¥1500-¥2000.
http://english.gaitomo.com/
[email protected]
Jogging Yokosuka. SJM seeking
friends to jog 3-5km in Yokosuka,
mornings preferred, but depending
on the day, other times could
work, too. ジョギング仲間募集横須賀.
[email protected]
Kite surfing partner sought by JM.
I'm a beginner and need a partner.
Let's go to the sea in the Kanto area.
I can pick you up. tokyolocalize@
hotmail.com
River kayaking. Seeking people
who would like to do some kayaking
near Tokyo. I am a Canadian with
my own two-man kayak. Mail me for
details. M/F ok. Nonsmokers, please.
[email protected]
I N T E R N AT I O N A L PA RT Y @
LEAFCUP. Come join us and have
fun. Men ¥3000. Foreigners/
women ¥2000. All-you-candrink-and-eat. Shibuya and
O m iya : S e p 2 8 a n d O c t 1 2 .
I i d a b a s h i a n d Yo k o h a m a :
Oct 5 and 19. For more info:
www.leafparty.com
13 CLUBS & INTERESTS
13.1 SPORTS
Tennis anyone? Seeking tennis
partner on Tue or Wed at Komazawa
Koen, but can travel elsewhere in
Tokyo. I have just recently gotten into
tennis again, but am confident that I
will be back in form soon. pdvtokyo@
gmail.com 09083119074
Vo l l e y b a l l C l u b I n t e r v o l l .
Japanese and foreign volleyball
players gather in Takadanobaba
to enjoy playing. Have volleyball
experience and want to play
volleyball in a friendly atmosphere?
[email protected] http://
intervoll.sakura.ne.jp/
Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art)
in Yokohama. Seeking new friends
to train with, or even just talk with
about it. Contact me if you want to
know more about this beautiful art.
[email protected]
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
TOKYO. If you have a problem
with drinking, we can help.
English-speaking meetings daily.
03-3971-1471 inquiries@aatokyo.
org http://aatokyo.org
8 COMPUTERS
4.6 FOR KIDS
Toys, suitable for toddlers: wooden
rocking horse, "pre-cure" electronic
toys, wooden train set, E/kiddie books,
plush toys, toy baby carriage, riding
ball, plastic building blocks, wooden
building blocks, Disney princess
computer game, musical Disney
books, etc. ¥5000/obo. iandedwards@
netscape.net
10.2 SUPPORT
250 people expected. All-youcan-drink and free snacks.
J a p a n e s e m e n : ¥ 4 0 0 0.
Othe rs : ¥3000. M obile :
getyourfriend.com/mobile/
[email protected] 0901 7 3 5 - 5 4 0 5 h t t p : // w w w.
getyourfriend.com/
AMERICAN FOOTBALL .
Nihon Unisys Bulls, X league
Central Division, seeks fit
players w/ US college football
experience for all positions.
Practice every Sat/Sun
from 10am-3pm (including
meeting) in Tokyo/Saitama
(time & venue subject to
c h a n g e ). At te n d a n c e a t
practice must be over 60%.
Please contact for tryout info
and send your profile to team
admin. bullsxleague@gmail.
com http://www.unisys.co.jp/
football/
ALL-NATIONALITY TOUCH
FOOTBALL. Non-contact tag
rugby (OZ tag) and Rugby
League players. We play every
Sat from 10am in Tatsumi.
M/F and beginners welcome!
Good exercise and fun! Many
other activities, such as BBQs
and drinking parties! Email for
details. tokyorugbyleague@
hotmail.com http://ameblo.jp/
tokyo13warriors
Women's football club. Five-aside, 11-a-side, on grass fields. Two
or three practices/matches on Sun.
All nationalities, experience levels,
beginners welcome. Happy and friendly
club! [email protected]
13.2 LEISURE
MCARTHUR HEIGHTS.
Take a break where General Douglas
McArthur did! One hour from Tokyo by
car or direct train. Beautiful cabins on
the ocean, w/onsen, beach, shopping.
[email protected]
13.3 ARTS
American comics. Seeking fans of
American comics to meet, chat and share
ideas. Maybe we can work on projects to
get published or just have a good time
talking about comics. analogderez1@
yahoo.co.jp
Love Shakespeare? Amateur group in
Tokyo, meeting once/month to celebrate
our love of the Bard. Come to read, or just
to listen. All nationalities welcome, no
experience necessary! rchrd_schwartz@
yahoo.com http://groups.yahoo.com/
group/Shakespeare-sama/
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE
PLAYERS . Japan ANZAC S
Rugby League team is seeking
Rugby League players for
J a p a n e s e Ru g by Le a g u e
official games from Apr to
S e p. Eve r yo n e we lco m e .
Contact for more details.
[email protected]
Stand-up comedy. Interested in
doing or watching stand-up? Check
out The Mad Cows of Tokyo for free
shows, free workshops and events.
If you like laughing, you'll enjoy it!
[email protected]
www.madcowscomedy.com
PLAY RUGBY. The Tokyo Crusaders
are a friendly but keen international
rugby club. Devoted to the game and
its social side, the “Cru” welcomes
all players and supporters.
Established in 1990, the Cru plays in
the Shuto League 1st Division. http://
www.facebook.com/tokyo.crusaders
www.tokyocrusaders.com
S T U D I O, W/ T W O G R A N D
PIANOS, completely soundproof, double full/semi-concert
grand pianos, for professional
recordings, rehearsals, vocal/
narration recordings, etc.
¥3000/h. Please contact for
more info. fromthebeyond@
hotmail.co.jp
13.4 MUSIC
Many more Classified ads online! Please visit classifieds.metropolis.co.jp
Female singer wanted. JM guitarist
in Tokyo seeking female singer
who will also join the song-making
process. We can use cover songs
for street performances until our
originals are ready. limeblue96@
mail.goo.ne.jp
Lead guitarist needed, metal
or thrash, for band that plays live
shows. Let me know if you want to
try out. [email protected]
08056557810
Seeking male singer in Tokyo. Very
unique style, w/traditional Japanese
flavors. Age doesn't matter, but you
must be able to read basic music.
Sample demo: http://soundcloud.com/
keitak-21 [email protected]
Smooth jazz keyboardist needed,
with solid chops, to do some funky,
cool, smooth jazz for semi-pro gigs.
[email protected]
String players sought for classical
chamber music. European amateur
pianist is seeking string players to
play classical chamber music (e.g.,
Brahms, Beethoven). Would like
to work on a nice program, then
rent a space and give a concert.
[email protected]
13.5 MIND, BODY, SPIRIT
Tokyo Dialogue Group. Beyond
conversation, discussion and
debate. Is it possible to have
genuine communication with
others? Next Dialogue: Sat, Sep 28,
3-6pm. [email protected] http://
tokyodialogue.wordpress.com/
14 PERSONALS
14.1 FRIENDS
Aussie or any English speaker. JM,
30s, in Tokyo, fluent in English, seeking
English-speaking friends. I went to
university in Australia. It would be great
to meet Aussies since I miss Australia,
but any English speaker is welcome.
[email protected]
Drinks on weekends/weekdays. JM,
26. Let's go for drinks. M/F ok. I have a
few places in mind. I want to go with
foreigners to speak English. Thank
you/merci/gracias! benishigurenj@
gmail.com
Motorbike drivers. Hi, English guy,
40s, living in Kanagawa, is seeking
an English-speaking driving friend
who has time on weekends to go
somewhere. I drive a Yamaha V-max.
Let me know if you are interested.
[email protected]
flops and the simple things, like
watching movies and ice cream.
[email protected]
SERIOUS ROMANTIC
R E L AT I O N S H I P I N T O K YO .
Successful Japanese businessman,
early 30s, bilingual, good-looking,
caring, seeking something
long-term, potentially leading to
marriage. If you’re a sincere and
serious woman, please feel free to
drop me a line. pirlo_cucchiaio@
hotmail.com
SUBMISIVE SJM, 35, cute, is seriously
seeking a woman who is into, or
interested in, dominating men. I am
so submissive, with seven years’
experience, that I am happy to take
whatever and serve you in any way.
[email protected]
Attractive SJM seeks a nice Western
or Japanese female for friendship and
possibly more. Nonsmokers preferred.
I am confident that I can create fun
times for you. If you are ready, email
me. [email protected]
Attractive, cute and gentle SJM
seeking foreign female. Let's enjoy new
experiences and feel happier together.
Nonsmoker preferred. Waiting for your
response! Let's start with dialogue.
[email protected]
Crazy sex. I'm a normal guy, white, 30.
Normal sex is boring. I want crazy. Any
age, into crazy sex. Coffee/chat fine as
well. We can be buddies. Or not. Up to
you. [email protected]
Cute, athletic guy seeking older
woman. Athletic body, well-groomed,
nonsmoking and good fun. I'm always
being told I'm handsome, but I have
no confidence to approach women.
Seeking an older Japanese lady.
[email protected]
Daytime meet-ups in Omotesando
or elsewhere. Hi, I have free time during
the day. I thought Omotesando or
Shibuya would be nice, but anywhere
is ok. If you have time, let's meet.
Professional, 50, from the US and Italy.
[email protected]
Feminine, normal JF. English guy,
single, 30s, seeks an attractive,
feminine, normal JF, under 40, for a
serious relationship. p.h414@yahoo.
co.uk
Filipino lady wanted. Are you from
the Philippines? Englishman is hoping
to meet a Filipino lady. If you are openminded and would like to try something
new and exciting, please contact me.
[email protected]
New female friends in Kanagawa/
Tokyo. I am a JF, 30s, seeking new
female friends to hang out with. I like
movies, music (singing and listening),
museums, animals, nature, travel,
cafes, etc., but not singles parties. i_
[email protected]
French guy seeking JF. Successful
French guy seeking a clever and levelheaded partner. Seeking something
long-term, potentially leading to
marriage. If you're a serious, clever,
cute girl, please feel free to drop me a
line. [email protected]
Scuba diving. Are you a scuba diver?
I got Advanced Open Water in Feb last
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14.2 MEN LOOKING FOR
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MARRIED MAN SEEKING WOMAN.
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SEEKING SOMETHING REAL.
American financial professional,
early 40s, interested in meeting
a Japanese woman, early 30s,
for a serious relationship, maybe
more. Ideally have lived in
America and ok to return one day.
Nice, normal and casual - know
how to wear heels, but prefer flip
Japanese guy, around 40, speaks
English/Spanish, seeking a girlfriend for
a relationship leading to marriage in/
around Tokyo. I'm not highly paid, but
I am kind and humorous. My hobbies
are jogging, Latin dance, language
learning. [email protected]
JM seeking international friend.
JM, 175cm, 65kg, seeking international
friend for going out in Tokyo. My
hobbies are playing the alto sax, travel,
drinking and new things. Contact me.
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Kindhearted SJM, 30, good-looking,
seeks a SWF for friendship or maybe
more in Saitama/Tokyo. I like art,
karate, movies, relaxing in nature.
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Let's take a walk in the park
together! Good-looking guy from
the USA, 47, seeking a good-looking
Japanese woman, 40s or 50s.
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Love search. Tall black guy, 30,
living in Tokyo, seeking a kindhearted
girl, 20-35, any nationality. If you are
interested, drop me a line. evray7700@
yahoo.com
Mature and sophisticated Japanese,
some have said charming, seeking an
elegant, passionate, kind SWF. I dream
about wild nights as well as sharing the
simple pleasures of love. Is that you?
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30s, seeks a SJF for a relationship.
Love music, sports, business, good
food and drinks, movies, animals.
Entrepreneur with multi-million dollar
business, seeking a nice girl to spoil.
[email protected]
Mature JF. I'm seeking an experienced,
older Japanese female for a long-term
relationship. Divorced ok. I'm a quiet
African guy who loves to cook. Serious
replies only, please. I live in central
Tokyo. [email protected]
Think positive. Fit Caucasian man,
181cm, 75kg, living and working in
central Tokyo, financially independent.
I can't promise that I'm the one for you
or vice versa, but we can exchange a
couple of emails and take it from there.
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Mature JM seeking a cheerful and
mature lady for casual dates and
maybe more. Me: early 40s, financially
secure, living in Tokyo, enjoying life.
Let's have dinner or drinks to get to
know each other first! Prefer nonJapanese. [email protected]
Need a girlfriend... Hi, I am single,
34, Asian, intelligent, love music and
movies a lot. Kind and caring. I do not
judge people. Easygoing. If you're
interested, let me know. shiploo2003@
yahoo.com
Older women. I'm an attractive SJM,
26, seeking older foreign women
in Tokyo. European or American
preferred. Let's get some drinks and
see how it goes. benishigurenj@gmail.
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Professional European, 37, 186cm,
many say attractive, with varied
interests, is seeking a nice, attractive
girl for a relationship. ragaconi@
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Tokyo cosplay. I'm British, 35, tall,
athletic, seeking someone interested
in cosplay fun, Japanese or other
nationality. I'm new to this kind of
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and sincere! [email protected]
Where are you my love? Seeking
a partner who knows what love is
really about. You must be beautiful,
kind, loving, helpful, internationally
minded. I'm 39, loving, respectful,
kind, honest, fun and serious at times.
[email protected]
Young JM wants to have fun with
you. Hi, I'm eager to have sex. I think
I am handsome, kind, smart. Thanks.
[email protected]
14.3 WOMEN LOOKING
FOR MEN
Seeking lasting relationship. I am of
African decent, 30s, very entertaining,
seeking a serious relationship which
can lead to marriage. No one-night
stands. Contact me if you are serious.
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Seeking serious relationship. I
am black, 30s, seeking a decent lady
who is ready to settle down for a
long-term and serious relationship
possibly leading to marriage.
[email protected]
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Serious relationship European
man, 30, 180cm, living in Tokyo,
loves movies, music, travel, seeks a
serious relationship. 日本語大丈夫です.
[email protected]
Share an interesting life. Genuine,
well-traveled, creative, financially
secure single Englishman, late 40s,
in Kanagawa, with much to offer,
seeking uncomplicated, mature, openminded, attractive English speaker,
around 40, with conversation, who can
contribute to a meaningful relationship.
[email protected]
Simple relationship. Averagelooking Caucasian professional, 40s,
185cm, 85kg, seeks simple relationship:
drinks or dinner, chat about life, get
intimate if it feels right. Just want to
enjoy normal dating. Prefer intelligent,
adventurous, reasonably fit, healthy.
[email protected]
Single Japanese man, 22, living
in Tokyo, seeking a woman to take
the virginity of a man. ikumin1222@
hotmail.com
SJM for SWF/DWF. SJM, late 30s,
would like to have conversation,
coffee, drinks, lunch, dinner, your smile
and hopefully a serious meaningful
relationship. My interests are music,
art, photography, painting, movies,
jokes and you! No playgirls. Western
lady preferred. happymantarou@
yahoo.com
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SWM seeks outgoing, exciting SJF.
Attractive, easygoing, fun English male,
Friends, maybe more. Seeking a tall,
fit Caucasian guy, 28-45, for friendship
or maybe more. Let's meet for a coffee
first, no rush, please. Thanks. kittyan88@
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Fully aware it's a challenge for women
in their 40s to find an attractive bachelor,
but I think I have what it takes. Japanese
beauty, nearing mid-40s, flawless
skin, feminine figure, seeking new love
with a single professional gentleman.
[email protected]
Fun date/cita divertida. Attractive
JF, cute, fit, sweet, fluent in English,
nonsmoking, seeks a SWM (including
Latino) with the same qualities for dinner,
dance, especially Latin dance like salsa,
tango, etc. [email protected]
Future. SJF seeking a European SWM,
under 30, who loves the arts, music,
sports. Should be an artist, engineer,
developer. [email protected]
Japanese or Korean? I'm Japanese,
1/4 Korean, speak good English and
some Korean, seeking a sincere
Korean or Japanese guy. Love traveling.
Serious only, please. 2010mirai@gmail.
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Love t rave lin g . A t t r a c t i v e ,
feminine, bilingual, professional
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music, reading, dining out, the finer
things in life, seeking a mature,
sophisticated gentleman, 35-45, for a
meaningful relationship. Would love
to multiply happiness by sharing!
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Modest and humble SWM for serious
relationship. SJF, mid-30s, genuine and
down-to-earth, is seeking the same type
of man, someone who enjoys the simple
things in life and appreciates quiet
nights with nice food, books and music.
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New friends or more. Seeking a tall, fit
Caucasian guy, 32-45, for friendship or
maybe more if we click. Let's meet for
a coffee first, no rush, please. Thanks.
[email protected]
Russian female, 41, 173cm, single,
well-educated, working at a Japanese
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soulmate: tall SWM, 37-50, living in Japan.
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Beautiful brunette in great shape.
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and sense of humor, in addition to beauty
and being in great shape. Hoping to go
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your reply. [email protected]
Spanish season. Have you
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Seeking nice single US military
guy. SJF, 45, seeking a single white
military guy, over 40, retired/
ex-military/active duty, for long-term
relationship, possibly marriage. Am
charming, loving, sexy, well-educated,
look young. Let's meet for coffee.
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Seeking serious relationship. I'm
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SJF seeking serious relationship.
Genki Japanese woman, 44, divorced,
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Horoscope BY CATHRYN MOE
♥ Love ¥ Money ♣ Luck
ARIES
TAURUS
The Sun is exactly opposite Uranus on
Thursday, making this a week where
things build up until the subject is clear.
If you’re not a communicator, you’ll be faced with
either no time or becoming ultra specific. Once
you go to the nth degree, you’ll notice others won’t
mind because they know yours is made up. The
ups and downs in energy are part of the process.
Keep going. Let life motivate your choices.
Venus, your ruler, balances the way you
may be feeling this week. It transits your
sector of partnership. Mercury enters on
Sunday, knocking on the door for an opportunity
to create a meeting of the minds. This could be
pivotal. Let go of your point of view just temporarily. While you can always go back to how you see
things, you’ll open up a route—not to mention a
window—to let abundance in.
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GEMINI
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It’s a quiet morning and then *bam!*
suddenly it’s all go. Easy for you to
handle, though. When a Gemini lets
their mind soar, no one can keep up with them.
Jupiter in your solar second house uses up your
finances, but at the same time expands them. The
ebb and flow of this money tide keeps getting bigger and is a cycle you can enjoy. Mercury enters
your work and health sector to reveal a helpful
discovery.
Jupiter continues to transit your sign.
You may wonder where you’ll get
all your energy as being flavor of the
month has its ups and downs. The Moon in Cancer
on Friday and Saturday lets you chill out and prepare for Mercury entering your romantic sector.
Venus is already there, so communication gets the
ball rolling more easily than you may think. Just
watch out for those snappy comebacks.
LEO
VIRGO
Wise decisions with what nurtures
you means you may see returns or
dividends this week. Vesta, the temple
priestess, and Ceres are both in your solar second
house of money. You can’t undo what has gone
before, but you can restore what you have and
enjoy the renaissance of rebuilding. Getting ready
now with a step by step approach means you can
pace yourself. A partner is there for you.
It’s easy to let go of what has held you
back this week. A lot of this comes
from the opposition of Neptune to
your sign. As you’re in a mode of constant flow
and change, you begin to see the constants. You’re
actually ahead of the pack, due to your innate
sense of service and devotion to your ideals.
Ceres, the nurturer, and Vesta, priestess of wisdom, combine in Virgo to balance what’s unfair.
LIBRA
SCORPIO
Ever wonder where your place truly
is? Well, wherever you like! Know that
the constant change you experience
with Uranus opposite your sign keeps
you in the best possible position. Freedom is a
big ticket item, and expanding your confidence
comes easily. Mercury leaves Libra and enters
your money house on Sunday. That’s something
to consider as you shore up your resources to give
yourself time to play.
You may think that the concrete jungle
(or the leafy one) is just not for you right
now. There’s nothing like a bit of truth to
help you make a decision in your favor.
You can be busy every moment this week, but you
may choose to take time to leave open a window of
possibility. The words you think are the whispers
to your feelings, so be careful of your current “I
am” statements! Love is here if you want it. With
Venus in your sign, what kind do you prefer?
SAGITTARIUS
CAPRICORN
You’re a naturally popular sort, with
your willingness to see the good in
everything. Even when you agree the
world has a shadow, it never undoes
your optimism for long. Thank goodness! You
push through walls of wonder and find yourself
in a position only a person with a true sense of self
can enjoy. If there has to be a light in the darkness,
you are it. Pressures at work turn to personal paths
of power.
The weekend begins with a blend and
balance of all that you love and wish to
achieve. If that means having an early
evening or hiding from the crowds, so
be it. If you’d rather be out with the night lights or
wish upon a star, you’re right there with the best of
them. Power to grow and change becomes effortless as resistance towards achievement has fallen
away. All that is left is a sincere connection with
how you feel and whom you love.
AQUARIUS
PISCES
What can you think of to do that you
haven’t thought of before? It’s becoming
impossible to deny you are living from
your heart even with the presto-changeo energy everywhere. Art, and expressing your
passion becomes your raison d’etre. Somehow
the pieces fall together as the template continues
to rearrange itself. Following the thread reveals
that the pot of gold is found at the other end of
your feelings.
There is only so much you can do
with all the energy flowing in faster
and faster. This is a ‘Neptune in Pisces’
event so you may become the speaker
for what is going on. The Grand Water Trine that
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way to an ‘every man for himself’ feeling. Grand
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The Last Word
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WEST WINDS
Japan should open up to China the way it did with the US
By Lisa Gay
CHRISTI ROCHIN
S
hame what a spat over a
few desolate islands in the
Pacific Ocean has led to.
Chinese tourists were arriving in Tokyo with fat wallets and a
yen for shopping. It was estimated
that by 2013, Chinese tourists would
overtake South Koreans as the largest nationality of foreign visitors
gracing Japan’s shores—a rather
giddy projection. For obvious reasons, this didn’t happen. Instead,
according to JTA statistics, the number of Chinese visitors dropped by
over a quarter this year, even with an
attractively weak yen.
Leaving the woes of the travel
industry aside, it’s staggering how
t h is pol it ica l d ispute is upsett ing what shou ld have been an
i nc rea si ng ly posit ive relat ionship. Admittedly, many Japanese
have less t han positive feelings
towards China (somet hing pol l
after poll has found), but it seemed
the younger generation was a bit
more open-m inded about t heir
next-door neighbor. Larger contingents of Japanese students were
choosing to study at Chinese universities—nearly a quarter of outbound
students, in fact, were heading to the
Middle Kingdom in 2007.
And as well they should. The West
is stagnant, with little prospect of
robust growth. China admittedly
is slowing, but there’s still plenty of
growth left to do. The Japanese community in Beijing keeps a low profile,
but they are behind a number of
successful business ventures in the
capital, ranging from slick whisky
bars to hippy-dippy spas and upscale
hair salons. Not to mention—someone’s making all that plastic tat in
Daiso, and it sure isn’t Japan.
S o w h y a r e n’t mor e y ou n g
entrepreneurial Japanese taking
advantage of the low start-up costs
in China? In my experience, it is fear.
I recently invited some Japanese
friends of mine to come stay with
me in Beijing. While I tried to persuade them that Beijing is actually
quite safe (especially with a “local”
escorting them around), they had
unfortunately seen the frenzied
protests in front of the Japanese
embassy. They canceled their trip.
I didn’t quite blame them. Chinese nationalism can get ugly, and
there is widespread belief that the
Beijing authorities purposely allow
these protests to get out of hand—it
makes for great distraction from
the domestic problems the Chinese
face. Yet there is a significant portion
of young Chinese that have a great
love for Japanese products. Uniqlo
and Muji have become staples in
Chinese malls all over the country,
and Gulou, the haunt of Chinese
hipsters, is full of contraband translations of Japanese manga, boutique
zakka shops, cosplay groups and a
clearly Japan-inspired cat café. And
while tour groups may have slashed
their numbers, independent travelers are still taking advantage of
the lower yen and cheaper airfare.
A couple of (admittedly white-collar) Chinese friends of mine have
traveled to Japan this year, and all
came back with rave reviews over
the clean air, beautiful scenery and
polite manners of the locals.
We need more of t his. W hile
“grassroots” internationalization is
no longer quite the buzzword it was
back in the ’80s, Japan needs it again,
only this time, they need to direct it
towards their Asian neighbors. After
all, the JET program was primarily launched in response to being
“misunderstood” by the world (read:
Americans). While many complain
the program didn’t actually help
improve English skills in Japan, it
was a big success in introducing
thousands of young foreigners to
Japanese life every year. Many ’90s
alumni of JET have gone on to influential positions in business and
government, providing expertise
based on actual years of living in the
country.
Imagine how this could be applied
to China. There is a large cohort of
young Chinese already interested in
Japanese pop culture—if Japan invited
the most promising candidates to live
and work on their shores, then perhaps the wide gap between these two
countries could be breached. After all,
JET currently has only 77 Chinese participating in their program—compare
that to, say, the nearly 500 Canadians on board. Not to say Canada
isn’t important (although I might,
stubborn American that I am), but
Japan’s relationship with the world’s
second-largest economy should take
precedence.
If more Ch i nese yout h were
selected to live on Japanese shores,
perhaps the mutual fear and loathi ng t hat cha rac ter i zes t he t wo
biggest powers in Asia would start
to diminish. Forget politicians—
neither government will be able to
take charge on this matter. Small,
intimate exchange programs are
the way forward. Perhaps then, Chinese won’t think that the outrageous
views of blustery politicians actually
reflect the majority view, and Japanese will start to believe that China’s
“Peaceful Rise” isn’t merely media
hype—or worse, a clever ruse.
WHY AREN’T
MORE
YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURIAL
JAPANESE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF
THE LOW START-UP
COSTS IN CHINA?”
■ Lisa Gay is a freelance writer currently
based in Beijing
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