Kagurazaka, Tokyo
New York City is known for many things around the world. Rude cab drivers. Street hustlers. The people who sank the world economy. And all those are deserved parts of the city’s reputation, but so is a particular talent for that simple creation – the...
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As with many things (geopolitical conflict, musical movements), nothing is real until it goes viral on the internet. Although Burger King Japan introduced the Kuro Burger (kuro is ‘black’ in Japanese) two years ago, it was only this fall that the English...
Nishi Azabu, Tokyo
Photography is a peculiar job. Thus I found myself on a Monday afternoon accompanying a photographer friend to the Nishi-Azabu area of Tokyo. He was shooting for a Chinese newspaper on strange places to visit in Tokyo. Unfortunately I had missed the Owl Cafe part of...
Hiro-o, Tokyo
Japan has so many wonderful traditional approaches to cuisine from all over the world. More Michelin starred restaurants than Paris. Better Italian food than most of Italy. Yet somehow it still has a reputation for culinary weirdness. Burger Mania’s Cherry Cream...
Shibuya, Tokyo
Like many Japanese signs written in English, I’m sure Reg-On means something. It’s probably clever. Like many Japanese signs written in English, it’s also incomprehensible. I can spell it phonetically in Japanese katakana, but I have no clue what it...