“A product should be a joy, bringing happiness equally to the manufacturer, seller, and purchaser. If the product makes the manufacturer and seller happy, but not the purchaser, your business has strayed from the honorable path.” Sontoku Ninomiya, philosopher. From Tabio website.
Oh, this one’s easy because it’s all been done for me. Superfuture lists the most interesting shops and provides (mostly) useful maps (sometimes they leave shops on the map WAY after they’ve gone though. Beats me.)
Tokyo must be a city almost unrivalled in density. Zach, the guy who’s asked me to put down my thoughts about Tokyo, wants to know about places to experience the dense city lifestyle, so the task ought to be easy. But in a city where pretty much everything is dense, where to begin?
To start [...]
I include these as an intermezzo… I didn’t visit many of the above during my times in Japan, so I don’t feel like I’m the right person to ask about them. Nevertheless…
Firstly, I personally think that Tokyo itself is quite disappointing for historic structures. I know a lot of tourists go to the temples [...]
So, I went to bed last night and immediately started thinking of all the places to eat in Tokyo that I love, but hadn’t said anything about. So here is (some of) the rest of the list…
Tonkatsu. Tonkatsu is pork fillet crumbed in special Japanese crumbs. It is delicious, and often not done particularly [...]
