Tokyo Fashion Week
Tokyo Fashion Week
By Kjeld Duits
NOT even nature’s fury can stop Japan’s fashionistas. As Typhoon Wipha lashed Japan during the third week of October, Tokyo’s Fashion Week went on as usual. Since luxury car maker Mercedes Benz became the main sponsor in 2011, the event has been gaining statu
Harajuku
Tokyo Journal Street Editor Kjeld Duits hits the streets with his lens to see what’s hot in Harajuku
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Tokyo Street Editorial
T OKYO’S weather was getting cooler when this issue went to press, but political discourse was heating up as Prime Minister Abe tried to pass a new state secrecy law. Opponents were alarmed. The bill would severely weaken Japan’s democracy and limit freedom of the press, they said. On November 20,
Tokyo Street Editorial
J ULY brought the noise of political campaigning to the streets of Japan, culminating with the upper house elections on July 21. Thanks to the popularity of Abenomics, the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito regained the majority it had lost in 2007.
Some worry that this might
Asakusa Souvenir Shops
THE large photo of a crowd walking past shops along the approach to the Buddhist temple Sensoji was taken some time in 1934. Notice that while most men and even the children wear Western clothing, the women still wear kimono.
The shops, known as Asakusa Nakamise, were great crowd pleasers. Their
Harajuku’s Link to the Olympics
Harajuku’s Forgotten Link with the Olympic Games
The 2020 Olympics will envelop Tokyo’s youth district of Harajuku, world famous as Japan’s center of street fashion. Every day tens of thousands of people come here to shop, hang out and see the latest trends. This square mile area is jam-packed w
The Tokyo Fish Market
The Tokyo Fish Market
If you ask anybody in Tokyo about the city’s Nihonbashi district, they’ll most probably call it a staid business area. The Bank of Japan and the Tokyo Stock Exchange are located there, so too the headquarters of many financial companies. Even the Mitsukoshi and Takashimaya
Tokyo Street Editorial
I T’S spring and there’s a scent of change in the air. For the first time in history, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor welcomed the incumbent president of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. For the first time in over 20 years, the Emperor and the Empress danced in public, and one of Japan’s most accla
Harajuku
Tokyo Journal Street Editor Kjeld Duits hits the streets with his lens to see what’s hot in Harajuku
The complete article is available in Issue #272. Click here to order from Amazon
Tsukiji in Tokyo
The world’s largest fish market thrills the senses
WHEN the new facilities for Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market were opened in 1935, the architects probably never imagined it would become such a popular tourist attraction. People from all over the world come in vast numbers to see the globe’s largest fish