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Traveling to Kerala
Written on 26 Feb, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Space to Breathe
I left my home at my ashram to visit the larger sister ashram in Kerala. The overnight journey by train was not my most comfortable trip, despite the luxury of a two-bunk room (shared with a local woman). Nonetheless, I love travel in India by train. I relaxed for a day, visiting with a few [...]... (Continue reading)
Beams T, Meets Nike in Harajuku
Written on 22 Feb, 2010 at 18:55 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
The cult fashion store Beams T shirt gallery, opened a special exhibition with the theme, “Sport is Art” in the back streets of fashionable neighborhood Harajuku, the Japanese clothing store launched a limted edition collaboration with sportswear giants Nike this week. Window display featuring revolving T shirt signage 24 Days left! The whole store has [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Homecooked Jamaican Food
Written on 22 Feb, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
Who doesn’t love Jamaican food? Growing up in a multi-cultural community just outside Toronto made $2 Jamaican beef patties and coco bread a lunch stable in Jr High. Naturally, I made a beeline for JamRock as soon as I heard it opened. I was ecstatic to find home cooked dishes like Stew Peas & Rice, [...]... (Continue reading)
Glow in the Dark Party
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 12:23 in Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle
by Rebekah Chan For a piece of pop culture, head down to Air in Daikanyama. This trendy club was featured in Sophia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, as the place where Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson end up one night. It is also where Ko Kimura, Japan’s veteran house music DJ, spins once a month. Ko [...]... (Continue reading)
AC/DC
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 12:20 in Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle
by Rebekah Chan Rock royalty from the land of Oz comes to Saitama Super Arena for two concerts in March. Their Tokyo stop is a part of their tour to promote the 2008 release of their highly successful Black Ice album. It also was recently announced that they released a new album entitled AC/DC: Iron [...]... (Continue reading)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude LIFE=WORKS=PROJECTS
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 12:17 in Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle
by Rebekah Chan 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT is now hosting a special exhibition entitled Christo and Jeanne-Claude LIFE=WORKS=PROJECTS. This husband and wife duo was known for their larger-than-life art installations including wrapping the Reichstag (old German parliament building) in Berlin with silver fabric and erecting 7,503 saffron-colored gates in New York’s Central Park. As if they [...]... (Continue reading)
Brand New Heavies
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 12:12 in Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle
by Rebekah Chan Acid jazz and funk gurus Brand New Heavies reunite with soul sister N’Dea Davenport to bring Japanese audiences sounds from their latest and greatest. They announced last year that 2010 would bring two new studio albums: Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 2 and an untitled album featuring N’dea Davenport on vocals again. Heavy [...]... (Continue reading)
Andrew Abbey
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 9:00 in Business, Entrepreneur Profiles
After establishing himself in the corporate arena abroad, Andrew Abbey moved to Japan to teach English, and eventually ended up starting his own English training company. Along with his business partner, Paul James, Abbey now runs Platinum Training Consultants, where he works with Japanese companies to train their employees not only in the English language, [...]... (Continue reading)
For God’s Sake!
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 9:00 in Business, The View From Here
by Ian de Stains OBE If I were inclined to believe in God, I suppose I would be thanking Her now for the many small miracles we saw in Haiti: survivors pulled alive from the very hell of devastation weeks after the massive earthquake there. But the fact is that any such inclination has been [...]... (Continue reading)
Monna Lisa, Ebisu
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 9:00 in Lifestyle, Tokyo Tables
by Stephen Parker Trainee chefs can usually only stand one year in Joël Robuchon’s infamous Parisian ‘kitchen from hell,’ but Monna Lisa owner Toru Kawano apprenticed there for three grueling years, as well as cutting his teeth in Paris’ other top restaurants including Guy Savoy and Georges Bulan. Surviving the recession was easy compared to [...]... (Continue reading)
