All posts tagged "City Life"

  • How to get your child’s foot in the door of a modeling agency in Japan

    Break into the world of modeling

    • Posted May 23, 2017
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  • Our Family Routine: Exploring Japanese Architecture

    See the city at its best and enjoy a great day out with your family through a visit to these architectural marvels.

    • Posted May 21, 2017
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  • What foreign residents say about quality of family life in Yokohama

    What inspires feelings about a city is the people that make up its community. There are 3.7 million residents (1.6M households)  including 75,297  foreigners who live and work in Yokohama,  Japan’s second largest city. What many people...

    • Posted April 7, 2016
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  • Jeremiah D. Welsh Talks Art

    The natural world is an ostensibly simple one. Its beauty, however, is deeply rooted in its complexity. This is the concept that fascinates artist Jeremiah Welsh. A new Tokyo resident, the Connecticut native encapsulates his unique outlook...

    • Posted May 4, 2013
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  • Life skills taught at Kidzania

    All parents have hopes for their children’s future. You can see the glint in Mum’s eye as she watches her little girl don a stethoscope and white coat. Who wouldn’t love to see their child grow up...

    • Posted May 27, 2010
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  • Budget browsing

    So what can one coin buy in these days of global economic meltdown? Plenty! Does a Japanese buck still have any bang left in it? Yes! If you have the time and the eye, you can usually...

    • Posted February 1, 2009
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  • Soul moving: Toriizaka art

    TF talks to Karen Thomas the owner of Toriizaka Art, an innovative salon gallery that shares its premises with her family’s Roppongi home.  Karen first moved to Tokyo in 1992 with her husband Jack and their two...

    • Posted November 4, 2008
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  • Arcadia: get your game face on!

    Photo © Elena Derevstova Has fun in the sun become a bit too wild for you, given the rough Tokyo climate? Take advantage of Japan’s exceptional technology, and let video games remedy that. Sure, getting really into...

    • Posted June 30, 2008
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  • One man and his brolly

    Weapon, prop, fashion accessory, and a good umbrella should be treated like an inseparable best friend during this season. It should be one with spokes of unbendable steel, light enough to tote around in a bag or...

    • Posted June 1, 2008
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