All posts tagged "Community"

  • My Sticker Family

    Here’s something new and innovative that has families stuck on them – quite liteally! The Sticker Family is a series of creative fun stickers in the cartoon forms of the members of the family – from Mom...

    • Posted October 24, 2010
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  • Cupcakes, anyone?

    I am from London and believe it or not, I used to work in finance, but I gave up my job to follow my husband who was transferred back to Tokyo. I arrived last year.   When...

    • Posted October 24, 2010
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  • Suica or Pasmo: what’s the difference?

    How do more than 14 million people get around Tokyo each and every day? Well, most commute by bus, train, and subway, or some combination thereof.  But what are our payment options when using these methods of...

    • Posted August 30, 2010
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  • The pursuit of hap-pie-ness

    I have wondered if it is possible to do an A to Z of restaurant visits in Tokyo, starting with Austria and ending with Zaire.  My family and I have done quite a lot of the alphabet...

    • Posted March 29, 2010
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  • Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto

    Two robots are gently lowered into two adjacent corners of the competition ring—a square area divided by a central wall—by the students who built them. Facing them on the other side of the wall are two similar-looking...

    • Posted January 30, 2010
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  • Left behind

    You come home from the gym like any Saturday morning but this time the house is quiet. No "welcome home!" Not even an ambush with the honey-do list. Deafeningly quiet. The closets are empty, the suitcases are...

    • Posted October 31, 2009
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  • Suzuka 2009

    This October’s Japanese F1 Grand Prix will not be held at the relatively proximal Fuji Speedway, but at the Honda-owned Suzuka circuit located south of Nagoya. Lest the prospect of a four-hour drive or three hour train...

    • Posted August 31, 2009
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  • Nurturing art

    The ability to draw something “realistically” must seem almost magical to non-artists. Yet the skill to draw what your eyes see is very learnable. The art begins when you realize that you can choose what to see...

    • Posted July 26, 2009
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  • Friends of child protection

    Thank you so much to all of you who entered our Friends of Child Protection 2009 Essay Contest. We applaud you for making the commitment to help children in need in South Africa. You have done a...

    • Posted June 30, 2009
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  • Meet Dirk Rebel

    If you’re walking the streets of Tokyo and hear beautiful music coming from a tall majestic wooden box, it’s likely to be the 80-year-old Dutch street organ with its talented owner. Dirk Rebel, president of Deshima, an...

    • Posted May 30, 2009
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  • Meet Abigail Terrien

    The TF tribe talks to a foreign mum who is trying to fill a need for eco-friendly alternatives  in Tokyo. Where is your family originally from and what brought you to Japan? We are a very international...

    • Posted April 29, 2009
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  • Women in action

    The women around the table are not just good friends; they are a team collaborating on an important project to help children in need.  According to Friends of Child Protection (FCP), a charity based in South Africa,...

    • Posted April 29, 2009
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  • Happ-Ines

    Having just returned to Tokyo from her recent family vacation on Boracay Island in the Philippines, Inés Ligron is back in action – full throttle. Around her meetings are taking place, interviews are being conducted and photos...

    • Posted February 28, 2009
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  • Mami and Stephen: Fate by mistaken identity

    Cross-cultural, multi racial mingling is part and parcel of living in Japan. We invite couples to share their thoughts and speak up about life in our mixed up world. This month Mami and Boone Johnson join the...

    • Posted December 25, 2008
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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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  • Pachinko, millionaires, and more

    Min Jin Lee is an acclaimed author from New York City.  Her debut novel, FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES, won numerous critical appraisals, from the New York Times book review to USA Today.  She moved to Tokyo last...

    • Posted November 4, 2008
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  • Mamma Italiana

    Like a bubbling glass of Spumante, overflowing with life, Tiziana Alamprese brings her vibrant personality to Japan. As head of the Fiat Country division here, she is on a mission to ensconce the baby Fiat Cinquocento firmly...

    • Posted August 28, 2008
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  • Making magic

    Tokyo's greatest children's entertainer gives the game away

    • Posted June 1, 2008
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  • Party antics

    Planning the big event

    • Posted June 1, 2008
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  • Global Rock Challenge

    The Rock Challenge is a unique and exciting opportunity for students to take part in a dance, drama, music, and design spectacular. Consider it a mini-musical-mime or dance-dramatization of a story to an 8-minute self-designed soundtrack. Since...

    • Posted June 1, 2008
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  • Wheeling out an epic

    In May 2005, Leigh Norrie left his house and went on a bike ride… to the rest of Japan.  After a lonely and grueling six months, he’d pedaled 10,000 kilometers through every prefecture, all 41, north to...

    • Posted April 4, 2008
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  • Be a true pen-pal

    Before the advent of the Playstation and Wii, Santa had children overjoyed with just a bike, a book, and a Christmas stocking. Somewhere between a tangerine and a walnut, you might have been lucky enough to pull...

    • Posted April 4, 2008
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  • An exceptional program serves diverse family needs

    As any teacher will tell you, no two children are alike and each one learns and develops at his or her own pace. Some children, however, may need extra help in a certain area, whether it is...

    • Posted March 6, 2008
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