Ceramic studio’s new website
My in-laws have been teaching ceramics in Tokyo for over 30 years. I recently helped them relaunch the website for their Shiho ceramic scho....
24 Jan 1:27 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo as example for how to rebuild Haiti
Urban planners Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava have a provocative essay in the New York Times about how post-war Tokyo can serve as an....
20 Jan 9:05 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mochi making parties
Mochi making parties are a winter community event. Above, a huge mochi party took place on Seijin no Hi (Coming of Age Day) on January 11 o....
19 Jan 6:10 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Clip-on retrofit of cities
Vanessa Keith has a provocative article about urban reforestation. Rather than focus on new buildings, a small percentage of any city, Keit....
19 Jan 9:19 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gardening for Strangers in Tokyo: New Huffington Post article
The Huffington Post published the English version of my recent Newsweek Japan article. Entitled “Gardening for Strangers in Tokyo,” it ....
13 Jan 6:21 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Newsweek Japan article (日本語)
Newsweek Japan published my article about how Tokyo gardening turns public space into social space. The Tokyo Eye column allows Japanese to....
12 Jan 9:57 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Asiajin Meets Chili: Akky Presents Japanese Tech Scene At Taipei’s Tech Community
Nii-hao, Taiwan! Asiajin co-founder Akky Akimoto is now in Taiwan.  On Saturday, he was invited to have a presentation on Japanese social ....
11 Jan 8:25 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
New Apple prototype store to have trees inside
An interesting article about Apple’s new prototype store in Palo Alto, the center of Silicon Valley. It will have a transparent glass fac....
11 Jan 9:04 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
City people connecting with the people growing their food
The last post about Big Globe reminded me of two recent dinners I attended in Tokyo and Kanagawa which featured food with visible and inter....
10 Jan 9:01 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Spoofing PM Tweets Cause Confusion, The Cabinet Office To Move Up The Day Of Real Account Launch
The cabinet advisor unveiled recently that Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama would start using Twitter in the beginning of next year to....
26 Dec 2:35 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shrines prepares for new year
The small shrine near our apartment is preparing for new year. The entrance gate has pine and bamboo decorations, and the tent is ready for....
26 Dec 9:02 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wild parrots in Hiroo
Walking on a small street in Hiroo, in central Tokyo, we heard a strange noise and saw some people staring at a persimmon tree. On closer e....
22 Dec 9:01 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Red Cross Promotes Blood Donation By Augmented Reality
Digital Signage Consortium[J] has set up digital signage devices at Akihabara station and on the streets around there, and is helping Japa....
20 Dec 12:40 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Street music
Many Tokyo train stations, and particularly Shinjuku station, are magnets for street musicians. Although not a “green space” in terms o....
20 Dec 9:04 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yahoo China Closes Online Photo Album, Users Are Ready To Sue Against It
Yahoo! China[C] shut down its online photo album service last Thursday, and it hit tens of thousands of Chinese people using the service. ....
16 Dec 1:10 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Taiwan’s Apple Daily: A New Style Of Making News Visible Gets The World’s Reputation
The world’s most successful professional golfer Tiger Woods is now facing adultery scandal.   Taiwan’s gossip news media Apple Daily ....
12 Dec 10:22 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Aoyama ginkos
Less famous than spring cherry blossom viewing or fall maple viewing, the Aoyama ginkos draw a crowd to see the gorgeous double allée of g....
5 Dec 10:43 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo
The Huffington Post published my article entitled “Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo.” I will become a regular blogger, so if you like the art....
3 Dec 11:35 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Holiday plants in Metro & Odakyu stations
I am not a big fan of the artificial tree or of Christmas. But Japanese love holidays, imported and national. I wonder whether the stations....
2 Dec 12:05 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Augmented Reality in Shibuya: Allows Street Walkers To Tag Anything Around The Town
In association with Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, NEC and Tokyu Agency(ad agency), Tokyu Corporation, which operates major ....
1 Dec 9:59 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Times: Tokyo’s urban design role
The Japan Times published my op-ed article “Tokyo’s urban design role.” My argument is that Tokyo’s past urban design failures para....
29 Nov 9:57 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Make Tokyo Meeting 04: Where You Can See Future, Magic And Junk In A Place
Last weekend at Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O’reilly Media’s mechatronics magazine “Make” held the 4th meeting[....
28 Nov 1:47 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Speaking at Pecha Kucha on December 2
Next Wednesday night (December 2) I will be speaking at Pecha Kucha night in Tokyo. The event brings together the widest possible variety o....
25 Nov 9:08 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae
I visited Odakyu’s Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae in Setagaya and was prepared to be charmed by a community vegetable farm bui....
22 Nov 10:54 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cute Girl Duo Gets A Higher Attention Than What They Promote
Tokyo-based start-up company Cerevo[J] will begin accepting orders for the company’s first product Cerevo Cam next Tuesday.   It’s an....
22 Nov 9:25 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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