Sunday, April 8, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
21st-century schizoid menswear
By SAMUEL THOMAS
Never before has the creative schism at the heart of Japanese menswear been more evident than during the recent Mercedes-Benz ... |
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Fashion Week Tokyo escapes comfort zone
By MISHA JANETTE
In what was the second season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo since the German car-maker crucially stepped in as lead ... |
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
CLOSE-UP: Naohiko Jinno
Master of public finance brings life to numbers
By TOMOKO OTAKE
Born the grandson of a once-prosperous textile manufacturer in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, Naohiko Jinno says that when he was growing ... |
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Petals 'perfect beyond belief' stir poetic
By MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Two natural facts have had a disproportionate impact on Japanese culture: cherry blossoms are beautiful, and they fall. ... |
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Blooms of death
By MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Sunday, March 25, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Sakura: Soul of Japan
By MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Sunday, March 18, 2012
WEEK 3
Plan to N-shrine reactors for millennia
By EDAN CORKILL
Sunday, March 18, 2012
WEEK 3
Ryunosuke Akutagawa in focus
By ERIKO ARITA
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
STYLE WISE
Mixing and matching wardrobes for Japan's The Reality Show
By MISHA JANETTE and SAMUEL THOMAS
The Reality Show, a Tokyo-based bilingual glossy magazine, is nothing like the TV genre it borrows its name from. ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 HOME TRUTHS
Little houses crammed in a big city
By PHILIP BRASOR and MASAKO TSUBUKU
The neighborhood of Minami Senju in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward is serviced by three train lines that provide easy, quick access ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 LIFE & STYLE
TED offers everyone the chance to speak or perform
By JULIAN LITTLER
TED — the increasingly popular New York based, California-held ideas event— is coming to Tokyo. The conference, whose speakers were ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Kohei Nawa's 'White Pulse' breathes life into a commercial space
By DANIELLE DEMETRIOU
Kohei Nawa is the only Japanese artist commissioned by Rei Kawakubo to create works for the interior of Tokyo's new ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Dover Street Market Ginza: a bazaar concept
By DANIELLE DEMETRIOU
Twisting white poles. Wooden tree sculptures. Metal cages. Giant insects. And yes, an elephant. ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
WORDS TO LIVE BY
Yasuo Sasano, manager of Kurumi Mansion
By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
Yasuo Sasano, 62, is the manager of Kurumi Mansion, an extended-stay hotel in Tokyo's Koto Ward. Located on the Sumida ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
ON DESIGN
Double espresso or a Twin Tea Cup?
By JEAN SNOW
The Occupy movement's cry of "One percent!" has been a recurring feature on the world news these past few months. ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Why not slow down the pace and enjoy the countryside?
By ROBERTO DE VIDO
Last summer, a farmers market called Sukanagosso opened up in my village in western Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the timing ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
STYLE WISE
Chanel's little black jacket
By MISHA JANETTE and SAMUEL THOMAS
Since 1983, Karl Lagerfeld has steered Parisian brand Chanel as the world's reigning barometer of chic. Now he's about to ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Celebrating friendship with Japan and 100 years of U.S. hanami
By MANAMI OKAZAKI
Once an activity for the nobility of the Imperial court in Japan, hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) became a popular tradition among ...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
HOME TRUTHS
Don't judge a house by its exterior
By PHILIP BRASOR and MASAKO TSUBUKU
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Pretty in print: Marni at H&M dares to be bold
By DANIELLE DEMETRIOU
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Educator, writer, farmer Gregory Clark
By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
ON DESIGN
A stylish support crew for the home
By JEAN SNOW
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
A man with big plans for the small world of bonsai
By STEPHEN MANSFIELD
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