Life in a greenhouse offers an ecological escape from the city. Driving east along the highway, the concrete landscape and high-rise buildings of Tokyo gradually give way to green fields and trees. About two hours outside of the city center, a highway exit leads us into the Japanese countryside, full of bamboo forests, rice paddies…

J SELECT Magazine features takeaway, delivery and mail order services. Lots of vegetables and grill dishes from Sizzler Sizzler is offering a take-away set which includes fresh salad, deli salad, grilled dish, bread and famous cheese toast for 3 to 4 people to enjoy Sizzler at home. Salad Bar at home set includes 1.4kg of…

“Try to imagine Venice or Florence transported to the tropics and left for 50 years without a single coat of paint, a tightened screw, a roof tile replaced.”　Havana Run, Les Standiford The fishermen along the Malecon didn’t seem to be having much luck. “Turismo,” they said, neither resenting the word nor endorsing it, was ruining…

“The whole countryside was full of snakes sunning themselves along the roads and swimming in the ditches and newly flooded rice-fields… Out in Sesshu’s old garden behind the temple, the pond was starred with tiny twinkling water-lilies.”     Japanese Scrapbook, Glenn Shaw As notorious for their eulogies of places as they are for dampening the…

The farmer who has dropped by the local soba store, a rickety old building that also doubles as a general store and post office, is an expansive character, speaking fondly and at Homeric length about the area in which he lives.  “In our town we have three treasures,” he says, taking a late morning sip…

“Banksy Exhibition ~GENIUS OR VANDAL?” is an exhibition that has already been staged all over the world in places such as Moscow, Madrid, Lisbon and Hong Kong since 2018, gathering over 1 million people to see it. “Banksy Exhibition, Genius or Vandal?” will be held from March 15th (Sunday) to September 27th (Sunday) at Asobuild,…

Currently, it is estimated that there are 900 million Vegetarians (including Vegans) and about 1.8 billion Muslims (Halal) and Jews (Kosher) around the world. A lack of understanding of these people’s dietary restrictions and the delay in handling those restrictions have led to a significant loss of opportunities for consumption and reduced satisfaction with visits to Japan. In…

Tokyo is one of the most crowded cities in the world and also one of the shortest on available land area. So how might this megalopolis develop in the future? The Discovery Channel recently aired a solution, originally conceived by the innovative Shimizu Corporation, which looks to ancient Egypt for an answer that, should it…

On the 19th of December, LUMINE EST Shinjuku’s renewed restaurant floor on the 8th floor opened and introduced The PARK SHINJUKU. The PARK SHINJUKU is a free and open space based on the concept of a “transitioning park” where you can spend time with friends at a park enjoying food together. In this fun and…

Celebrate the end of the year and the Winter/Christmas season with a spectacular display of fireworks lighting up Odaiba and the night sky. This fireworks display will be running on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th of December. The show will begin at 7pm and lasts 5 minutes. The show on the 21st will also feature…