Tokyoite’s blog
Posted in lifestyle on Oct 23rd, 2004
Tokyo Tower’s pink lighting this evening is part of the campaign to promote awareness of breast cancer which sees monuments in over 40 countries illuminated in pink light. Other famous icons taking part in this year’s Global Illumination Campaign from around the globe include the Empire State Building in New York; the Leaning Tower of […]
Posted in lifestyle on Oct 23rd, 2004
The Niigata prefecture has been hit by several earthquakes today, one measuring a magnitude of 6.8, about 250km from Tokyo. The M6.8 quake hit at 5:56 p.m., the second one, measured M5.9 and hit at 6:12 p.m., and the third, measured M6.3 and hit at 6:34 p.m. A M5.0 quake hit the area two minutes […]
Posted in lifestyle on Oct 21st, 2004
Typhoon T23, called Tokage or Lizard, hit Tokyo last evening. Its size was big with a radius of over 500 km, reaching winds of 229 km/h. It is the deadliest typhoon in more than two decades in Japan. Storms and floods have killed more than 100 people in Japan this year and caused hundreds of […]
Posted in lifestyle on Oct 9th, 2004
Do you have any trouble to find the perfect table for your apartment ? I did. Until one my Japanese friend gave to me a precious magazine: Interior Shop Guide, from Seibido Mook. Japanese magazines are often a mine of information. This one is publishing a list of furniture shops in Tokyo. Description of the […]