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  • 08/31/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Beer Garden in Tokyo Midtown

Did you visit any beer garden in Tokyo this summer?? If you didn’t have a chance, and are upset about it, this is good news for you! While?most beer gardens close in August,?there is?a beer garden that opens in September in Tokyo Midtown.? What makes this more special is that you can enjoy beer, directly shipped from Hofbr辰uhaus, a famous brewery in Munich, Germany.? There are?sausage imported from Germany, and Seafood from Sapporo (which is a sister city of Munich) too. Also, don’t miss the Yodel show by Sakura Kitagawa! Kitagawa is one of the world’s greatest Yodel singer, who won the top grade at the Yodel fest in Switzerland. At this stage, she will sing the Yodel that would be on the October Fest in Munich, even mimicking the accent! Relax on the grass, and enjoy the real German beer, food, and show! Tokyo Midtown Deutscher Biergarten Location: Tokyo Midtown Period: Sep.3 – 26 Open Hours : Weekdays 16:00?22:00, Sats&Suns 11:00?22:00 Website: http://www.eyema-ent.co.jp/event/biergarten/2010.html (Japanese) — Higherground Co.,Ltd. 2-8-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-6459-2230 HP:http://www.higherground.co.jp/ TOP PAGE:?https://livingtokyo.net/

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  • 08/30/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Apartment in Azabu, Tokyo

S-court Azabu-juban #501 ???Finished/腟?篋???? Agent Commission 50% off! Studio Type Floor Area: 23.21 sqm / 249.84 sqft Address:? 3-14-3, Azabu-juban, Minato-ku, Tokyo Access: 2 minutes walk to Azabu-juban Station / Namboku Line, Oedo Line Completion: Aug. 2001 Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete Rent: JPY99,000/month Management Fee: JPY10,000/month Key Money: 1 month Deposit: 1 month Parking: None Pets: Not?Allowed S-court Azabu-juban is located near Azabu-juban station. A drug store and a convenience stores are within 1 minute walk. Also walkable to Roppongi Hills: about 1.2km far. Pretty close to the?capital freeway, so the atmosphere?is not?very quiet. Auto-lock entrance. Elevator Hall. Room entrance and shoes closet. Corridor and kitchen. The kitchen has only one stove, and there is not much space for cooking… Washed dishes can be placed on the rack above the sink. Rest room and bath room. Living dining room, with a closet. View from the balcony. ???散???鐚?????鴻?潟?若??藝糸???????? 莖????鐚?99,000??? ??件?霚若??鐚?1/1 篁俄???????井??50鐚?Off Thank you for checking S-court Azabu-juban. — Higherground Co.,Ltd. 2-8-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-6459-2230 HP:http://www.higherground.co.jp/ TOP PAGE:?https://livingtokyo.net/

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  • 08/29/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Tokyo Dog Cafes

I’ve talked about cat cafes, so it would be unfare if nothing was said about dogs 🙂 As well as cat cafes, there are Dog Cafes too.? But the concept is different: Cat cafes are where cats owned by the shop wait for you.? Dog cafes are where you take your own dog, and sometimes have meal together.? Of course it is all right to?go to dog cafes if you aren’t with dogs. Enjoy the comfortable time with your dog,?and communication with other pet owners 🙂 Gallery Cafe Bar Enyen Address: 15-8-2, Azabu-juban, Minato-ku, Tokyo Open Hours: 11:30~23:00 HP: http://enyen.jp/ (Japanese) Rieta Nero Address: 15-9-2, Kita-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Open Hours: 11:00~24:00 HP: http://www.forza.co.jp/rieta-nero/ (Japanese) Cafe Madu Address: 1-8-5, Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Open Hours: 11:00~23:00 Remarks: Dogs allowed in terrace, open areas. HP: http://www.hakka-group.co.jp/index.php?Cafe%20Madu%20Aoyama (Japanese) — Higherground Co.,Ltd. 2-8-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-6459-2230 HP:http://www.higherground.co.jp/ TOP PAGE:?https://livingtokyo.net/

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  • 08/28/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Tokyo Cat Cafes

Tokyo is a very convenient metropolis, everything in the reach of your hand…but there is little space for people to live in.? Many people are cramed into small rooms, often being unable to have pets. Looking for your room, maybe you have experienced a scene like this: location, good.? size, ok.? view, splendid!? pets…not allowed… Of course there are many rooms at which having pets are OK or negotiable, but even if you can’t have pets in your own room, you don’t have to give up having a lovely time with animals. Have you heard of?Cat?Cafe (??????????) ?? It is a theme cafe whose attraction is cats that can be watched and played with.??Customers pay a cover fee, generally hourly, and hence cat cafes can be seen as a form of supervised indoor pet rental. Below are some Cat Cafes in the center of Tokyo.? Find your favorite cats, and have a great time with them! 🙂 Neko Cafe Hapineko ???Address: 3-28-2, Dougenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ???Open Hours: 11:00~23:00 ???HP: http://hapineko.com/index.html (Japanese) Nyafe Melange ???Address: 13-7-1, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ???Open Hours: 11:00~22:00 ???HP: http://www.nyafe-melange.com/ (Japanese) — Higherground Co.,Ltd. 2-8-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-6459-2230 HP:http://www.higherground.co.jp/ TOP PAGE:?https://livingtokyo.net/

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  • 08/27/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Apartment in Harajuku, Tokyo

Crest Omotesando #104??????Finished/腟?篋???? Agent Commission 50% OFF! Bedrooms: 1 Floor Area: 111.98 sqm / 1205.38 sqft Address: 9-15-3, Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Access: 7 minutes walk to Meijijingu-mae Station / Chiyoda Line 8 minutes walk to Omotesando Station / Chiyoda Line, Ginza Line, Hanzomon Line 9 minutes walk to Harajuku Station / JR Yamanote Line Completion: Oct. 2005 Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete Rent: JPY450,000/month Key Money: 1 month Deposit: 2 months Contract: 2 years Parking: None Pets: Not Allowed Crest Omotesando stands on the back street of Harajuku, with numerous small shops and museums.? Close to Omotesando Hills, Laforet Harajuku, Kiddy Land, and more! Entrance. There is no common entrance like usual apartments.? Enter the room directly. The door is glass-made.? You can see the outside from the door, but pedestrians can see inside the room as well. Windows facing the street is fogged.? It cannot be opened widely (opened to the max in the photo). Living dining room. Lightings are movable on the track. Kitchen.? One cooking stove might be convenient if you cook at home. Bath room and rest room. You can adjust the height of the shelfs on the cabinets and closet 🙂 Bedroom has a roof-light window, but […]

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  • 08/26/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo

???Urban Oasis??? Have you been to any Tokyo gardens? Even within the heart of Tokyo, many Japanese gardens are maintained for public admission, in such places as temples, hotels,or the ex-mansions of feudal lords. Here is the samples of the Japanese gardens of Tokyo. ex)??? Happoen (????喝??); Previously the mansion of a daimyo lord. The beautiful garden is now used for wedding ceremonies.? Shirokanedai, Minato-ku. ??? KyuShibarikyu-onshiteien (??ц????√??????綺???); this garden of a daimyo lord from the early Edo-period.?? Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku. ??? Kiyosumiteien (羝?羮?綺???); A garden circuit, situated around a central pond and pine trees.? Kiyosumi, Koto-ku. These gardens include the traditional Japanese-style gardens such as ???pond circuit???gardens designed for viewing while strolling around a central pond, as well as Zen-influenced karesansui (???臼羂?, ???dry???) gardens that use sand and rock to express mountain and water. These enable you to experience a refined beauty that is unique to Japan. ???Shinjuku Gyoen??? Shinjuku Gyoen (??医?緇∴??)?was constructed on the site of a private mansion belonging to Lord Naito (?????ゆ??), a daimyo of the Edo era. It’s completed in 1906,originally created as a garden for the Imperial Palace. Shinjuku Gyoen in 1934. It was re-designed as a national garden after World War? and opened to […]

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  • 08/25/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Apartment in Hiroo, Tokyo

Maison Dolce Agent Commission 50% OFF! Bedroom: 1 Floor Area: 116.67 sqm / 1255.87 sqft Address: 33-5-3, Nishi-azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Access: 8 minutes walk to Hiroo Station / Hibiya Line 9 minutes walk to Roppongi Station / Hibiya Line, Oedo Line 13 minutes walk to Nogizaka Station / Namboku Line Completion: Mar. 1985 Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete Rent: JPY480,000/month Management Fee: JPY55,200/month Key Money: 1 months Deposit: 3 months Parking: Available Pets: Negotiable Maison Dolce stands right next to the Embassy of Ukraine. 5 minutes walk to Roppongi Hills, and also close to Kougai park (膃??????) and Arisugawakinen Park (??????綏?荐?綽球????). Entrance. Lobby and garden. Room entrance. Corridor. Rest room. Living dining room. The living dining room can be divided into 2 rooms. Don’t be rough when you move the partition: it’s quite squeaky. Balcony. Kitchen?is with?4 cooking stoves. Bed room with a dresser and a walk-in closet. Prefabricated bath room connected to the bed room. By the way, there was a gecko sticking on the outside of the window.? Azabu is full of green and nature, so I recommend you considering if you like it or not. As this room is on the ground floor, you may be seen by pedestrians […]

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  • 08/24/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Tokyo Imperial Palace

???The Imperial Palace??? The Imperial Palace (???絮?)?is located in the center of Tokyo(Kokyo Gaien, Chiyoda-ku). It was originally the inner courtyard of Edo Castle (羆???後??), is now the official residence of the emperor and empress of Japan. Picture of Edo Castle. Once surrounded by 5 great moats, with many gated entrances, the palace grounds now have only portions of one moat. And a guard post on the eastern corner of the grounds that gives some impression of the size and glory of the original castle. The present imperial residence is a combination of Japanese and Western architecture that reflects the cultural heritage of Japan and the role of the imperial family. On the emperor’s birthday and on January 2, selected audience of the public are permitted to enter the palace grounds to celebrate and greet the emperor. The still heavily wooded grounds are especially visible from high-rise buildings in the city. Dispite its location in the heart of Tokyo, broad green space still prevails. By the way, the Imperial Palace is popular with runners. It is about 5km around, you can see many people running around it. In japan, we have two famous gold medalists of marathon in Olympics, so […]

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  • 08/23/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Apartment in Nishi-azabu, Tokyo

Apartments Nishi-azabu Kasumicho??????Finished/腟?篋???? Agent Commission 50% off! No Key Money! Free?Rent 1 month! Address:? 6-15-4, Nishi-azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Access: 10 minutes walk to Hiroo Station / Hibiya Line 13 minutes walk to Roppongi Station / Hibiya Line Completion: Jul. 2008 Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete Key Money: JPY0 Deposit: 2 months Contract: 2 years Parking: Available Pets: Negotiable Apartments Nishi-azabu Kasumicho stands on Ushi-zaka (??????) hill.? Ushi-zaka, literally meaning ‘Cow Hill’, is one of the numerous hills in Azabu district.? It is said that Ushi-zaka was named because many cow carriages frequented here in the Heian era. Though close to the capital freeway,?the neighborhood?is relatively quiet. Auto lock system is used for the entrance. Entrance hall. #104 ???Finished/腟?篋???? Bedrooms: 2 Floor Area: 121.80 sqm / 1311.08 sqft Rent: JPY490,000/month #104 is a maisonette on the 1st and B1 floor. Entrance. Rest room. Kitchen with IH cooking stoves. Living dining room. Bed room with a walk-in closet. The living dining room and the bed room can be divided. Greenery surrounds the whole apartment 🙂 To the B1 floor.? The stairs squeak a bit… Bed room. Rest room. Powder room and bath room. #201 Bedrooms: 2 Floor Area: 76.29 sqm / 821.21 sqft Rent: […]

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  • 08/22/2010
  • 03/01/2021

???Noh???- performance with long history in Japan

Do you know what the traditional Japanese stage arts are?- Noh (???), Kabuki (罩????篌?), Bunraku (???罐?)?and Kyogen (???荐?). Among them, Noh is the oldest form of theater in Japan. Its origins go back to ancient times, but it was the 14th century that it began to flourish. Noh was for members of the warrior or samurai class, whereas kabuki was for the common people. ???Noh theater in Shibuya.??? In Shibuya ward,there is ???Kanze Noh Theater (荀割????醇ソ???)???,1-16-4, Shoto, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. Kanze Noh Theater was constructed Ogawacho in Shinjuku-ku and then it transferred to the present site because of the construction of highway and subway in 1972.???The capacity of the theater is 552 seats and the location is about 10 minutes from Shibuya Station(Hachiko exit). The ???Kanze (荀割??)???means the names of two persons(Kanami (荀渇?水璽)?and Zeami (筝???水璽),they were father and his son),who completed the style of Noh. Noh has the main four troupes and a style ,Kanze,Houjou,Konparu,Kongou and Kitaru, which have been handed on for a long time. The Kanze-style was constructed in 1900 following the establishment of the Association of Kanze, the central organization of the Kanze-style, which has based its activities. The Kanze-style with the largest membership in the world of […]