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12/02/2010
02/27/2021

Year’s End Event in Japan – Bonenkai

If you stroll into an Izakaya (Japanese style pub) in the year’s end, you will be told that all the tables are taken, with high probability.? In December, many Izakaya and restaurants are likely to be the most crowded throughout the year.? One reason for this might be Christmas celebration, but there is a far larger reason, Bonenkai. Bonenkai (綽?綛岩??) literally means ‘forget-the-year-gathering’.? It is held to drink, eat, and forget all the bad things occurred in the going year. Some Bonenkai are done to gather with personal friends, but most of them are held among work-related communities.? For some Japanese companies, Bonenkai is an official event. Well, it is not that the Japanese people are so depressed, and cannot get along without forgetting everything.? It is just that people are always looking for an excuse to gather up and drink, and this must be common among many countries 🙂 Also, in the new year, Shinnenkai (??医拘篌?, new-year-gathering) would be held.? If you are to have a meet up at an Izakaya during this season, an early reservation is a must! — 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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12/01/2010
02/27/2021

Apartment in Hiroo

Windsor?House Hiroo?#204??????Finished/腟?篋???? Agent commission 50% OFF! No Key Money! Bed Rooms:?3 +F Floor Area: 185.60 sqm / 1997.85 sqft Address:? 33-5-2,?Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Access:?9 minutes walk?to?Ebisu Station /?Hibiya Line, JR Yamanote Line 11?minutes walk?to?Hiroo?Station /?Hibiya Line Completion: Jun. 2003 Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete Rent: JPY900,000/month Management?Fee: JPY0 Key Money:?JPY0 Deposit:?2 month Parking: Available Pets:?OK Hiroo is known as a luxurious residential area with many large apartments,?but at the same time, the area is abundant with?small, old shops.? There are sweets shops, pharmacies, kimono shops, etc. There are also some shrines in the neighbor. Entrance. Courtyard. Room entrance. Entrance. There are shoes closets on both sides of the door. A board in front of the entrance. Doesn’t have any functions, but it makes the room look stylish 🙂 Rest room. Kitchen, with 4 cooking stoves, and a dish washer. Utility space, in the back of the kitchen. Family room. Living dining room is very roomy (52.2 sqm)! Balcony. It is pretty large, but the column and the bump may make it difficult to utilize the whole space. Rest room. Powder room. Bath room. The found form of the racks and taps are very neat 🙂 Bed rooms. Master’s bed room, with a […]

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11/30/2010
02/27/2021

Gallery Dojunkai, Omotesando

Have you visited Omotesando Hills in Tokyo?? If so, the?architecture designed by Tadao Ando (絎???ゅ?????) must have caught you eyes. Before this modern building was built, there was an apartment in this place.? The name of the apartment was Dojunkai Aoyama Apart?(???羹や?????絮宴?≪????若??), which was an old building completed in 1927. This apartment is not completely gone.? Did you notice?that the eastern edge of Omotesando Hills is not covered with glass?? This?part is?the reused Dojunkai Aoyama Apart. The 2nd floor of this rebirthed Dojunkai is used as an art gallery.? It is a small gallery that exhibits modern arts, which goes very well with the stylish city of Omotesando. Boutiques are of course attractive, but finding other charms of Omotesando is amusing too 🙂 Gallery Dojunkai Location: Omotesando Hills Website: http://www.gallerydojunkai.com/gallery.htm (Jap) — 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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11/29/2010
02/27/2021

Furnished Apartment in Roppongi

Roppongi Duplex?M’s?#502??????Finished/腟?篋???? Agent commission 50% OFF! Bed Rooms: 2 Floor Area: 105.55 sqm / 1136.17 sqft Address:? 50-16-5, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Access:?5 minutes walk?to?Roppongi Station /?Hibiya Line,?Oedo Line 8?minutes walk?to?Roppongi-icchome?Station /?Namboku Line Completion: Jun. 2008 Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete Rent: JPY500,000/month Management?Fee: JPY0 Key Money:?1 month Deposit:?2 month Parking: Available Pets:?Not Allowed Roppongi Duplex M’s is a furnished apartment, with good access from the busy streets of Roppongi. It is pretty close to Tokyo Tower, too (it was too bright this day to get a good photo…) This is Roppongi, so of course, there are many?attractions in this area. Ramen restaurants, Hard Rock Cafe, Sushi bars, Don Quijote, and more! There is a cafe on the ground floor of Roppongi Duplex M’s. Entrance with a chandelier, soaring 3 floors high. Entrance on the 5th floor. The Auto-lock entrance is not on the ground floor, but are on each residential floors. Lobby on the 5th floor. Powder room, with utility space. Bath room, equipped with bath room dryer. Rest room. Living dining room. Walk-in closet in the living dining room. Kitchen in the back of the living dining room, with a dish washer and 3 induction cookers. This kitchen is pretty small, […]

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11/28/2010
02/27/2021

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum (??延根??遵梱???臂?茵?蕕?) is a museum in Meguro, Tokyo.? There?are temporary?exhibitions 5-6 times an year, but the main exhibition of this museum is the building and the garden itself. The building of the museum was built in 1933, as the mansion of Asakanomiya (???薤?絎?), member of the Imperial family.? The style is Art Deco, which stormed Europe in the 1920s to 30s. The building was mainly designed by a French designer, and many of the interior accessories are from France and other countries.??Parts of the building were designed by a Japanese architect who belonged to the Imperial Household Ministry, and added some Japanese touch. Teien (綺???), of Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, means garden.? This fact shows that the garden is the main attraction. The garden consists of the grass garden, Japanese garden, and Western garden.? Various flowers will amuse you throughout the seasons.? There are outdoor exhibitions, such as carvings, and a tea cermony house too. Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum Location: Meguro Website: http://www.teien-art-museum.ne.jp/info/e_index.html (Eng) — 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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11/27/2010
02/27/2021

Christmas Shopping in Tokyo

It’s the season of Christmas preparation! Many ornaments are seen at discount stores etc.? If you are missing Christmas goods from the US or Europe, there is a shop where you can find them. Daikanyama Chiristmas Company is a full-year Christmas shop in Daikanyama, Tokyo.? They have many ornaments, snowdomes, and more, from the West.? Also, there are original goods which the shop ordered to European craftmen,?are only available at this shop. Many of?the goods sold here?are hand-maid, with no same product in the world.? The warmth of hand-maid goods?shall bring you a?nice Christmas. Shop early, and have a merry, well-prepared Christmas! Daikanyama Christmas Company Website: http://www.christmas-company.com/index.html (Jap) — 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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11/26/2010
02/27/2021

La Tour Ichigaya Sadohara, Apartment near Shinjuku

La Tour Ichigaya Sadohara?#W202 Agent commission 50% OFF! No Key Money! Bed Rooms: 3 Floor Area: 131.6 sqm / 1416.6 sqft Address:? 1-17-3, Ichigaya Sadohara-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Access:?7 minutes walk?to?Ichigaya Station /?Yurakucho Line, Namboku Line, JR Lines 7 minutes walk?to?Ushigome Kagurazaka?Station /?Oedo Line Completion: Mar. 2007 Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete Rent: JPY780,000/month Management?Fee: JPY0 Key Money:?JPY0 Deposit:?4 month Parking: Available Pets:?OK La Tour Ichigaya Sadohara is located in the prime land of Ichigaya. In the neighbor lives the present chief justice of Supreme Court. Greenery. Trees are planted in the facade, and there is a courtyard in the site. Entrance There is a little Japanese taste, with wooden latticework 🙂 Lobby. Room entrance, with a walk-in shoes closet, and a closet. Rest room. Living dining room. Kitchen, with 4 cooking stoves, and a dish washer. Balcony with wooden floor. There isn’t much to see, since there are no tall buildings in this area, and La Tour Ichigaya Sadohara is surrounded by other apartments. Bed rooms. Bed room floors are carpeted, while the corridor and other rooms?have wooden floors. Storage room. Powder room. There is an emergency call button near the toilet. Bath room. There is an emergency call button here, too. […]

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11/25/2010
02/27/2021

Soba noodle restaurants, Kanda

In Kanda, Tokyo, many old, small houses and buildings are preserved. Matching with the scenery, there are many soba restaurants in Kanda. Of all, the most famous and oldest must be Yabusoba (?????藝?).? It is not known when Yabusoba opened, but it was already a long-established shop in the 1750s, according to some literature. Officially, the restaurant Kanda Yabusoba (??????????????吟?????), was opened in 1880.? The wooden store, which is still in use today, was built in 1923, after the Great Kanto Earthquake. The characteristic of Yabusoba, is the thick taste of soba sauce.? Today, we usually dip soba in the sauce for a few seconds, but in the Edo period, people dipped soba just a bit.? The sause of Yabusoba is suitable of the Edo period way of eating soba. Tasting soba at Kanda, and walking around book stores at Jimbocho, which is nearby, will take you back to the old Japan. Kanda Yabusoba Website: http://www.norenkai.net/english/shop/yabusoba/index.html (Eng) — 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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11/24/2010
02/27/2021

La Tour Kagurazaka

La Tour?Kagurazaka?#2003??????Finished/腟?篋???? Agent commission 50% OFF! No Key Money! Bed Rooms: 2 Floor Area: 99.6 sqm / 1072.1 sqft Address:? 1-12,?Nishi Goken-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Access:?4 minutes walk?to?Edogawabashi Station /?Yurakucho Line 8 minutes walk?to?Kagurazaka?Station /?Tozai Line Completion: Oct. 2002 Structure: Steel-reinforced Concrete Rent: JPY498,000/month Management?Fee: JPY0 Key Money:?JPY0 Deposit:?3 month Parking: Available Pets:?OK Kagurazaka (腑?罐遵??) is a?with a sloping street at its center, lined by numerous cafes?and restaurants.? In the early 20th century, the area was renowned for its numerous Geisha houses (臀???, Okiya), of which several remain today. There are also many luxurious residences in this area.? La Tour Kagurazaka is one of them, with a fitness room. Entrance. Lounge and elevator hall. Room key required to use the elevator. Room entrance, with a walk-in shoes closet. The entrance light automatically turns on when you enter the room. Living dining room. Kitchen, with 4 cooking stoves, and a dish washer. Bed room. Closet on the corridor. Inside the door on the near side is the breaker box. Rest room. The red dot in the left picture is an emergency call button. Master’s bed room, with a walk-in closet. Balcony, and the view of Shinjuku. Powder room. Bath room, equipped […]

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11/23/2010
02/27/2021

Okura Museum of Art, Akasaka

Okura Museum of Art (紊у???????え), is a museum in Akasaka, right in front of Hotel Okura.? This museum exhibits Japanese and oriental arts, which was collected by Okura Kihachiro (紊у??????????), an entrepreneur.? His son, Kishichiro (???筝????), is the founder of Okura Hotel. Okura Museum of Art opened in 1917, as the first proprietary museum in Japan.? After the building and some arts were lost in the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, the museum once closed, but reopened in 1928. In 1997, the original building was rebuilt for the 80th anniversary event.? The building has classic Chinese taste, and has been selected as the natinal cultural heritage. Okura Museum of Art owns about 2500 arts, and 1000 writings from ancient China.? The arts have a range in drawings, carvings, calligraphies, etc., and includes 3 national treasures. Exhibitions differ from time to time.? For inforation of what is on now, check out the website 🙂 Okura Museum of Art Location: Akasaka, Tokyo Website: http://www.shukokan.org/english/index.html (Eng) — 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/