Monday, February 27, 2012

Ginza and then some...

Ginza restaurant (check out the spinning fish)


vending machine mania


tokyo loves the external stair

Ginza restaurant 


Kenzo Tange building

Kurokawa's Nakagin capsule tower.  Each capsule served as a hotel unit and is meant to be removable, creating a flexible building.  

The technology within each unit quickly became outdated and the building will soon be torn down.
Metabolic tokyo... always changing.


a candyland of awesome buildings everywhere you turn
Ginza-rific


subway nap time.

dark chocolate kit kat

in-process Tokyo Hands (second best store in tokyo) mural 

we love having our iphones.. although we cant call each other.

i found apple.

side of the road bike repair 
pay-phone green

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Made in Japan?

The plastic factory.   Stryofoam dissolves into a liquid... magic! 

 Its all about turning plastic into oil!

Glass blowing

Low-tech processes 

i tried and failed. Its not as easy as it looks! 


After the glass is blown, it is painted and sold as a windchime.

The next factory... glass engraving.



I got to take a whirl at this as well.

How a $10 glass turns into a $300 glass...  Blue smooth glass on upper left= $10  Blue/white engraved glass on bottom left= Final product

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Shinjuku



Right outside the Shijuku Park Tower (Hyatt on top floors) 
aaaaamazing views


alley with little restaurants.

overstimulation

grab what you need and run...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Bicycle bicycle

the bike!
My Japanese bike registration.


Muji: my favorite store... what they sell: everything.
Addition perk: a sample prefab house INSIDE the store.
muji dining

some muji purchases. please place your orders...



motorcycle shop

Compact everything.. including reading glasses.

laura! look familiar?

subway reading


studio dinner break under tokyo tower

hot milk tea from the vending machine 


box of beautiful roses!


adding some brightness to our humble abode

yum.

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