https://www.alojapan.com/1239483/tokyo-humanities-cafe-feeds-hungry-minds/ Tokyo Humanities Cafe feeds hungry minds #academia #humanities #Sugamo #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #universities #東京 #東京都 What do cookie decorating, lesbian cinema and Roger Fry’s theory of art have in common? That sounds like the set-up to a weird joke, but the answer is that they were all recent presentation topics at Tokyo Humanities Cafe, a free quarterly event held in Ryozan Park Cafe in Sugamo. Conducted in English, THC meetups …

https://www.alojapan.com/1236882/tokyos-vinyl-experts-say-overseas-buyers-are-sustaining-the-scene/ Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’ #music #shopping #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #tourism #vinyl #東京 #東京都 For all the millions of tourists flowing into Japan, what are the most popular souvenirs they’re bringing back home? Tea, omamori charms and bottles of rare whisky are perennial favorites, but there’s a new hot item that overseas visitors are increasingly eager to snap up: vinyl records. By some metrics, Tokyo boa…

https://www.alojapan.com/1225385/how-tokyos-last-byobu-store-is-winning-over-global-customers/ How Tokyo’s Last Byobu Store is Winning Over Global Customers #Byobu #craftsmanship  #culture #FoldingScreens #HinaDolls #InteriorDecoration #JapaneseCompanies #JapaneseCraft #JapaneseCraftsmanship #KataokaByobu #KataokaByobuStore #SumidaWard #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #東京 #東京都 For nearly 80 years, Kataoka Byobu Store in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, has preserved the tradition of Japanese folding screens (byobu). As the only remaining specialized byobu…