By Adam Brownstein Tokyo/Winter 2023 — The day after my wife and I got married at the storied Happo-en in Shirokanedai we were relaxing at my in-laws townhouse. Equally elated and exhausted from the simcha, neither my mother-in-law nor I had the energy to cook. “I have a great idea!” quipped, Sumiko, my wife’s grandmother.Continue reading “Top 5 Pizza Restaurants in Tokyo”
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Weekly Haiku from Tokyo January 12, 2023
In the barber’s chair Warm shave and a little trim Bunny calendar Context: By some estimates there are 500,000 single proprietorship businesses in Greater Tokyo. Sometimes I feel that 499,000 are barbershops. On every street corner, often between street corners, red white and blue swirly poles beckon patrons in need of a cut. For aboutContinue reading “Weekly Haiku from Tokyo January 12, 2023”
Weekly Haiku from Tokyo December 27, 2022
Scarfed the last latke. Time for menorah cleaning . . . . . . and kadomatsu. Context: Each Holiday Season, after we’ve topped the last latke with Uncle Ed’s gravlax and savored Cousin Benjamin’s final sufganiyot, we turn our attention to Japanese New Year or “shougatsu“. The holiday involves vast amounts of home cooked dishesContinue reading “Weekly Haiku from Tokyo December 27, 2022”
Weekly Haiku from Tokyo December 16, 2023
Kneading challah bread I glimpse @ my weather app Snow in Hakuba! 🙂 Context: Ski season starts and ends late in the Japan Alps. Typically monstrous bases of 200 cm+ are assured by late January. Somehow, every year I tempt fate and book into Hakuba hoping for early flurries. It looks like we are inContinue reading “Weekly Haiku from Tokyo December 16, 2023”
Weekly Haiku from Tokyo December 11, 2022
By Adam Brownstein Mikans oh so sweet Come in five kilo boxes Chanukah’s soon! Readout: Mikan oranges from the island of Shikouku are a staple in wintertime. The first crops hit markets in early October for a bout $5 for five sweet fruits. December through February supply starts to steal the show, and 5 kgContinue reading “Weekly Haiku from Tokyo December 11, 2022”
What I read this week December 10, 2023
By Adam Brownstein in Tokyo Book of the Week: Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis. Living in Japan, I have often marveled (sometimes cringed) at the intensity of East Asian rivalries. For about eight centuries, the strum and drang of relations between China and Japan, Japan and Korea, ChinaContinue reading “What I read this week December 10, 2023”
What I read this week Nov 22, 2022
By Adam Brownstein Book of the Week: Imagine a City: A pilot’s journey across the urban world by Mark Vanhoenacker In the balmy summer of 1982 my parents plocked my little brother and me on to a TWA 747, and led us I on whirlwind tour. We hit London (Paddington Bear, yes, please! Early greyContinue reading “What I read this week Nov 22, 2022”
What I read this Week Nov 15, 2022
By Adam Brownstein in Tokyo, Japan Book of the Week: If/Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future by Jill Lepore My very first job out of college was serving as a policy research plebe on small business for the U.S. government. Hopping around from Red States to Blue States (Birmingham on Tuesday and BuffaloContinue reading “What I read this Week Nov 15, 2022”
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