Big In Japan
09 May 2007
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In less than one month’s time, I’ll be leaving for a much-anticipated vacation to Japan! Planning for the trip is well underway, but if anyone has any hot tips or recomendations – architectural or otherwise – please leave a comment or email me! We’ll be spending most of our time in/around Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka.
Written by Jimmy Stamp in Architecture &
11 comments
9 May, 2007 at 7:08 am
I would suggest looking through this great blog:
http://imomus.livejournal.com/
I hope to make it to Japan one day. Have fun!
9 May, 2007 at 8:35 am
You must visit Iidabashi Train Station (Makoto Sei Watanabe) at Tokyo!!!
http://vallegiulia.blogspot.com/2006/01/makoto-sei-watanabe-iidabashi-station.html
9 May, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Visit the Prada Aoyama Tokyo Store (designed by Herzog & De Meuron)
http://images.google.be/images?num=20&hl=nl&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&hs=2e5&q=prada%20tokyo%20herzog%20meuron&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
Greetings!
9 May, 2007 at 5:29 pm
My wife’s travel blog has a few posts about Japan. Check here. (scroll past the first entry–the rest are about Tokyo-area stuff.)
10 May, 2007 at 4:03 am
Visit the island of Naoshima for a surreal Tadao Ando experience and read the book Pet Architecture for some wonderful idiosyncratic Tokyo spaces!
13 May, 2007 at 9:19 pm
I have the yellow book! Have a nice trip!
15 May, 2007 at 8:56 pm
It is nothing architectual but Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Ebisu has great exhibitions all the time!
17 May, 2007 at 9:40 pm
If you’re going to visit a bunch of temples in Kyoto, I’d recommend picking up a stamp book, an accordian-type blank book that you can get stamped and calligraphied at each temple you visit. You can pick one up at any temple; they only cost the equivalent of $5-10 and each stamp is about a buck. Typically they’re signed by a priest, though whoever does it’s great to watch the skill of them signing. And of course you’ll have a unique souvenir, something that tracks your journey and that you can’t just buy in a store.
20 May, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I visited Tokyo just about a year ago… You will have such a great time. In addition to all of the comments above, I’d suggest a visit to Ometesando Shopping District. There are several architecturally interesting projects located within a block from each other, including the Ometesando Hills by Tadao Ando. Also, the Prada store is within 2 blocks of this area on Ometesando.
I can’t wait to hear all about your trip. I’ve added your blog to my sidebar, so I can be sure to keep up!
23 May, 2007 at 4:48 am
Make sure you go to a jack shack
20 June, 2007 at 1:56 am
chatch these two great exibitions:
http://www.roppongihills.com/en/monthly_event/2007_06.html
and
http://www.operacity.jp/ag/exh82/e_index.html
go and explore roppongi (roppongi hills, midtown, nationat art center tokyo)
walk (!) across rainbow bridge.
go see Den-en-chofu.
enjoy your trip.