News, Views and Reviews by Michael Rollins in Tokyo
The events of March 11th are already beginning to recede into memory, nudged along perhaps by the weighty demands of the work that piled up in the week that followed, a week now essentially a wash. Once back home, however, one need only watch the evening news to see that the horrific reality of it all [...]
The end of October each year finds La Cittadella and much of the rest of Kawasaki surrounding the station filled with costumed Halloween revelers and a massive throng of spectators. The event gets bigger and better produced every year, and for the first time the family and I decided to join in the festivities. We [...]
1. Tully’s. Understated, cozy, jazzy BGM. 「アメリカノ、お湯少なめで。」 2. DEAN & DELUCA. Expensive and worth it. 3. Seattle’s Best Coffee. Very few Tokyo locations. Enjoy it at Beacon after lunch. 4. Sagafredo Zanetti. Stylish and tasty. 5. Starbucks. What’s to say? 6. Kohikan. Home to the shortest chairs in Tokyo and dated “Blue Mountain”-type offerings. 7. [...]
…some feet away from me at the bottom of Miyamasu-zaka. He’s maybe 12 years old, and bellows in short bursts agan and again as I wait for the light. The noise of the street makes it hard to hear what he is saying, so I walk over and ask him. “What is that you’re you [...]
Japan got the top spot in FutureBrand‘s recently-released Country Brand Rankings for 2008. Japan was rated 9th overall in the world and earned 1st place in the following rating categories: Nightlife New Country for Business Conferences Quality Products Advanced Technology Chances are good that most of us who live here aren’t surprised at all by [...]
Just added this Online Wine Buyer’s Guide today and will be updating it periodically. I’ve included the well-known English/Bilingual sites for now and will follow up with Japanese sites later. Enjoy!
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My name is michael, and denbushi (電武士) is the now-dorky-seeming online name I made up back when I thought (ever so presciently) that some kind of unique nickname for the interwebs might be handy. Just for the record, it IS unique (even today!) except for this jujitsu variant/dojo in Puerto Rico which co-opted it without even asking me. If I had to cage-fight them for exclusive use of "denbushi" chances are good they'd win. But I'd still do it.
These days I live in Tokyo and mostly use my real name. A few years ago I founded a design and marketing agency called netwise. We do web and internet stuff. We're pretty good at it.