TIL: at a Hub in Asakusa, in place of drunken English teachers and girls looking to hook up with foreigners, you will find a live jazz band

Shame, I loved this vibe from Square Enix's studio names

The holdings company that runs Torikizoku is changing its name today to Eternal Hospitality Group.

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Torikizoku's prices are going up again to 370 yen, tax included.

For 28 years until 2018, prices were kept at 280 yen (less tax)

“Japan is changing rapidly, with transformation occurring everywhere,” says the CEO of the country's oldest venture capital firm.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Interesting piece on Japan's moment in the sun from Gideon Rachman. It's a glass half full/half empty problem, but I would take the more optimistic view of the country's prospects, despite the very real security concerns

ft.com/content/7b2595…

1988年、渋谷駅南口

The re-opening of the Shibuya Crossing Tsutaya has been the first chance to see the newly refurbished Starbucks. Don't think you are supposed to sit on the vertical portion of that bench, though it surely won't be too long before someone tries, and posts on TikTok.

Here's the same exchange rate over three different time horizons. Your assignment is to pick whichever one you want and create your own narrative around it.

Option A) This one looks like a panicky collapse in a currency.

There’s only one solution …

A bookworms paradise in Japan?

Hirakata T-Site is just one of them! Towering bookshelves overlooking the view through glass windows just as high; what's not to wow at?

Doesn't matter if you are there to shop or not; this view is the epitome of modern beauty.

It’s almost like, a nation that exports a lot and imports a lot is going to have winners and losers when the FX level changes..

Source: trust me bro

Don’t even know where to start with this nonsense.

What does this even mean?

Fully convinced now that casual western observers of Japan have forgotten deflation ever existed, and needed to be fought.

Only thing they can see is the yen. Bizarre.