Posted in Uncategorized, tagged board, China, game, Go, Igo, Japan, Roppongi, stones, Tokyo on October 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Go (碁) is a strategic board game for two players, more commonly known as Igo (囲碁) in Japan. On October 11, 2009, an Igo Festival was held in the Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo.
Go originated in ancient China more than 2,500 years ago.
In Japan, the game became popular at the Japanese [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carpet, earth, ecology, festival, films, green, Hatoyama, Hollywood, movies, posters, Roppongi, Tokyo on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 22th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is being held in Roppongi Hills from October 17-25, 2009. This year’s theme is the same as last year, with the focus on the environment and ecology – “Action for Earth”.
The festival opened Saturday, October 17, 2008 in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. The newly elected Japan Prime Minister [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economy, Japan, Lehman, Mori, recession, Roppongi, Tokyo on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 9/11 anniversary occurred a few days ago, but today, exactly one year ago, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy which most believe resulted in the financial services meltdown leading to the current global economic recession. Most business news devoted their stories about this event and its impact during the past year.
Last year, I took a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anniversary, birthday, cat, Doraemon, google, Japan, robot, Roppongi, Tokyo on September 4, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Doraemon, the beloved cat robot from Japan, was born (or created?) on September 3rd 2112, at the Matsushiba Robot Factory. Google updated their home page to celebrate this special day.
This year marks 40 years since the Doraemon manga was first published, and 30 years since the beginning of the anime series produced by Shin-Ei Animation.
To [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Japan, Roppongi, Tokyo, Bon Odori, taiko, yukata, drums, 2009, Doraemon on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend, the annual Roppongi Hills Bon Odori festival was held in the Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo. For more details about past Bon Odori events, please read Zojoji Bon Odori and Tsujiki Bon Odori.
Typical of Japanese festivals, there were a number of food and drink stalls run by local merchants in the area, as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bluray, Japan, Megan Fox, movie, premiere, Roppongi, Shia LaBeouf, Tokyo, Transformers on June 9, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Last weekend, our whole family enjoyed watching the Transformers movie on Blu-ray at home.
Last night, the World Premiere of the new Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen movie was held in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Japan. The film opens in Japan on June 19. All the stars (Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf) and the director (Michael [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, cube, Japan, light, Roppongi, Tokyo, Torayan on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From sunset to sunrise for one magical night on March 28, the entire townscape of Roppongi was transformed into a giant canvas of encounters with art, culture, people and wonder. Fusing an entire town with art, the theme of the Roppongi Art Night was called “Encounters”, with art of all types appeared in a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carpet, earth, ecology, festival, films, green, movies, Roppongi, Shibuya, Tokyo, Toyota on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The 21th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is being held in Roppongi Hills and Bunkamura (Shibuya) from October 18-26, 2008.
This year’s theme is ecology stressing the importance of preserving the global environment, with the tagline “Ecology = Preservation of Earth’s Environment“. The green carpet was made from recycled plastic bottles, which replaced the traditional red [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brand, Japan, Matsushita, National, Panasonic, Roppongi, sony on October 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this week, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co marked its 90th anniversary. For those of you outside Japan, you may not be familiar with this company, but you will probably know its famous brands called Panasonic and National. The company has also decided to unify under a brand name and selected Panasonic, due its greater global [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Japan, Kyoto, reaping garden, rice, Roppongi on September 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Last weekend, we attended a rice reaping event held at a roof top garden in one of the Roppongi Hills buildings. There were about 100 people, many young children, who attended, as well as some press coverage. The children (and some adults also tried) were able to take part in the activities.
Rice is [...]
