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by Scottish musician Momus on his web site:
www.demon.co.uk/momus
"If you're printing a flier in Tokyo, you put a
little map in one corner showing, not street
names or monuments recognisable citywide,
but the nearest subway exit and then the
positions, relative to your club, of local
branches of konbini chains like AM/PM, or
landmarks like McDonalds and Starbucks.
This is because most built structures in Tokyo
are impermanent, unremarkable, boxlike and
forgettable. What marks one from another is
its `electrographic architecture' -- the neon
and LED displays mounted on facades, the
graphic design of familiar logos draped, often
several stories deep, across their blank faces."
- from "I Lovehate LA"
own speciality, flavor. As you
walk you'll come across wild
gems: an archery store in
Kanda, an underground jazz bar
in Yotsuya, a go (Japanese
strategy board game with black
and white pieces) boutique in
Ginza.
through a small alley until it
narrows and you'll wonder if
human beings are supposed to
be able to pass through. Just
then a Japanese luxury car with
side you, plowing ahead through the impossibly narrow gap at
frightening speed.
Shinjuku to Shibuya, through the young parts of town. Then take a
walk from Nippori to Kanda, the older part of town. Pick a place in
Tokyo and ask random people, for example, say: "Asakusa?" and
someone will likely say some things and finally point in one direction
or another. More on walking in the Neighborhoods section later.
police sit waiting to give people directions. They will be happy to
point you around. They have maps, patience, and occasionally
some basic directional English.
Accordingly, they have an addictively useful rail system. Tokyo is
crisscrossed by subway lines. It's not unusual to be walking in
Tokyo for twenty minutes and pass four different train stations on
in the world; over 400,000 of those were living in Japan.