Archive for April, 2006

Ninja Restaurant

If you are looking for an interesting night out head off to Ninja. It is an interesting theme restaurant located in Akasak-Mitsuke.

Bloomberg have a full review of the restaurant.

Their website is:

www.ninja.tv/

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Mike - April 21, 2006 at 11:54 am

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Yurikamome Line temporarily closed

The Yurikamome Line which serves the Odaiba area of Tokyo, was closed down after a wheel came off one of its carriages.

Fortunately, no-one was injured. The line is being closed until safety checks are completed.

Source.

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Mike - April 17, 2006 at 11:33 am

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Ikea to open store

Ikea will opening a new store on April 24th just outside of Tokyo. It is Ikea’s second crack at the Japanese market.

“The Japanese market and consumers were not ready for IKEA, and IKEA was definitely not ready for Japan at the time,” IKEA Japan chief executive Tommy Kullberg said in a recent interview with Reuters.

I think the Japanese market has changed a great deal in recent years, as the success of Muji retailer shows.

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Mike - April 10, 2006 at 11:55 am

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