Since 1970 FREE Vol.41 No.15 Aug 20th–Sep 2nd, 2010 www.weekenderjapan.com Including Japan’s largest online classifieds Fuji Rock Music, Mud and Madness Summer Blockbusters Japan Inspired T-Shirts Dealing with Mental Health in Tokyo CONTENTS Volume 41 Number 15 Aug 20th–Sep 2nd, 2010 4 Up My Street 12 5-9 Arts & Entertainment 10-11 Tokyo Tables 12-13 Fashion 14-15 Business 16-19 Feature: Fuji Rock 20-21 Weekender Bulletin Board 16 22-23 Real Estate 24-27 Parties, People & Places 28-29 Families 30-31 Products 32-33 Healthy & Responsible Living 30 34 Back in the Day PUBLISHER Ray Pedersen CONTRIBUTORS Kevin Jungnitsch, Cecelia Martinez, EDITOR Kelly Wetherille Sam Griffen, Simon Lawson, Christopher Jones, DESIGNER R. Paul Seymour Deborah Im, Ian de Stains OBE, Pankaj Arora WEB DEVELOPER Ricardo Costa MEDIA MANAGER Tomas Castro EST. Corky Alexander and Susan Scully, 1970 MEDIA CONSULTANTS Mary Rudow, Pia von Waldau RESEARCHER Rene Angelo Pascua OFFICE Weekender Magazine, 5th floor, Regency Shinsaka Building, 8-5-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Tel. 03-6846-5615 Fax: 03-6846-5616 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Owen Schaefer (Arts), Bill Hersey Email:
[email protected] (Society), Stephen Parker (Products), Elisabeth Lambert (Health & Eco), Darrell Nelson (Sustainable Business) Cover photo by Kevin Jungnitsch Opinions expressed by Weekender contributors are not necessarily www.weekenderjapan.com those of the publisher. 3 WEEKENDER // Up My Street Maruyama-cho may not ring any bells with many Tokyoites, but this small Up My Street visits residential district has some unexpected surprises waiting for its visitors.