コミュニティー ライフスタイル ビジネス エンターテイメント VOL. 04 NO. 14 FREE JUL. 20 – AUG. 02 2007 ESTABLISHED 1970 BY CORKY ALEXANDER THE AUTO ISSUE MICHAEL MARTIN EXPLORES THE DESERTS OF THE EARTH CLASSIC CARS COME TO TOKYO MIDTOWN EMERGING CAR MARKETS KIDS GET BIKING Photo courtesy of Michael Martin ALSO ONLINE AT WWW.WEEKENDERJAPAN.COM As a woman who has made Japan her home for over ten years, I want to believe that this can still be a safe place for us to work and live, and will do all I can to make it so. This is why, as the President of FEW, I encourage other businesswomen in Japan to support this cause and to help find Lindsay's suspected killer. —Julia Maeda President, Foreign Executive Women Twenty-two-year-old Lindsay Ann Hawker was teaching English in Japan when she was brutally murdered at the end of March this year. She was last seen with 28-year-old Tatsuya Ichihashi and her body was discovered on the balcony of his flat in Tokyo. He remains the Japanese police's only suspect and as we go to print, has still not been found. In support of Lindsay’s family and the Japanese police in their hunt for this man, Being A Broad has launched a t-shirt campaign. We hope that enough people—men and women, Japanese and foreign—will wear this t-shirt or one of our bags, so that this man’s face is seen by as many people as possible in Japan, on a daily basis. The Japanese words roughly translate to “Until this man is caught, I won’t sleep at night”, which can be interpreted in many ways: perhaps you are that bit more nervous at night knowing this man has not been caught; perhaps you are a father and worried about your daughter; perhaps you are a husband and worried about your wife; perhaps you want to make a statement against all violent crime against women. For men and women, Japanese and foreign, this campaign can have many meanings. What participating in this campaign will definitely mean, however, is that you are playing a part in assisting Lindsay’s family in keeping this man’s face right where people can see it. Wear your t-shirt or bag at the gym, dropping the kids off at school, going shopping, on the train, and just walking around—wear it anywhere you will be seen by many people. “The more people that wear the t- shirts, the more support that we will feel is being shown for us. Lindsay was a teacher who loved her life in Japan. She would have been first in the queue to buy and wear such a t-shirt for another victim. She had a strong sense of justice and would have done anything she could have to have helped others.” —The Hawker Family To order your t-shirt, or to give a donation to pay for the production of t-shirts for others, go to: www.being-a-broad.com r ve All campaign items are being produced at cost price, Po and neither Caroline Pover nor any of her businesses, nor the Hawker family, are receiving any income from the sale of those items. © Caroline Caroline © THINGS TO DO VOL.04 NO.14 FREE JUL. 20 – AUG. 02 2007 04 Feature Saturday, Jul 21 Saturday, Jul 28 Cutting through automotive red tape Temple University’s Youth and Imaginative La- Get into the spirit of Aloha at the Yokohama 06 Special Travel Feature bor Conference: East Asia moves to Super Deluxe Hawaii Festival with Japan’s largest Hawaiian Michael Martin explores the deserts of the earth for a special Pecha Kucha “University” night fol- market, concerts, hula dances, food, workshops, 08 Movie Plus and Review lowed by a hip hop concert. ¥1,500, 1,000 hula dancers, 1,000 ukulele players, and 300 premiere and Harry Potter review email: [email protected] more. Tel. 04-5664-6633. 09 Fine Dining The izakaya concept dresses up at Nobu 10 Investments/IT Sunday, Jul 22 Sunday, Jul 29 Emerging car markets/Car navigation systems Learn about cricket as the Enjoy a live reading at Ben’s Café in Takadanoba- 11 Business Shizuoka Kytes take on the ba at the Fifth Sunday Fiction Series from 7pm. Elite Japan’s Concours d’Elegance Sri Lankan Airlines Crew There will also be live music with the a capella 12 School’s In Team in an international, stylings of Tara Solheim between sets. hillel- Kimono Photo Day 1 day, 30-over match. 12 [email protected] 13 School’s Out noon, http://shizuoka-cricket.com. Motocross for kids and teens acting out 14 Sports Monday, Jul 23 Monday, Jul 30 Go for a spin on the Fuji Speedway Enjoy an evening of Brazilian jazz with Joyce Take the little ones to chil- 15 Partyline and Samba-Jazz and Other Bossas featuring Tutty dren’s fantasy opera Space EU celebrates 50 years, Thai New Year, Moreno at the Blue Note Tokyo through Jul. 27, Turandot (in Japanese). Peruvian Cultural Day 7 and 9:30pm, ¥8,400. Tel. 03-5485-0088. 11:30am and 3pm, ¥2,100, 17 Tokyo Flashback at the New National Thea- Marilyn Manson tre, Tokyo. Tel. 03-5352-9999. 18 Crossword ••• Tuesday, Jul 24 Tuesday, Jul 31 hile many of us complain about Tokyo’s Take the kids to see illus- Kids will love the pro- Wrush hour—it seems few cities have trations from the Bologna duction of Frog and Toad more volume—there is something appealing Children’s Book Fair Exhi- based on the famed book. about hitting the open road in our very own bition at the Itabashi Art At Hakuhinkan Gekijo in car. This issue of Weekender celebrates all things Museum until Aug 19. Shinbashi through Aug. 12. auto, from adventuring across the deserts of www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/art the earth with Michael Martin and his BMW motorbike to an exciting racetrack driving-day Wednesday, Jul 25 Wednesday, Aug 1 for the kid-at-heart. Even if you don’t drive, Watch as Mika Kurosawa Enjoy the playful work of there is a lot for you, from a motocross adven- and Dancers perform Nanto artist Kentaro Yokouchi at ture for the whole family to an elegant day at Iu Kanyo Na Niku at the Kom- the Kenji Taki Gallery in Tokyo Midtown with Concours d’Elegance cars aba-Agora Theater. ¥3,500– Nishi-Shinjuku through from another era. We hope this issue inspires ¥4,000, various times. Aug. 4. Tel. 03-3378-6051. you to take the spirit of a summer road trip to Tel. 090-3508-0880. heart and head out onto the open road. Thursday, Jul 26 Thursday, Aug 2 Helen Bottomley, View the final day of the Focus in on the winners Managing Editor Refugee International Refugee Film of the World Press Photo ••• Festival featuring award- Film 2007 exhibition as it drops FOUNDED IN 1970 BY DIVERSIONS EDITOR winning films. Various by the Museum of Pho- MILLARD H. “CORKY” Owen Schaefer Festival ALEXANDER DESIGN and LAYOUT times and locations, free. tography. Through Aug. 4. PUBLISHER Karin Ling www.refugeefilm.org www.worldpressphoto.org Caroline Pover DISTRIBUTION MANAGER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Stephen Young Rajiv Trehan ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Friday, Jul 27 Friday, Aug 3 MANAGING EDITOR Kieron Cashell Helen Bottomley CONTRIBUTORS Watch as beautifully decorated boats reflect Visit Aoyama Book Center in Roppongi to browse EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS M. Halliday, Leigh Wellsview, Ben in the Manazuru port during the Kibune Fes- through a large selection of English books and Danielle Tate-Stratton, Meehan, Maria Young, Phil Gibb, Marie Teather Robert Estel, Len Clarke, Owen tival through tomorrow. The festival includes pick up the new Weekender, due out today. TRAVEL & SOCIETY EDITOR Cooney launches, dancing, and more. Tel. 04-6568-1001. Bill Hersey Cover photo provided by FINE DINING EDITOR Michael Martin Christine Cunanan-Miki Answers from Crossword #7 (Weekender Jul 06) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High-tech tales of adventure at the Goethe-Institut. By Marie Teather R O U T E S A L L F O U R S E P W E I N Y 9 10 quick glance at any atlas will reveal that one third ing in front of crowded auditoriums for some of the L I T T E R H A M S T E R S of the earth’s surface consists of vast deserts and yet most prestigutious of institutions, Michael has been 11 A A O S G T H V T those who have ventured and explored some of this re- presenting his vibrant and award-winning slide shows 12 13 14 T I D Y P R A H A P E T E mote land remain few and far between. Michael Martin, since the age of fourteen, including one to the Royal 15 16 I A B A E C N M explorer, geographer, and photographer, has, however, Geographical Society in London, making him one of 17 V E T E R I N A R I A N spent 20 years of his life riding through some of the most the most talented and respected speakers in Europe. 18 19 E E I D B T G S barren and hostile desert landscapes on the planet. A collaboration with AV Studio Art of Vision Multime- 20 E L E P H A N T T U S K Riding simply on his trusty BMW R1150 and with dia and using some of the most advanced programming 21 22 R K L A C Y A I partner and camera woman Elke Wallner, his most re- techniques and projection techniques available today, 23 24 25 A P E S B R A K E W R E N cent venture—a colossal five year expedition crossing accredits this slide presentation to be the most elaborate 26 27 B N A E S Y D D through some of the most extreme living conditions in ever produced.