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PAGING DR. NAKAMATS Inside the Mind of Japan’S Most Prolific Inventor MAY 2014 Japan’s number one English language magazine UNSUNG ISLANDS The history & scenery of Iki and Tsushima GODZILLA A look at the behemoth’s cinematic past PAGING DR. NAKAMATS Inside the mind of Japan’s most prolific inventor ALSO: Summer School Special, Fine Dining in Tokyo, People, Parties, and Places, upcoming events and more... Before our “Renter’s Rooftop Paradise” awaits you with Vacation Veranda, the award-winning LifestyleY Design company specializing in customized luxury outdoor living and entertainment spaces. The Theodore Haley Jennings, III talented team at Vacation CEO & Principal Designer Veranda is ambitious in its artistic approach, helping you achieve a ‘vacation’ escape space in the privacy of your own home! The company offers both optional maintenance services to keep your “room with a view” as impeccable as it was on installation day, as well as garden removal services when moving day comes: 70% of Vacation Veranda clients are renters. And for customers looking to refresh the interior of their homes, restaurants or offices, Vacation Veranda is there to help them realize their visions as well. Enhance your lifestyle and don’t let your outdoor space go to waste. You may qualify for a 50% refund as part of the Government’s “Greening” environmental program. After Call us now for a free consultation Web: www.vacationveranda.com | Email: info@ vacationveranda.com | Tel: 090-5211-0053 MAY 2014 www.tokyoweekender.com MAY 2014 CONTENTS 32 GODZILLA Taking a look back at Japan’s iconic beast Still from 三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦 [６０周年記念版] (Three Giant Monsters: Earth’s Great- est Battle, 60th Ann. ed.) | Copyright Notice: 1964 TOHO CO.,LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. on his return to the big screen | Price of the DVD: 2,500 yen + tax | Manufactured & Distributed by TOHO. CO., LTD 6 14 16 DR. NAKAMATSU GOURMET TOKYO IKI AND TSUSHIMA Insights from one of the most prolific Enjoy some of Tokyo’s top eats and A journey through the landscape and lore of inventors of all time cuisine with a twist two lesser-known Nagasaki islands 8 S.T. Dupont 21 Kanarusha and Akariya 28 People, Parties, Places French luxury brand that has been Learning how to read the hidden histories Bill Hersey is back on the scene, hitting mastering the “Four Arts” for 142 years of Japanese antiques exhibitions and embassy parties 10 Le Maison du Chocolat 24 Summer Schools 34 Movies A master chocolatier talks about the Our listing of Tokyo’s best summer school Long-anticipated X-Men addition, innovation and creativity of sweets programs for kids of all ages Fukushima aftermath coverage, and more 12 Le Cordon Bleu 26 Lexus Party 36 Agenda Legendary culinary arts school and café Celebrating the end of our Lexus Series at House concerts, Design Festa, and the welcomes you in Daikanyama the Intersect space in Aoyama beginning of the Yoyogi summer festivals www.tokyoweekender.com MAY 2014 THIS MONTH IN THE WEEKENDER iconic products of the storied S.T. Dupont MAY 2014 to the high-concept chocolates of La Maison MAY 2014 du Chocolat and the culinary tradition of Le Japan’s number one English language magazine Cordon Bleu. One of our features this month is on an inventor who might be just as prolific as spring itself: Dr. Yoshiro Nakamats is one of those characters who seems to have stepped out of a science fiction novel, but he’s as real Publisher BC Media Group as his solid gold toilet. Chairman Ray Pedersen Read on, but we’ve got a warning Executive Producer Asi Rinestine for you: lurking towards the back of the UNSUNG ISLANDS magazine is the movie monster Godzilla, Editor Alec Jordan The history & scenery of Iki and Tsushima who’s preparing to rise up to the screens Art Director Liam Ramshaw once again. We took a look back at the Illustrator Liam Akin GODZILLA A look at the behemoth’s cinematic past superstar saurian’s first steps out of the Media Director Kotaro Toda PAGING DR. NAKAMATS ocean and into cinematic history, and chat Account Executives Nobu (Nick) Nakazawa Inside the mind of Japan’s most prolific inventor with a young Japanese star, Ken Yamamura, Ohad Elbaz ALSO: Summer School Special, Fine Dining in Tokyo, People, Parties, and Places, upcoming events and more... who appears in the latest movie. As you page your way to this legendary Media Consultant Mary Rudow hen it comes to spring, those Marketing Ingrid Dubreuil lizard, you might want to take a detour blossoms—the early plum, Editorial Consultant Sami Kawahara and visit two of Nagasaki’s lesser-known and the short-lived cherry— W isles. Lying off the north coast of Kyushu, Society Bill Hersey probably get a bit too much Iki and Tsushima both have rich histories press. It’s when you can see that green riot Editorial Associates Vivian Morelli and inviting landscapes that offer many of the trees’ leaves and the weeds along the Matthew Hernon surprises to the traveler who is willing to train lines that you really know that the Mace Bertumen take the trip. fairest of all seasons is upon us. We hope Finally, the Weekender is happy to see Film Christopher O’Keeffe you can get out there and enjoy it, because Bill Hersey back to full strength and his full Japanese springs are both fair and brief, IT Manager Nick Adams four pages; we’re tempted to think that he and the sauna they call summer will be on Development Manager Stephane Boudoux might just be tougher than Godzilla himself. before you know it. Finance & Admin Sakura Arimura Enjoy your Golden Week(end), DBA Iryna Sundutova Looking at this month’s cover, you whether you get out of town or stick might be thinking that Bastille Day came a around to enjoy a slightly quieter Tokyo, couple months early. But as this year marks and we’ll see you in June. the 90th anniversary of the Japanese- French cultural partnership, we felt a bit too impatient to wait until July to recognize EST. Corky Alexander, 1970 some of the French businesses that are making an impression in Japan, from the Editor Published monthly at the Regency Shinsaka Building, 5th floor 8-5-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 (03) 6666-4924 / (03) 6432-9229 (fax) [email protected] To subscribe to the Tokyo Weekender, please call (03) 6666-4924 or email: [email protected] For ad sales inquiries, please call (03) 6666-4924 or email: [email protected] www.tokyoweekender.com Opinions expressed by Weekender contributors are not necessarily those of the publisher Published by BC Media Group www.bulbouscell.com Fried Sushi by Liam Akin. To see more of Liam’s work check out www.friedsushi.net MAY 2014 www.tokyoweekender.com www.tokyoweekender.com MAY 2014 By Matthew Hernon LISTED BY THE US SCIENCE ACADEMIC SOCIETY ALONGSIDE ARCHIMEDES, MICHAEL FARADAY, MARIE CURIE AND NIKOLA TESLA AS ONE OF THE FIVE GREAT SCIENTISTS OF ALL TIME, DR. YOSHIRO NAKAMATS IS AN ENIGMATIC INVENTOR WHO’S HAD A HAND IN ALL KINDS OF CREATIONS DOWN THE YEARS, INCLUDING THE FLOPPY DISC, JUMPING SHOES, AND THE SELF-DEFENSE WIG. HE CURRENTLY HAS 3342 PATENTS TO HIS NAME, YET HAS NO PLANS TO STOP THERE, BELIEVING HE HAS MUCH MORE TO GIVE. SO WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES THIS ECCENTRIC 85-YEAR-OLD FROM TOKYO TICK? WEEKENDER RECENTLY VISITED HIS HOUSE/OFFICE TO FIND OUT... AN INSPIRATIONAL MUM I think my mother is the greatest inventor of all time: after all, she made me! I’m not interested in others—she was always the one I looked up to. From the age of three she started educating me, and not just about simple things, but important subjects like chemistry and physics. That’s why I started inventing at such a young age and by five I’d made an automatic center of gravity adjuster for airplanes that is still being used today. She was also the inspiration behind my first patented product at the age of 14: the kerosene pump. During WWII there was no gasoline or fuel which made it very cold. I saw her hands shaking as she poured soy sauce from a big bottle into a smaller one, so I decided to make a pump so she wouldn’t have to hold it. This was then subsequently used for the transfer of all kinds of fuels and liquids. THE FLOPPY DISK Two years after the war I got the idea for the floppy disk. Listening to Symphony No.5 by Beethoven at home, I was frustrated by the scratching sound caused by the friction of the groove and needle: it was disturbing the music. It was then I decided to create something without that noise; that was the starting point of the disk. The name came about because at that time two butterflies were flopping around outside my window. MAY 2014 www.tokyoweekender.com DR. NAKAMATS | FEATURE | 7 most extreme inventions, though I wouldn’t recommend it to nor- mal people. I developed a special underwater writing system as ideas come and go very quickly. HIS CELEBRITY STATUS AND WHY HE RUNS FOR GOVERNOR I’m a singer/songwriter and danc- er who holds regular concerts. I have fans all over the world. In America they have Dr. Nakamts days, while the film about me— The Invention of Dr. Nakamats— Of course IBM did their own research, age of 42. Known as yakudoshi, it’s considered has won many awards and proved but my patent was earlier than theirs so they an unlucky year when our health starts to de- very popular, particularly in Europe.
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