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A Beautiful Life Trends, Treatments & Tokyo’S Hottest Salons MARCH 2014 Japan’s number one English language magazine GRASS ROOTS We meet Tom Byer, the man FROM who inspired a generation of SWEDEN Japanese footballers WITH LOVE WAY OF THE TV star LiLiCo on WARRIOR Following in the footsteps of her hard-fought legendary samurai path to success Kuroda Kanbē A BEAUTIFUL LIFE TRENDS, TREATMENTS & TOKYO’S HOTTEST SALONS ALSO: Business Focus: Women in the Workplace, Agenda, People, Parties, and Places, and much more Before Transform your outdoor space this spring season into a new room with a view! acation Veranda is an award-winning Lifestyle Design company that specializes in customized Voutdoor creations to meet all needs. From very small private spaces to large commercial projects, Vacation Veranda provides “Luxury for Everyone Designs” for styles and budgets of any kind. 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Call us now for a free consultation Web: www.vacationveranda.com | Email: info@ vacationveranda.com | Tel: 090-5211-0053 MARCH 2014 www.tokyoweekender.com MARCH 2014 CONTENTS 18 KURODA KANBE Following in the footsteps of a 16th- century samurai and strategist 8 10 16 INTRODUCING LILICO BEAUTY SPECIAL TOM BYER The movie commentator opens up about Tokyo’s hottest beauty trends, treatments, A grassroots leader of the football skills her journey to success and salons revolution in Japan 6 The Wa Group 22 Haruno Yoshida 32 People, Parties, Places Bringing the wabi sabi aesthetic to art A pioneering executive explains what Embassy parties, charity concerts, and the lovers of all walks of life Japan can learn from global businesses world of Tokyo’s glitterati 14 Lexus VI 27 TY Express 38 Movies 400-kilometer road trip? For Joe Peters, The company behind some of Tokyo’s top A Miyazaki fave goes live action, Robocop that’s all in a Sunday restaurants gets a reboot, and Legos save the world 21 Tohoku 28 Funabashi and Ichikawa 40 Agenda Revisiting and remembering one of Two bedroom communities with plenty to Ueno Zoo turns 132, the happiest day of Tohoku’s hardest-hit cities offer the day-tripper the year, and Lionel Richie! www.tokyoweekender.com MARCH 2014 THIS MONTH IN THE WEEKENDER springs to come. We learn about optimal MARCH 2014 management techniques and consider the MARCH 2014 challenges that Japan faces in achieving Japan’s number one English language magazine gender balance in its corporate culture. One woman who knows both of these subjects well is BT Japan president Haruno Yoshida, and we visit with her to hear about what Japanese businesses can Publisher Bulbous Cell Media Group learn from global companies. Chairman Ray Pedersen GRASS Traveling around the country, we ROOTS We meet Tom Byer, the man step back in time and head south to Executive Producer Asi Rinestine FROM who inspired a generation of SWEDEN Japanese footballers Okayama and Oita, dropping in on a few WITH destinations where the famed strategist Editor Alec Jordan LOVE WAY OF THE Art Director Liam Ramshaw TV star LiLiCo on WARRIOR Kuroda Kanbē brought his brilliance to Following in the footsteps of her hard-fought Illustrator Liam Akin legendary samurai the battlefield. Looking north towards path to success Kuroda Kanbē Tohoku, we learn about how tourism can Media Director Kotaro Toda serve as a healing force in the regions still Account Executives Nobu (Nick) Nakazawa A BEAUTIFUL LIFE Ohad Elbaz TRENDS, TREATMENTS & TOKYO’S HOTTEST SALONS recovering from the disaster of 3/11. We Masaya Okamoto ALSO: Business Focus: Women in the Workplace, Agenda, People, Parties, and Places, and much more also drop in on two places close to Tokyo that have more to offer the day-tripper fter digging ourselves after Media Consultant Mary Rudow than you might imagine. Marketing Ingrid Dubreuil the heaviest snowfall we’ve One of the people we profile this Editorial Consultant Sami Kawahara seen in decades, we’re A month may not be a samurai master of starting to see a bit of spring Society Bill Hersey tactics, but he has led a revolution on on the way: a plum blossom here, another field: his name is Tom Byer, and Editorial Associates Vivian Morelli preparations for the end of the school his teaching techniques for the football Matthew Hernon year there. Mace Bertumen pitch have helped to transform how Japan With the coming of warmer weather, plays and learns the sport. And on her you probably find yourself ready to shed Film Christopher O’Keeffe rocky road to success, TV personality those outer layers, and you’ll want to LiLiCo reveals that she may have traveled IT Manager Nick Adams look your best when you decide to do so. more of Japan than Kanbē himself. Development Manager Stephane Boudoux With that in mind, we’ve put together a Finance & Admin Sakura Arimura That’s it for this month. Keep an eye collection of the beauty trends, products, DBA Iryna Sundutova out for the little people on St. Patrick’s, and salons that can help you meet spring Happy Vernal Equinox Day, and we’ll see with your freshest face. you in sakura season. March marks the end of the fiscal year here in Japan, so as businesses look ahead to the Fiscal Year of the Horse, we examine some of the dynamics that EST. Corky Alexander, 1970 are shaping the workforce now, and for 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 Bulbous Cell Media Group www.bulbouscell.com Fried Sushi by Liam Akin. To see more of Liam’s work check out www.friedsushi.net © wakana murata PATINA TOKYO is the first branch of Patina restaurant in LA, and the first foothold in Japan for PATINA RESTAURANT GROUP, which is a leader in the premium segment of the restaurant industry with over 50 establishments in the US. PATINA TOKYO’s highlights are the spacious dining room, the authentic classic American bar counter, the chef ’s table where guests can host their private events and can be served by the chef directly. With the founder and chef Joachim Splichal’s direction, guests can enjoy the French inspired California cuisine that is full of art and creativity. The chef has even assembled the selected wine list to complement his menu. Web: patinatokyo.com | Tel: 03-5738-7031 1st floor Kamiyama Forest, 11-15 Kamiyama-Cho, Shibuya- ku, Tokyo, Japan 150-0047 Opening Hours Mon-Fri 11:30-14:00 | Mon-Thu 17:00-23:00(L.O.22:30) | Fri,Sat & HolidayS 17:00-23:30(L.O.23:00) | Closed On Sundays 6 | ART & DESIGN | THE WA GROUP I didn’t want my time in Japan to be one-way… I wanted to create something that would give back to Japan and put some meaning behind what I was doing here. like to enjoy the experience without making a huge investment. Price points at the Wa Space and Wa Shop make art accessible to all, as one can invest in a multi-million yen traditional BRINGING tansu, or casually purchase a four hundred yen textile coaster. To help promote the value of the local craftsmen and artists, the Wa Group hand- TO THE WORLD selects its wares from artisans across Japan. Its lineup currently includes items from Iwate, In an effort to promote Japanese design to the Western World, Osaka, Saga, and Gifu prefectures to name a few, but its first exhibition will feature the marketing strategist Dominic Carter and his team of three have dyed textiles of Tokyo-native, Tochigi-based formed and brought to life The Wa Group, a company dedicated to Hideo Tao and his Studio Garaya. Tao creates Japanese decor through tradi- showcasing the essence of domestic artwork in Japan tional dyeing techniques using natural materi- als such as kakishibu (persimmon extract), combination art exhibition/design Carter and his team specifically de- minomushi (cocoon material commonly used shop, the Wa Space is the first pro- veloped an admiration for the wabi sabi in kimonos), plant dyes, and rice powder. Each ject of the newly launched group, concept. “Wabi sabi aesthetics is about project is hand-treated and crafted by Taō, an which has been under develop- not wasting things and not over-perfecting attention to detail that has earned him the hon- Ament for over two years. The Wa Space and things.
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