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JUL-AUG 2021 FULL SPEED AHEAD SUMMER SIPPERS TIME IS RUNNING OUT Takuya Haneda hopes to paddle his New and true Japanese liqueurs that Japan’s slapdash love affair with SDGs canoe to gold at Tokyo 2020 will hold the Tokyo heat at bay is anything but sustainable — 2 — Weekender_August_Master_002.indd 2 2018/07/24 11:41 CONTENTS RADAR IN-DEPTH TRAVEL THIS MONTH’S HEAD TURNERS COFFEE-BREAK READS WHERE TO GO 8 AREA GUIDE: TOKYO’S LUMBERYARD 20 BALLET IN THE TIME OF CORONA 46 SHONAI SHRINE Once Tokyo’s center for all things wood, How National Ballet of Japan’s new artistic Embark on small adventures on the grounds Shin-Kiba now brightens up at night as a director Miyako Yoshida stays on her toes. of a former Yamagata castle. popular entertainment hub. 23 KYOTO IN SYMPHONY 50 SPORTS PARADISE 10 STYLE: ODE TO THE BIRDS Composer Marios Joannou Elia orchestrates a Traditional and modern sports have deep Photographer and filmmaker Boa Campbell masterpiece of sound dedicated to Kyoto. roots in Kyushu’s Miyazaki Prefecture. takes us on a flight through Tokyo’s world of modern fashion. 26 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SHAMISEN 52 KYUSHU BY TRAIN MAKER Escape to these iconic locales with 16 SHOP JAPAN: BEST OF THE BEACH The designer of Tokyo 2020’s official shamisen assistance from the JR Kyushu Rail Pass. These Japan-made summer accessories spreads the word about the native instrument. help anyone stay cool and look stylish on their next seaside excursion. 30 ON IMPULSE GUIDE Special effects makeup artist extraordinnaire CULTURE ROUNDUP 18 TRENDS: 5 JAPANESE LIQUEURS Amazing Jiro takes TW inside his twisted world. THAT WILL MAKE YOU GO MMMM 54 THE ART WORLD These locally crafted liqueurs mix perfectly 36 FIGHTING IGNORANCE WITH ART Our pick of the best new art exhibitions. with a chill Tokyo summer. Highly acclaimed New York-based illustrator Plus: Next reads for the TW Book Club. Yuko Shimizu is here to kick ass. 56 TW SOCIAL 40 MEET THE 2020 ATHLETES Staying safe while staying connected. Canoeist Takuya Haneda aims to improve upon his bronze medal finish from Rio. 58 AGENDA What’s on in Tokyo during July and August. 42 ACHIEVING TRUE SUSTAINABILITY Tokyo-based SDG expert Trista Bridges explains how Japan can make true progress. — 3 — July - August 2021 Publisher ENGAWA Co., Ltd. President Takanobu Ushiyama Editorial Director Nick Narigon Creative Director Liam Ramshaw Art Director Rose Vittayaset Senior Editors Lisa Wallin Matthew Hernon Designer Anna Petek Editorial Assistant Zoria Petkoska Distribution Coordinator Lyn Tsuchiya Digital Content Manager Lisandra Moor Contributors Bunny Bissoux Stephan Jarvis Taylor Stewart David Schneider Community Strategist Alex Shapiro Head of Sales Hirofumi Ohuchi Sales Executives Takaaki Murai Kahori Terakawa Serina Doi Marion Aubert Shizuka Kimura Konatsu Satake Kazuko Ito Media Producers Yuchen Ho Ryoko Ogawa Cover photo by Robert Kirsch, Makeup by Amazing JIRO EST. Corky Alexander, 1970 For ad sales inquiries, please call (03)-6804-6226 or email: 31F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 [email protected] Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6131 (03)-6804-6226 / (03)-6804-6374 (fax) 広告に関するお問い合わせ先 [email protected] 電話:(03)-6804-6226 メール:[email protected] To subscribe to Tokyo Weekender, please visit Opinions expressed by TW contributors are www.tokyoweekender.com/subscribe Published by ENGAWA Co., Ltd. not necessarily those of the publisher www.engawa.global — 4 — EDS’ CHAT @nicknarigon: Tokyo 2020+ is finally here. How interview the internationally renowned illustrator are you feeling? Yuko Shimizu and lest we forget the local shamisen craftsman, creating the official shamisen of Tokyo @liam_ramshaw: To be honest I’m quite relieved. 2020. This issue is bursting at the seams with After a tortuous 14 months of will they, won’t they? creative juice. I just want it settled one way or another. It might not be the extravaganza we were all hoping for a @nicknarigon: Kimiaki Kono even gave us one few years ago, but I think it’s still going to be pretty of his mini shamisen. Check out our colleague special. How are you feeling about it? Do you have and shamisen savant Rena plucking away on our stars and stripes regalia out? Instagram reel. If there has been one silver lining to Nick Narigon Editorial Director the pandemic, it has forced us all to be a little more @nicknarigon: I pilfered an official Team USA cap, creative. but it feels sacrilegious to wear it in the city. The general attitude in Tokyo seems that people are @liam_ramshaw: Indeed, make sure to keep a close 100 percent against the Olympics, or they want eye on our Instagram and Youtube this month to to get it over with. I do think Japanese Olympians see a whole host of fascinating content including like canoeist Takuya Haneda (pg 40) are left out in Rena getting down on the shamisen, an interview the cold. Speaking of cold, I am looking forward with the Amazing Jiro himself and the TW crew to some cold beverages courtesy of the Japanese enjoying a few Japanese-themed cocktails at the liqueurs featured on pg 18. bar in the corner of our office. Liam Ramshaw @liam_ramshaw: Indeed, I was particularly taken @nicknarigon: Just got poked with a vaccine as we Creative Director with the matcha and anko flavoured liquors. I feel speak. Now I have to sit in a waiting room for 15 they’re going to become a staple of my cocktail more minutes. Perfect time to watch our Ladybeard cabinet at home. However I think most exciting interview on YouTube. Nothing like Beard power to thing we did this month had to be the cover shoot battle a pandemic. at the studios of the Amazing Jiro. That place was incredible. SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND Our round up of what tickled our fancy and ground our gears this month @nicknarigon: It was truly amazing. I could hide amongst his collection of costume masks and INTO IT OVER IT F*CK IT live there. It is inspiring to hang out with creatives taking it to the next level. Another of which is Goya chanpuru Quasi-emergencies Delta variant photographer Boa Campbell, who we both also got to meet. Olympic Village Vogue hauses Food delivery fees sans condoms @liam_ramshaw: Absolutely, it was amazing to Refugee Paralympians Billionaires in space Pride appropriation work with Boa, her beautifully crafted fashion spread featuring local talent was a definite highlight Kyushu wellcations Low-key mosquitoes Greenwashing this month. 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Here, we share this month's editor's picks, but for the full lineup head to www.tokyoweekender.com/the-concierge Sukiyabashi Katsuragi Fujimoto Samboa Kitanomaru Dental Clinic Opened October 2010 in Ginza, this non- After driving up a long winding road, offering At this Ginza-based clinic, which was found- smoking standing bar, which was founded in expansive views over the rolling mountains ed in 1981, you’ll not only receive world-class Kobe more than 100 years ago, offers various and towns of Shizuoka, you arrive at Katsuragi specialist restorative and periodontal dental classic cocktails and rare Japanese whiskey. Kitanomaru, a dream-like castle resort con- care, but you’ll also be in the expert hands The street-facing bar, an unusual sight in structed from seven 200-year-old repurposed of Dr. Kohei Fujimoto. He is fluent in English, Ginza’s Sukiya-dori, has a sleek European- country homes. Make sure to stay in one of a graduate of the University of Washington’s style interior. A compact bar, Sukiyabashi the Japanese-style suites and let yourself get Graduate Periodontics Program, and certified Samboa creates a calm space making it a transported back to the Edo era. To complete as a Diplomate of the American Board of marvelous location for intimate after-work your modern castle experience, indulge in one Periodontology. Appointments can be made drinks or social gatherings. With their of the hotel’s splendid kaiseki dinners, which via phone. collection of unique drinks and mixes, which combine the region’s best produce and meat can only be tried here, it offers one more in a beautiful succession of courses you will reason to visit Ginza. never forget. www.samboa.bar yamaharesort.co.jp www.fujimoto-dental.com 03-3572-5466 0538-48-6118 03-5551-0051 1F 7-3-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku 2505-2 Ugari, Fukuroi, 4F Kami-Pulp Kaikan, 3-9-11 Shizuoka Ginza, Chuo-ku modern.ribs.holly pounding.torched.thinks edges.shelters.rainy — 6 — 8 10 16 Area Guide: Shin-Kiba Ode to the Birds Shop Japan Tokyo’s lumberyard now lights up at Photographer Boa Campbell takes us These Japan-made beach accessories add night as a popular entertainment hub. on a flight through Tokyo’s world of style to your next seaside excursion. fashion. — 7 — TOKYO’S LUMBERYARD This Tokyo Bay entertainment district will liven up during daylight hours for Tokyo 2020 Words and photographs by Stephan Jarvis etter known for popular evening entertainment unimaginatively named slab of reclaimed land.