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subscribe to style file blog via RSSandreas melbostad of phi’s tokyo diary
July 2, 2008 9:40 am
June 26
It’s my first trip to Tokyo in eight years and I’m happy to be back. We go to Roppongi Hills, the “city within a city” shopping mall. Then we head over to Harajuku, home to H3O, our Tokyo press and sales office. Harajuku is one of the city’s main fashion districts and has lots of great little cafés and restaurants.
Then we go over to Nakameguro, which is more low-profile but nonetheless an emerging hipster hangout. We walk along the Meguro River, which is lined with cafés and stores, and end the night with dinner at Higashiyama.
June 27
We go back to H3O, where we meet with Shizue Hamano from Vogue Nippon. We discuss the Polaroids that I’ve been asked to take over the past couple of days for Vogue Nippon’s regular feature “Tokyo Story.” Finally, we’re off to Shibuya to check out the city’s hectic and intense center of youth culture. We stay until darkness falls and all the flashing neon is switched on. Moving away from the crowds, we head down a dark side alley only lit by lanterns. Up a tiny staircase, we find the smallest bar imaginable, appropriately named TIGHT. It only seats three. We decide it’s the perfect spot for a drink before a decadent dinner at Morimoto XEX.
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