November 8th
Cheapo Weekend for November 10/11: Christmas Begins, an Enormous Art Fair and More University Festivals
Did you know it’s Christmas? Just as Halloween runs for the whole of October in Japan, Christmas seems to run from […]
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November 7th
Falafel in Tokyo! Pita the Great Packs a Serious Lunch.
Why haven’t I known about this? Freshly-made pita & made-to-order falafel right here in Tokyo since 1993? Was […]
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Cheapo Weekend for November 3/4: Tokyo Designers Week & Design Tide
After an unprecedented one whole week of Halloween parties it’s time to calm down and get civilised people! With […]
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October 30th
3 Coins (and some change)
When I’m not downing buckets of beef jerky while wrestling a grizzly bear, I like to get in touch with my sensitive […]
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October 29th
Cheapo Podcast Episode 1 – our first one!
Download Podcast Launching a new podcast series today! Hear Greg and Chris fussing over 10yen, chat about Halloween in […]
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October 26th
Lawson Store 100
I don’t know about the rest of you, but if it weren’t for the 100yen shops around Tokyo, I probably wouldn’t have made […]
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October 25th
Cheapo Weekend for October 27/28: Ghouls Galore
Anyone who tells you that Halloween isn’t a big deal in Japan (and Tokyo) is seriously lacking in perspective. […]
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October 24th
My NY Minute at Rocco's Pizza
I burned my mouth quite badly yesterday–that little space above my two front teeth is even worse today. But how I […]
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October 23rd
Uta Hiroba Karaoke
Via: pictureTYO If you live in Japan and have not yet experienced the phenomenon of karaoke, what is wrong with you? Oh, […]
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Want an Alternative to Teaching English? Are You Too Sexy for Your t-shirt?
Finding a job in Tokyo was rough being fresh off the boat and not knowing a lot of Japanese. I was that foreigner at […]
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October 18th
Cheapo Weekend for October 20/21: Veggie Heaven, Goth Couture, Edo Entertainers and University Festivals
If you’re one of the brave souls who has decided to eschew a diet of dead animal or perhaps if you’re even a […]
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October 17th
Heiroku Sushi – A Very Comfortable Conveyor Belt Ride
This is not Texas or landlocked Indiana. Here in Tokyo, sushi is abundant. There may be as many sushi bars as vending […]
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October 16th
A Gyoza and Ice Cream Wonderland
\As an advocate of all things ice cream and gyoza, it would be a disservice for me to not tell people about Namco Namja […]
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October 15th
The 10 Best Public Artworks in Tokyo
Beyond dull bronzes of early statesmen, public art in Tokyo is a relatively new phenomenon. Only in about the last 25 […]
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October 12th
Make Some Music for Cheap!
When I was about 16, I wanted to play guitar in a hardcore band. After explaining this new found dream to my loving and […]
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October 11th
Cheapo Weekend for October 13/14: Portable Pagodas, Kyushu comes to Tokyo and the Sweet Scent of Roses
In case you’re new to this, Cheapo Weekend is a weekly preview of a few selected cheap or free events for the […]
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October 10th
Savoy Pizza, A Well-Oiled Machine
Swing yourself onto a stool at Savoy, and you’ll bop your head to their jazz and awfully delicious, make that dazzling […]
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October 8th
Genka Bar – Top Shelf Booze at a Stylish Bar for Cheap
The concept of Genka Bar is both simple and brilliant – after you pay 1,500yen to enter, all food and drink from […]
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October 5th
Koishikawa Korakuen: A Walk in The Park
If there is one thing I can say I have learned to love while living in Japan, it’s walking. I used to hate walking. If I […]
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October 4th
Cheapo Weekend for October 6/7: The Hokkaido Fair, Music Fireworks and Tea Ceremony
This weekend has a public holiday tacked on to the other side, so you’re gainfully employed then you’re free […]
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October 3rd
Yume Restaurant–A Calm Haven
Sometimes it is not enough to save five hundred yen. Sometimes 300 is not sufficient. On lunch days at Yume, it is far […]
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The Nezu Museum: Come For The History, Stay For The Garden
Continuing on my culture hopping articles, I wanted to bring attention to a museum that I don’t think a lot of people […]
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September 27th
You Can Never Have Enough Ramen – Hidakaya
Being that this is Tokyo, there is an excess number of unique places to eat ramen. Each shop can have it’s own style and […]
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September 27th
Cheapo Weekend for September 29/30: Gazing Moonward and an Edo Era 'Time Slip'
It finally, very suddenly feels like Autumn. Not long now until the time of ‘changing of the leaves’, […]