Megacity Tokyo 2015
Introduction
Course schedule
Photos!
Life in Japan
Accommodations
Travel/transfer Info
Contact
Arriving in Tokyo
Urban density!
Map to Flexstay.
Hyperdia to the rescue.
ARIZONA IN JAPAN!
Sophia University campus.
Sophia University campus.
Sophia University campus.
Meet and greet with Sophia students.
Jikoshoukai (self-introduction).
Small group sessions.
Our classroom, on the 9th floor of the library.
The view from our window, including the New Otani Hotel.
Tokyo is always building.
Roping Hills' Mori Building.
On the way up to Google Japan HQ.
After our tour and talk with David Marx of Google Japan.
Yoyogi festival.
Food, vendors, and music.
Araceli, Lorenzo, and Andre crossing the bridge to Yoyogi Park and to Meiji Shrine.
Lots of rain in early July.
And lots of umbrellas.
Tokyo summer: a mix of rain and sweat.
Something for everyone in Akihabara.
In the studio for live TV at TBS in Akasaka, courtesy announcer Tomoko Kubota.
The map to Blue Bottle.
Quality control at Blue Bottle Coffee.
Learning how to do a cupping with Andrew Curry.
Blue Bottle's glass ceiling.
Stocking up on coffee gear.
Tomioka Hachimangu, the shrine devoted to sumo.
Tomioka Hachimangu map.
Map to British pub The Hub to see the early morning women's World Cup final between Japan and the USA.
Watching the game with pre-work salarymen.
Asakusa kannon!
The Asahi 'golden poo.'
Water bus!
We're on a boat.
The difference between Kansai and Kanto.
Hotel Okura.
The history of danchi (public housing) with John Leisure from UCLA.
Two generations of danchi.
The newest construction.
Akabanedai danchi area map -- note the earliest star-shaped ones at the top.
Newer construction.
And we are in awe.
A kitty for everyone.
Jimbocho book tour.
The North Korean Residents' Association building.
Yasukuni Shrine.
Japanese garden in the depths of Yasukuni.
A little bit of relaxation.
Mirai-kan science museum in Odaiba.
ASIMO!
The history of humanoid robots.
Green screen gait analysis.
With Alex Harris.
Typical (?) train platform.
Prof Smith with his brother Daniel at NHK.
A visit by Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki.
Anime-tastic mural in Kichijoji.
Andre's wires.
Konbini-thropology with Gavin Whitelaw.
Lorenzo reppin' UA.
A shrine to day laborers in Kotobukicho.
Prof Tom Gill tours us through the back alleys of Kotobukicho.
Hamakaze in Kotobukicho, the second largest homeless shelter in Japan.
Prof Gill's pachinko lesson.
John kept winning.
Yifei was enthralled.
Hachiko!
Gifts from Cherry.
The intrepid maid cafe explorers.
Final dinner in Okubo's Korean town.
Okubo karaoke.
Prof. Smith's daily breakfast.
Prof. Smith's daily lunch.
WHALE BACON!
Final shot with the Sophia group.
Here it was, in Shibuya all along.