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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 4, 2017
Trunk lifts the lid on Tokyo's evolving hospitality industry
There is a long list of reasons to visit Shibuya's latest addition to its cityscape — from the craft cocktails served in its roomy lounge to the outdoor terrace with large white cushions and its architect-designed convenience store. Not to forget the pop-up space, four spacious event rooms, a kushiyaki (grilled skewered dishes) outlet and a wooden rooftop chapel.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 10, 2016
Wise Owl Hostels Tokyo
“What you need is a mediocre amount of sleep. It should be a good, short sleep from an exhausting, enriched experience. No time for sleep. Experience Tokyo.”
WORLD
Dec 31, 2015
Mate-hunting Oregon owl may not give hoot about politics but won't stop attacking state capitol workers
An owl that achieved notoriety last winter for attacking joggers in an Oregon park has returned and is now turning its talons on government workers, state officials said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 25, 2015
'Soma' project dances over divides
If you took a handful of aspiring Japanese contemporary dancers and blended them with a few members of Tanztheater Wuppertal — the world-famous German troupe formed in 1973 by the modern dance icon Pina Bausch (1940-2009) — what kinds of artistic chemistry would you get?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
May 22, 2015
Owl Family Cafe is fun, unless you're peckish
Let's address the coffee first. It's as good as anything you'll get from a convenience store, which is to say it's not good. At all. The only beer on offer is Budweiser — also known as "The King of Beers." It's not. Budweiser wouldn't even make it past the moat for a royal gathering of beers. There's no food at Owl Cafe. Probably for good reason, because if there was, I imagine the flock of birds would be owl over it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 19, 2014
Emoto's 'Shrew' questions to provoke
"If I were a man doing the same work, no one would make any special mention of my gender, but I find I'm always being referred to by the media as 'the female director, Junko Emoto.' I don't want to say that's right or wrong, but it reminds me that this is today's reality," the Tokyo-based artist said during our recent conversation about her upcoming contribution to the Owl Spot Shakespeare Festival.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 23, 2014
City attracts owls back to restored local forest
A city in Osaka is planting trees to lure the endangered Ural owl back to a forest ravaged by an urban development project in the 1980s.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2013
What a hoot: Disabled artists show off owl prints in NYC
An exhibition showcasing owl-themed paintings by artists with disabilities from countries including Japan, Nepal, South Korea and Italy is taking place at a New York gallery.

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