Azabu

Because of her beauty she was also called Azabu-Komachi, or the Komachi of Azabu. (

In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Her shop, Blue and White, located in Tokyo's much loved Azabu district is like a salon for established and budding artists, craftspeople and collectors alike, as well as for newcomers to Japan who are trying to find their way through the many layers of one of the world's largest and most exciting cities.

Steve Beimel: Meetings with Remarkable People in Japan: Amy Katoh--Celebrating "Found Japan" Steve Beimel 2011

Her shop, Blue and White, located in Tokyo's much loved Azabu district is like a salon for established and budding artists, craftspeople and collectors alike, as well as for newcomers to Japan who are trying to find their way through the many layers of one of the world's largest and most exciting cities.

Steve Beimel: Meetings with Remarkable People in Japan: Amy Katoh--Celebrating "Found Japan" Steve Beimel 2011

He tried Nishi Azabu, Roppongi, Harajuku, and Shibuya Center Gai, even Ebisu, popular with the expatriate set, though it was almost unthinkable that a gaijin would know something before a Nipponese would.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

Which is how come Nick found himself sitting in Celtic Warrior in Nishi Azabu on a Thursday night, alone at the bar, nursing a bourbon and water and a headache, trying to maintain his sanity as a bad multiracial goth band played heavily Japanese-influenced Celtic war melodies, an assault on the ears almost too intense to be described, much less endured.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

He tried Nishi Azabu, Roppongi, Harajuku, and Shibuya Center Gai, even Ebisu, popular with the expatriate set, though it was almost unthinkable that a gaijin would know something before a Nipponese would.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

Which is how come Nick found himself sitting in Celtic Warrior in Nishi Azabu on a Thursday night, alone at the bar, nursing a bourbon and water and a headache, trying to maintain his sanity as a bad multiracial goth band played heavily Japanese-influenced Celtic war melodies, an assault on the ears almost too intense to be described, much less endured.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

Count Coudenhove-Kalergi was the son of an Austrian noble, who was posted to Japan as his country's minister, and Mitsuko Aoyama, the daughter of an antiques dealer from Azabu, Tokyo.

'My Political Philosophy' Yukio Hatoyama 2009

He tried Nishi Azabu, Roppongi, Harajuku, and Shibuya Center Gai, even Ebisu, popular with the expatriate set, though it was almost unthinkable that a gaijin would know something before a Nipponese would.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

Which is how come Nick found himself sitting in Celtic Warrior in Nishi Azabu on a Thursday night, alone at the bar, nursing a bourbon and water and a headache, trying to maintain his sanity as a bad multiracial goth band played heavily Japanese-influenced Celtic war melodies, an assault on the ears almost too intense to be described, much less endured.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009