Sunday Stroll at Nishiogikubo, Tokyo
Despite our best intentions, we sometimes have to work on Sundays. However, after working hard during the day, it was time to get some break. Some of us from factoria have decided to take a stroll around the neighbourhood to discover things to do in Nishiogikubo on Sunday afternoon. We have listed a few of the places we’ve visited and recommend. Traveler’s Bookshop Nomad We have been wanted to go to this book shop for a while but never managed to visit. As the name suggests,
Nishiogikubo, Tokyo, Nightlife
"The best part of the evening was the small karaoke bar that we went to afterwards. It was truly a highlight of our trip in Tokyo and quintessentially Japanese. So much fun, and well worth the hangover the next morning!!!" It was great receiving this kind of feedback from visitors from London, who was visiting Japan for the first time. The atmosphere of Nishiogikubo’s night life is somewhat different and they felt is was genuine local experience. As you can imagine, they have
Omatsuri, around the corner
The rainy season is officially gone and the time for festival season to start in Japan. Omatsuri, the Japanese traditional festival was held at local school, just around the corner from the co-working space in Nishiogokubo, Tokyo. From factoria nishiogi, we could vaguely hear the sound of festival coming form somewhere and that sound was persuasive enough to lure some of us out from the co-working space to check it out. Once we got closer, it became clear that the luring soun
Saint Germain Re-Opens after renovation
Saint Germain, beloved bakery in Nishiogikubo has been closed for a while due to renovation. Today, 14th July 2017 was the reopening of the bakery and they did not disappoint. As Tokyo is not really known for its breakfast culture, the only place you can relax with cup of coffee is usually a big chain operation. Unfortunately, Saint Germain is no different. Not exactly the way Nishiogikubo is known for, but when you need a coffee in the morning, you need that coffee! Together
enjoy food like a local : airbnb experience
For a moment, can you picture a time you enjoyed most about your travel? I can just see myself getting lost in the local scene and have unplanned events roll out from serendipitous meeting with locals and showing me their way of life. That is what the Airbnb Experience we have set up called “enjoy food like a local’. About a month ago, I have decided to register and created an experience on Airbnb, simple enough but everything had to be approved by Airbnb and this took a whil
factorian interview series #1 Louis-Étienne Vallée
Welcome to the interview series #1 of our members here at factoria. As our members, so called “factorians", we have co-workers from different field, industries, countries and backgrounds, we thought it is a good idea to interview them and get to know them better. Perhaps to other members and people contemplating becoming a member of factoria. Today, we ask one of our member, Louis-Étienne Vallée, originally from Montreal Canada. How long have you been in Tokyo? I've been in
