The August 2009 edition of the The Tokyo Amercian Club magazine, INTOUCH, featured a story on Tokyo Realtime: Kabukicho, which has since been named as a finalist in the 2010 Audie Awards – ‘the oscars of the audiobook world’. Placed in the Package Design category, it is up against industry heavyweights such as BBC America. The winners will be announce in May 2010.
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TOKYO REALTIME is a series of audio guided tours for Tokyo neighborhoods. The first tour is for Shinjuku’s notorious Kabukicho entertainment district. Simply transfer the audio program to any portable mp3 player and listen while you follow the route on the included map. The carefully researched tour mixes narration and interview content with recorded street sounds and music. You learn about the area’s people and places as well as the area’s history and compelling culture from various angles. The beautifully designed package includes a booklet of area photography.
TOKYO REALTIME: Kabukicho
2,100 yen
White Rabbit Press
www.whiterabbitpress.com/
The Fab/March 2008 edition of JSelect magazine ran a story on Tokyo Realtime: Kabukicho.
Here’s what they had to say about the tour:
“I have to admit that before starting out I was unsure whether I would enjoy it or not, and I half expected the kind of stereotype-ridden offering common in English-language media when it comes to talking about Japan. I was wrong, this tour guide is different; it neither seeks to glamorise nor condemn what goes on in Kabukicho. Instead, it introduced me to aspects of the area and goings-on behind closed doors that I would probably never otherwise had known…”
For more information on our Tokyo Realtime guided audio tours, please visit www.tokyorealtime.com.