is a Japanese-language monthly magazine about the history and culture of
Tokyo, and culture and leisure in the city. The title is a little-used term, almost a
neologism, for somebody from, in or of Tokyo.
History and profile
The first issue of ''Tokyojin'' was published in January 1986. Until the June 2001 issue it was published by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture (, Tōkyō-to Rekishi Bunka Zaidan).
[More strictly, until the October 1995 issue it was published by Tōkyō-to Bunka Shinkō-kai (), which subsequently became the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture; the change taking effect between the October and November 1995 issues.] The non-profit, non-commercial backing meant that the magazine stayed independent of the preoccupation with shopping and other consumption shared by the huge majority of Japanese magazines, and ''Tokyojin'' could concentrate on substantive issues of urban design and so forth.
From July 2001 the magazine was published by Toshi-Shuppan (), a commercial publisher; it has increasingly moved in the direction of a guide to culture, leisure and eating out in Tokyo for the middle-aged and retired, although it still has plenty of material of substance, and also of interest to other demographics.
In early 2007, its advisory editors were
Saburō Kawamoto
is a Japanese film and literary critic, as well as a professor at Rikkyo University.
After graduation from the University of Tokyo, he worked for the Asahi Newspaper company before leaving in 1972 to become a critic. He was one critic who he ...
,
Hidenobu Jinnai
Hidenobu (written: 秀信 or 英暢) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese samurai
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese footballer
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, and
Mayumi Mori Mayumi may refer to:
*Mayumi (name)
Mayumi (まゆみ, マユミ) is a common Japanese given name, particularly for females.
Possible writings
Mayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*真弓 or 眞弓, "truth, bow" or ...
. The March 2007 issue, as an example, is a special issue titled "Edo Yoshiwara", about the
Yoshiwara entertainment area of
Edo
Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
: of the total of 162 pages (rather few of which are devoted to advertising, either overt or, as is common in Japanese magazines, covert), seventy-six pages are devoted to Yoshiwara. The contributors include
Shōichi Ozawa and
Makoto Takeuchi
is a unisex Japanese name although it is more commonly used by males.
As a noun, Makoto means " sincerity" (誠) or "truth" (真, 眞).
People
Given name
*Makoto (musician) (born 1977), drum and bass artist
*Makoto (Sharan Q) ( まこと), d ...
; features include a six-page interview with a very active and alert eighty-eight-year old
geisha.
Notes
External links
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Tokyojin': the publisher's page advertising the current issue
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1986 establishments in Japan
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Local interest magazines
Magazines established in 1986
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