Hello, there. I am W. David Marx -- CNNGo's Tokyo City Editor.
My writing and translation has been published in such places as GQ, Harper's, Brutus, Nylon, Weekly Diamond, The Fader and the Da Capo anthology "Best Music Writing 2009." I am also a former editor of Tokion (U.S.) and the Harvard Lampoon.
During the second half of the Aughts, I released two-and-a-half albums on New York-based indie labels under the artist name Marxy.
W. David Marx's favorite webpages and links
Snack Nation: Japan’s obsession with weird and wonderful pocket-money delights
From bean-flavored cola to tea spiked with yogurt, there's no end to the joy of snacks
Japan's first shoe-shining gentleman's club
Brift H in Aoyama creates a new category of "shoes lounge" where trained staff in waistcoats and jackets buff up your shoes while you watch on with a champagne flute of green tea
McDonald's Japan goes a bit 'hipper' in Shibuya
A few Shibuya locations of Japan's most popular food purveyor break from the normal brand identity and go a little more fashionable
