Author: W. David Marx
Hello, there. I am W. David Marx -- CNNGo's Tokyo City Editor.
Originally from the lower half of the United States, I first came to Tokyo in 1998 to do an internship with Kodansha Publishing and then came back in 2000 to research my senior thesis on A Bathing Ape and Harajuku street fashion. After moving here for good in 2003, I have only grown more attached to Tokyo -- equally obsessed with the 21st century retail wonderland of Shibuya/Harajuku/Omotesando/Aoyama and the early modern culture that still haunts places like Lion Meikyoku Kissa and Kamiya Bar.
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. I now spend most of my days with hands on keyboards and books.
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12 March, 2010
Ahiru-guchi -- 'duck mouth' -- is a term used in Japan to describe a special lip formation said to be a common trait for beautiful women and men. Much like a common mallard, the perfect duck mouth...
10 March, 2010
Japanese tech blog Asiajin introduces a new technology from KDDI subsidiary KDDI R&D Laboratories that will let managers know if employees are properly working or, gasp, goofing off. "...
9 March, 2010
According to Sankei/MSN, metro stations in Japan are starting to prohibit walking on escalators in order to curb a rash of escalator-related accidents. The escalator industry has identified the act...
