Word: geisha
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Eager to impress, the Japanese plied the bankers with No plays, Koto recitals, Bunraku puppet shows, trips to the countryside, geisha parties and tea with Emperor Hirohito. They even introduced a new cigarette called IMF. Between the crowded plenums and the warm sake sessions, the international moneymen performed some important business-and witnessed a struggle for control of the world's monetary leadership...
...byways. The new roads-$470 million worth of them-will ease the burden of Tokyo's cab drivers, who have a hard time finding their way around and usually require written directions (in Japanese) to reach a destination. The reek of setting cement permeates Tokyo like a geisha's scent, and roadside cafes are mounted with plastic shields to ward off the dust stirred up by building...
...best and cheapest imitations of U.S. cornball westerns ever made, as well as great directors such as Akira Kurosawa. Tokyo has 32,000 restaurants-nearly twice as many as New York. The best of the Japanese establishments can cost as much as $30 per person for food and geisha entertainment, but at sukiyaki and tempura houses like the Ginza's Suehiro and Tenichi, prices are moderate. Tokyo also has excellent Western dining spots, such as Lohmeyer's (German) and the Crescent (French), as well as Liu Yuan, a four-story Chinese restaurant that ranks with the best...
...JAPAN. Fairgoers can dine in traditional Japanese fashion - shoeless, seated on tatami mats - or at regular tables and chairs. The food, in any case, is tempura and sukiyaki, cooked on the table. A stage show stars some of Japan's best dancers. In the colorful costumes of samurai, geisha and fishermen, they are adept at everything from kabuki to the twist...
HOUSE OF JAPAN. Shoeless, seated at a low table, the happy diner is served hot sake, then a kimonoed doll of a waitress kneels and cooks sukiyaki. Meanwhile, entertainers in the colorful costumes of samurai, geisha and fishermen dance every thing from kabuki to the twist, and an Oriental chanteuse, Momotaro Akasaka, sings sonorous torch songs...