by Simon Farrell
More for You
With two new columns and more
valuable giveaways, WIFM is
continuing to answer with aplomb that
piercing question: What’s in it For Me?
Pierre Gagnaire launches our new
People column. The classy French chef with a taste for Michelin
stars shares his lifestyle with us on page 17.
And for the latest on new product styles, see our other new
column on page 24, Design. From shoes to watches, and
camera to teapot, there are some very nice creations out there if
you look — and we found some we thought you’d like.
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by Oliver Arlow
Getting married has never been more fun
As the happiest and most
memorable day of any
couple’s life, a wedding
has to be just right. On this
day — with friends, family
and new in-laws looking on — it needs to be
perfect. And as most of us only do this once
(or perhaps twice …), then it is worth talking to
the experts to make sure that everything goes
to plan before the first note of the bridal march
is played.
Brendan Jennings and Takako Yamanouchi
had a very clear idea of what they wanted,
combining the traditions of a Japanese
ceremony with the flexibility of a karate
demonstration during the reception.
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by Julian Ryall
Island of ancient forests, wild beasts and personal butlers
Until recently, the reasons for
visiting Yakushima revolved
around trekking into the
ancient cedar forests of
the island’s interior, diving,
kayaking or climbing, and witnessing the
ungainly loggerhead turtles emerge from the
ocean to lay their eggs on Nagata Inakahama
Beach. All of which are sound excuses for
experiencing this World Natural Heritage
Site — but the great outdoors is no longer the
only reason to visit.
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by Jun Igarashi
School breaks can educate, inspire and challenge children
Why not forego the
predictable trip to
the traditional zoo
or tacky theme park
this spring break and
share with your children something educational,
physical, creative or cultured to help them make
new friends and learn communication, skills,
independence and self-expression?
Odaiba’s a great place to start for science
and math. Making understanding easier, quicker
and more fun is the goal of ExploreScience,
which showcases Sony Corporation’s latest
technology. There are four zones with different
themes: Sound, Light & Imaging, Theater &
Workshop, and Information & Entertainment.
The theater features 3D movies and
documentaries such as the popular programs
Arashiyama Zoo and Churaumi Aquarium now
showing powerful images of beautiful animals.
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by Alana Bonzi
Create opportunities and the talent will follow
Research has shown that
diverse groups usually
outperform homogenous
ones — producing better
analysis, problem solving
and, generally, innovation. This is one of the
key insights upon which Ernst & Young’s
Groundbreakers initiative is founded. Beth
Brooke, the company’s global vice-chair was
in Tokyo in March to share some of the insights
of the initiative.
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by Simon Farrell
Triumph’s “legend reborn” Thunderbird looks great and goes like stink
The first Triumph I rode was a
1960s Bonneville with an ankle-scraping
kick-start and traditional
oil leaks. As twilight descended
on warm summer evenings in a
dairy field in Somerset, southwest England,
with no crash helmet or lights, I was Steve
McQueen in The Great Escape, prior to his
being spectacularly mangled by barbed wire as
Nazis closed in.
I read sometime in the 1980s that Triumph
had gone bust and thought nothing more of
it until about three years ago when I saw a
Triumph dealer in Mita, Minato-ku. So I bought
a Speedmaster 900cc.
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