Our more astute readers may have noticed that Tokyo YY is a sister publication of Tokyo Journal, Japan’s oldest and most-widely read English-language city magazine. We have recently started to include content from previous Tokyo Journal issues in Tokyo YY, and our Events Calendar also originates from the encyclopedic 32-page-strong Cityscope section of TJ, that contains everything you need to know to enrich your Tokyo lifestyle with art, music, film and other events. Tokyo YY gets a lot from its big sister, but what does Tokyo Journal get back from its little sister? Well, if you check out our gorgeous YY girls, free personals, Japanese translations, DeGregorio’s deceptively simple cartoons, and the by now legendary Horrorscope, maybe TJ gets a little sibling rivalry.
The same amount of crossover happens on our websites, too. For example, click on the Clubs & Bar Listings on www.tokyoyy.com and you will end up at www.tokyo.to/city with over 200 listings of nightlife and dining places, 70 of them with extensive reviews, photos, and maps — and growing. And if you take a look at our inside front and back covers, you will notice the new and shortened homepage addresses for the nightlife places featured there. Take a look at www.tokyoyy.com and a whole new world will open.
But of course even the best homepage can’t replace the look and feel of the real thing. Therefore, the next time you visit a fine bookstore, check out the latest edition of Tokyo Journal. You can even take it home for a mere ¥600.

Irmgard Vonn