High-end shopping by day and fine Japanese dining by night in Ginza and Roppongi Steeped in tradition and lined with prominent department stores, Ginza is Tokyo’s original shoppers’ paradise. Be sure to stop by SHISEIDO THE STORE, Shiseido’s flagship store, for the finest cosmetic and beauty products. For Shiseido’s top-of-the-range skincare products, visit Clé de Peau Beauté, located in the nearby GINZA SIX, an upscale shopping complex created under the concept of “Life At Its Best”. In the evening, savour a sumptuous dinner of Kobe beef teppanyaki at Bifuteki Kawamura, at either the Tokyo Ginza Branch or the Roppongi Branch. Known for its shopping, culinary offerings and night life, Roppongi is only a short train or taxi ride away. Chuo-Dori St. Exit A2 Exit A3 GINZASIX 1F Clé de Peau Beauté Ginza Sta. Wako Mitsukoshi Clé de Peau Beauté Access by train: 3 minutes’ walk from Tokyo Metro Ginza Station 5 minutes’ walk from Tokyo Metro Higashi-ginza Station The National Art Center, Tokyo Hibiya Line Roppongi Sta. Oedo Line Roppongi Sta. Tokyo Midtown Exit 6 BIFUTEKI KAWAMURA Roppongi St. Bifuteki Kawamura (Roppongi Branch) Access by train: 3 minutes’ walk from Toei/Tokyo Metro Roppongi Station Exit 6 SHISEIDO THE STORE Chuo-Dori St. Exit A2 Exit A3 Ginza Sta. Wako Mitsukoshi SHISEIDO THE STORE Access by train: 7 minutes’ walk from Tokyo Metro Ginza Station 5 minutes’ walk from JR/Tokyo Metro Shimbashi Station Tokyu Plaza Ginza Sotobori St. BIFUTEKI KAWAMURA Exit B9 HERMES Harumi St. Hibiya Line Ginza Sta. Ginza Sta. Marunouchi Line Bifuteki Kawamura (Tokyo Ginza Branch) Access by train: 3 minutes’ walk from Tokyo Metro Ginza Station Exit B9
Art & Design A CLOSE-UP ON THE ARTISTS, ARTISANS AND ARCHITECTS ENLIVENING OUR WORLD Maximilian Jencquel in his woodshop in Ubud, Bali CERTAIN STYLE Into the Woods An apostle of sustainable design finds his groove in Bali. By BEN RYDER HOWE PHOTO TOMMASO RIVA / LIVINGINSIDE Maximilian Jencquel was in a meeting at home in Ubud, Bali, when his wife called. “There’s a lady at our house who wants to meet you,” she told Jencquel, a Venezuelan-born architect. “I can’t. I’m in a meeting,” he said. His wife insisted – the visitor was on her way to the airport and wanted to talk immediately. So Jencquel excused himself and met the woman, a Polish real estate developer, who told him: “I want to buy your house.” Rumah Hujan, Jencquel’s sleek, single-level house, was constructed from a bridge the architect brought back from Borneo, although he didn’t start building right away. “I wanted something in tune with my vision,” he says. “I didn’t want people to say, ‘You’re a designer, but you didn’t succeed with your own house.’ ” Balinese in ornamentation (think rattan lampshades) and in the honeyed hues of teak, rambutan and ironwood, the three-bedroom structure is otherwise simple and CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM 59
