About This Site

The Tokyo With Kids website officially went live on April 22nd 1999. We are still very much under construction. Please bear with us!

Tokyo can be an overwhelming place when you first arrive, and on many individual occasions after. The biggest reason is probably the language barrier, though cultural differences in thinking runs a close second. There are so many things to learn, and the answer to the question always presents itself a day or two after you REALLY needed to know it.

The idea for this site started with the Tokyo Area Babysitting Bulletin Board, a list of babysitters sent out by fax and email. For a short history of the beginnings of this web site, you can read the article published in The Tokyo Weekender. There were so many calls for additional information, from how to ride the subway more cheaply to what kind of daycare is available, that we realized we need a central place to network, available to many different kinds of families. A place where newcomers and oldtimers alike can learn new things.

Your input is going to keep this site vibrant and pertinent. Please take time to get involved in the discussions and feel free to send us email anytime. What you already know could be really helpful to someone else. Together we can make Tokyo's international community a great place to be part of!

Surf's up in Tokyo!

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If you would like your kid's picture on the TWK site, please email us for more details.

Are you pregnant or have you had a baby in Japan? We want to hear from you!
We are looking for information on all aspects of pregnancy and birth in Japan. Questions or information on doctors, hospitals, home birth, birth stories, finding maternity stuff, internet sites and mailing lists on pregnancy and birth, breastfeeding, books you liked on these topics, and anything else you can think of.
Help sooth the fears of other moms-to-be by contributing what you know to our pool of information! You can contact us via email at info@tokyowithkids.com or with our feedback form.

Site Chronology:
16 April 1999 - We are featured in Tokyo Weekender article.
19 April 1999 - We get listed in Yahoo!
22 April 1999 - Site goes live. Realize site design hampers local search function. Begin work on redesign.
24 April 1999 - We get listed in Infoseek
29 April 1999 - We get listed in Asiaco.com
5 May 1999 - Finish redesign and upload.
7 May 1999 - First Newsletter goes out!
9 June 1999 - Linked to on Hachioji International Friendship Club website!
18 June 1999 - In_Tokyo discussion list started.
Linked to on TokyoQ!
Mentioned in Tokyo Weekender article.
24 June 1999 - Linked to on Counseling and Support in Japan (in English)!
5 July 1999 - Named Site of the Week in Global Online's English Newsletter!
13 July 1999 - Site of the Week on internetjapan.com!
29 July, 1999 - We get listed in Lycos


Cornelia Kurz
Research and Public Relations for TWK
Arrived in Japan April 1992
One daughter born in Tokyo in 1996

Favorite Quote:
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain

Emi Asada
Webmaster and technical half of TWK
Arrived in Japan Jan 1995
One son born in Tokyo in 1997

Favorite Quote:
Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else.

Kit Pancoast Nagamura
Feature articles and
Sketches for TWK
First arrived in Japan in 1982 on a fellowship from Brown University and I.B.M. Back in the U.S., she took her Ph.D. in literature and won various teaching and writing awards, but always hoped to see Japan again. Settled here since 1991, she now lives in Tokyo with her husband and one son. Kodansha has just published her third book written in Japanese. Writing for her is like breathing for the rest of us. When you meet her, the red hair and sparkling blue eyes promise a quick wit. You will not be disappointed.

Minobu Asada
Japanese - English Translation
Born in Tokyo
Husband of Emi Asada
Minobu Asada
Forced to translate in his spare time.

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