 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!
Spread the word! Link to this site!
Find out how!
Get your kid's picture on TWK!
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
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Cornelia Kurz
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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
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Emi Asada
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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.
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Kit Pancoast Nagamura
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Feature articles and
Sketches for TWKFirst 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.
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Minobu Asada
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Japanese - English Translation
Born in Tokyo
Husband of Emi Asada
Forced to translate in his spare time.
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