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Where Everybody Knows Your Name INDEPTH | NIHONBASHI

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Through innovation and camaraderie, Nihonbashi’s Muromachi Bar is a popular spot for Members from both clubhouses.

“When Members turn the corner and set eyes on it for the first time, they’re immediately struck by the bar’s classic East Coast art deco look and neighborhood feel,” says bartender Dash Mitchell-Moore, standing in the center of the Nihonbashi Club’s iconic Muromachi Bar.

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Our Urban Oasis INDEPTH | NIHONBASHI

Our Urban Oasis

As Tokyo American Club Nihonbashi turns two this month, Member Robert Moss shares how the downtown hub has enhanced his life in Tokyo.

I arrived in Tokyo from the United States on a three-year work assignment. That was more than a decade ago.

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Building Bridges INDEPTH | NIHONBASHI

Building Bridges

Nihonbashi Club Members’ sense of community doesn’t stop at the doors of the satellite hub.

As a young girl, Kaori Koide dreamed of living in Nihonbashi. Tokyo’s “zero point” and the beating heart of old Edo, Nihonbashi was the starting point for Japan’s five key roads, which funneled people and trade in and out of the future capital.

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Recipe for Success INDEPTH | NIHONBASHI

Recipe for Success

Diners at the soon-to-open Nihonbashi Club can expect cuisine that wows, heartens and satisfies.

Moving into a new home usually means gulping down local takeout or delivery pizza amid stacks of half-empty boxes.

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Style and Substance INDEPTH | NIHONBASHI

Style and Substance

Much more than just frames on the wall, the Nihonbashi Club’s art collection symbolizes everything the facility aspires to be.

When the Club’s Nihonbashi satellite facility opens this spring, it will be more than just a place to eat, drink and exercise. For many Members, it will be a home away from home.

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Finer Details INDEPTH | NIHONBASHI

Finer Details

The Club’s soon-to-open Nihonbashi facility promises to be a welcoming space of exquisite interior design.

Whenever I see the alcove of a tastefully built Japanese room,” writes novelist Junichiro Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows, his landmark treatise on Japanese aesthetics, “I marvel at our comprehension of the secrets of shadows, our sensitive use of shadow and light.”

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