About Author: Brooke Jury

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Brooke Jury is a writer who also manages to be Artistic Director for The Winestain Project theatre company, an internationally published graphic designer and illustrator, a semi-regular figure at Melbourne fashion events and a Computer Sciences Masters student. She has a half-built theremin, a very full passport, and a screenprinting set-up in her little Melbourne apartment.

Posts by Brooke Jury

  • 7:00- 7:30am I land at Narita Airport looking scruffy and smelling bad after the trip. As I don’t have long in town, I have a 5 second shower at the airport, change and lock all my baggage up, except for the all-important phone and a...

    24 Hours in … Tokyo

    Posted on May 4, 2009 | No Comments
    7:00- 7:30am I land at Narita Airport looking scruffy and smelling bad after the trip. As I don’t have long in town, I have a 5 second shower at the airport, change and lock all my baggage up, except for the all-important phone and a...

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  • Ahhh, the serenity. The serenity of sitting on a balcony beside Tokyo Bay eating what is meant to be a pavlova, listening to the sound of what birds still remain and watching the throngs of tourists take pictures of each other standing in front of...

    Japanese Story Part 3: Odaiba

    Posted on April 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Ahhh, the serenity. The serenity of sitting on a balcony beside Tokyo Bay eating what is meant to be a pavlova, listening to the sound of what birds still remain and watching the throngs of tourists take pictures of each other standing in front of...

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  • Tokyo is often all about the surface. From the replica of the Statue of Liberty way out of town, to the (in)famous Maid Cafes, to the Hostess bars where people spend money for the illusion of affection. For many areas, that’s enough, and they do it...

    Japanese Story Part 2: Yanesen

    Posted on March 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Tokyo is often all about the surface. From the replica of the Statue of Liberty way out of town, to the (in)famous Maid Cafes, to the Hostess bars where people spend money for the illusion of affection. For many areas, that’s enough, and they do it...

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  • I took a puff of apple-flavoured smoke and turned to the woman with fangs. She lounged back against the wall of the shack we were in and sighed. “It’s a bit complicated. I can’t really go back to my country. I didn’t do anything bad,...

    Japanese Story Part 1: Shimo-Kitazawa

    Posted on March 19, 2009 | 2 Comments
    I took a puff of apple-flavoured smoke and turned to the woman with fangs. She lounged back against the wall of the shack we were in and sighed. “It’s a bit complicated. I can’t really go back to my country. I didn’t do anything bad,...

    Continue Reading...