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Tama New Town, Western Tokyo
Tokyo, but not Tokyo
A personal site from Tama New Town, in Tokyo Prefecture and a long way in feel from the 23 wards. Writing on corporate IT, AI and company culture, notes on living a quieter life in the Tokyo suburbs, and a small shop of stickers and T-shirts drawn from the streets here.
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Why Tokyo, but not Tokyo
Tama New Town is in Tokyo Prefecture, yet it has wide open spaces, a lot of green and walkways free of cars. After 15 years here I think of it as a quieter, more human-scale way to live and work in technology.
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Minami-Osawa Promenade
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Minami-Osawa Sakura Path
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Tama Center Grand Staircase
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Tama Central Park
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About
I am Naoyuki Maruya, an IT leader who grew up in Honolulu and has lived in Japan since 2007. I have worked in global IT strategy, infrastructure and digital portfolio management at multinational companies in Japan, and I write about what I see from the inside.