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Month: April 2003

  • Japanese Streets

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    The Japanese Streets website is up for a Webby award. Quite a good site with tons of pics on Japanese street fashions.

  • Last Exile

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    I just finished watching the new anime Last Exile, which I had mentioned the other day (Mondays at 1:30 on TV Tokyo). The show falls in the steampunk category (imagine a victorian-style sci-fi world) and is beautifully animated in a successful mix of CG and traditional cel animation (you can see the TV ad for…

  • Good Morning

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    It’s a beautiful morning. I’m listening to Stephen Malkmus’ new album, PIG LIB, while doing my morning email checking/web surfing/site updating, and it’s turning out to be the perfect soundtrack for that. Not too up-tempo, sort of nice and relaxed, in the way that Malkmus does so well. It’s already 17 degrees outside, and it’ll…

  • Bob Sapp Bento

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    I came back home really tired last night, too tired to cook anything, so I went to Sankus (one of the convenience stores nearby) and picked up this Bob Sapp bento. It came with a free bottle of green tea.

  • Japander

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    And speaking of Western celebrities advertising products in Japan, the site Japander is the mother of all sites for these ads. Here’s how the site describes itself: Japander: n.,& v.t. 1. a western star who uses his or her fame to make large sums of money in a short time by advertising products in Japan…

  • Election Posters

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    Local elections are coming up in Tokyo, and posters for candidates are popping up around my neighborhood.

  • Atom Chocolate

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    Today is Astro Boy’s birthday! According to the manga, he was born on this day in a lab in the Takadanobaba area (2 stations from where I live). Pictured here is an Astro Boy Smarties-like (for those who don’t have the pleasure of having Smarties in their country – it could be a Canada-only thing…

  • Britney

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    You can see Britney’s new Japanese TV commercials for G.G. Tea. I’m sure she pocketed a cool million or more for an hour or two of work. Celebrities get paid fortunes to do commercials for the Japanese market, which is the reason so many of them (people like Leonardo Dicaprio or Woody Allen, who wouldn’t…

  • Art in Roppongi

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    Who would ever have associated Roppongi (the sleezy bar center of Tokyo) with a growing art scene? Taken from the REALTOKYO site: Following new openings of art spaces in Shinkawa, a building dedicated to art opens its doors this time on Roppongi’s Imoaraizaka. The 37-year-old building accomodates Ota Fine Arts, Hiromi Yoshii + Gallery Koyanagi…

  • Yuko Shimizu

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    I’ve already mentioned Yuko Shimizu‘s site here, but I was reminded of it today by a mention at K10K. Lots of fun illustrations, and even a couple of short comics.