Month: March 2006

  • This Week in Magazines

    The latest CASA BRUTUS (73) is their annual “Tokyo Best 100” issue, and as you can imagine, is well worth picking up since it acts as a great guide to the things you should be checking out while in town. They do use up a bit too many of their selections on Omotesando Hills though.…

  • Akihabara

    I was out in Akihabara yesterday — full “out of the closet” disclosure: I wanted to go to the Yellow Submarine RPG shop to check out the board and card games (picked up a pack of this cool new “constructible strategy game” called PIRATES) — and it’s just insane to see how much the district…

  • Professional Photographers

    When I’ve written stories for various publications, I’ve sometimes been asked if I knew of any Tokyo-based professional photographers that they could use for the pieces. I’m afraid that up to know I usually don’t have any good suggestions to make, and so I figured I’d make a call-out. I’m not promising any jobs or…

  • Tatsuo Miyajima

    JDN has a bunch of pics up from Tatsuo Miyajima’s “Fragile” exhibition (until April 8) at SCAI THE BATHHOUSE. I really need to go see this show. Link via Dezain.net.

  • GITS Turns into a Movie Again

    Last week I posted about Production I.G.’s plans to follow-up their GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX series, and it turns out that instead of a new series, we’re getting a movie. Production I.G has revealed in a stock disclosure that the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society will…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

    Cafe Liberté Mist Ramen You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Canadian Video Art Channel Vol. 3

    Damn, sounds like I really should have gotten in touch with this Shinobu Akimoto for Canadian Style. But then again, there’s always CS2! The third and final installment of Videoart Channel’s V-lounge opening series “Canadian Video Art Channel vol.3” will be held at Tokyo Wonder Site in Shibuya on Friday, March 24th, at 7:00pm. On…

  • GENEVEtokyo Update

    GENEVEtokyo has updated with a few new tee designs, which you can either purchase online at their site or at Beams.