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Month: March 2006

  • Moresukine Assignments

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    This is a fun idea: Dirk over at a site called Moresukine (you know, as in Moleskine) takes weekly assignments from readers, and then after completing the mission draws them up as nice little comics, which are then posted to the site.

  • PlayStation Spot Sighting

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    This is what the new PlayStation Spots in stations look like (from Kotaku). I myself have yet to spot one, but what seems sort of lame is that they’re still just offering downloads for demos that have been available at the Ginza Sony Building for ages now. Update: I found one at Ikebukuro station, but as…

  • Toru Fukuda

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    Go and enjoy the illustrative works of Toru Fukuda — his Flickr account is well worth keeping track of as well.

  • Katamari Countdown

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    The official Katamari Damacy site is counting down to something… (3 more days.) Link via Kotaku.

  • Royal Host

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    Shot taken at a branch of the Royal Host family restaurant chain, in the back streets of Harajuku (not far from Nadiff).

  • Illustrated Coffee

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    Enrico Casarosa comic-style coffee review over at Canned Coffee is now complete.

  • 16st Design Project

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    Fancy a new bike? From Shift Blog: “16st Design Project” is a project that the design portal site CBCNET and Be.BIKE produce some new custom bicycles. By collaboration with different kinds of occupations, for example, “bicycle×fashion” “bicycle×art”, they suggest a new their sense of value that a bicycle which is a mere transport to more…

  • An Afternoon in Aoyama

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    On Saturday I was out in Aoyama, and this time, was accompanied by Yuko. We started out by visiting our friend Nao’s show at Gallery Omotesando, “3+5+6+8,” on the last day it was being held. Following that we went to, ahem, Royal Host, because Yuko was in the mood for a parfait. Hey, if it’s…

  • The Master’ Gaze on Women in Hanamachi

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    The Japan Foundation Film Series continues with its terrific offering of classic Japanese films presented with English subtitles and at only 600 yen. Our latest series is titled “The Masters’ Gaze on Women in Hanamachi.” The focus this time is on women working in “Hanamachi”—where various forms of pleasures were provided by women—in many different…

  • Omotesando Hills

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    Walking past Omotesando Hills yesterday, late afternoon.