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Month: June 2006

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Two More from Wonderwall Japan Foundation Film Series Part 6 You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Shinjuku Eye

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    I don’t remember ever seeing this artwork by Yoshiko Miyashita at Shinjuku station, but I thank Patrick for pointing it out.

  • Two Projects from Wonderwall

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    Wonderwall has updated its site with two more projects that were done last year: the B&B Italia furniture boutique (pictured here) and the And A Homme menswear store. Update (16/10/09): The image is no longer available.

  • This Week in Time

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    I have a piece in this week’s issue (June 19, 2006) of TIME (Asian and European editions). “Brain Fodder” covers the Cow Books bookstore, and you can read it online here.

  • The Masters and Jidaigeki

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    Time for another round of classic Japanese films presented with English subtitles at a very nice price: “The Japan Foundation Film Series Part 6: The Masters and Jidaigeki.” Most readers of the English edition of REALTOKYO are probably familiar with The Japan Foundation’s series of screenings of Japanese films with English subtitles. This sixth installment…

  • Japan-Photo

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    A reader recently made the comment that I should feature more works of Japanese photographers. Well, I have the site just for you: Japan-Photo. I’ve now added the site to my list of subscribed feeds.

  • Yamanote Line Alarm Clock

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    I love this! From The ODK: JR East has begun selling a Yamanote Line alarm clock that plays those melodies you hear at various stations. Each station has its own melody which gets hammered into the subconscious of commuters.

  • Life with Graniph

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    Momus reminisces about life with Graniph.

  • Shigeki Hayashi

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    Josh Spear highlights Shigeki Hayashi’s latest work, “Entertainment Ceramics 2.” More picture of the installation here.

  • Super Normal

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    The “Super Normal” event at the AXIS Gallery should be listed in my TAB selections, but here’s more from REALTOKYO: Fukasawa Naoto and Jasper Morrison, who are lucidly capturing voids of the daily routine in their products, have collected a number of different things they classify as “more normal than normal”. In the words of…