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Month: March 2007

  • MEDIA SKIN on Display

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    LDK’s Jun checks out the Tokujin Yoshioka-designed MEDIA SKIN phone in Omotesando Hills. She liked it so much that she has one on reserve already. Planning on getting one? In the comment thread, a reader writes: “In every AU shop I asked, they said there are already too many reservations and they don’t accept others!”…

  • Yokohama at Night

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    Hemmy.net has a few beautiful shots of Yokohama at night. Update: Seems like the pictures were originally from this site, which features night photography from Tokyo and its surroundings.

  • Ghost in the Shell + Nissan

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    WORLD CAR FANS has a piece on the use of Nissan concept cars in the GHOST IN THE SHELL: SOLID STATE SOCIETY film. I did go to the event in Ginza that is mentioned in the article, and took some pictures but forgot to post them — I’ll try and do that later today. Link…

  • Goodbye Madame Butterfly

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    Chin Music Press has just announced its next release. Ladies and gents, you’re going to hearing a lot more from this woman in the coming months because she’s the author of our next title, Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex, Marriage and the Modern Japanese Woman. If you think you know Japanese women, think again. Sumie Kawakami’s…

  • Big Dreams Little Tokyo

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    Just found the site for the film BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO. Looks like a fun little indie flick, and I like the way it was shot, and also the way they’ve used the website to present the film. Have a look at the trailer here. Oh, and Hiro’s friend from HEROES is in it.

  • Light by Toyo Ito

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    New light by Toyo Ito for Yamagiwa, to be shown in Milan next month. Via MoCo Loco.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Royal Host Superfuture Superguides You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • RTR 12

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    Copies of the latest issue of free paper RTR at Cafe Pause. There are a few pieces by PMKFA inside.

  • Craig Mod Retires from Book Design and Becomes a Bike Dork

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    Don’t believe me? Have a look at this bike porn. Was built at Tsukumo Cycles near Gakugeidaigaku Station in Tokyo. Beautiful vintage flourishes on the frame — especially the signature Kalavinka hand-painted badge.

  • An Afternoon in Aoyama

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    Since today was a national holiday — let’s all give a cheer for the start of spring — me and Yuko decided to head out to Aoyama, something we hadn’t done in a while (I should say together). We started by getting lunch at the A to Z Cafe, and passed the Agnes B. store,…