Month: August 2007
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Nikurabe
Nikurabe is a new site that Minja has worked on — I previously pointed you to Mii Station, which even made it to TIME’s list of “50 Best Websites 2007” — that lets you compare two things, eliciting comments from people, and includes a blog widget. It’s still in alpha, and currently only available in…
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The Great Happiness Space
THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE is a documentary that looks at the male host industry, and you can watch it in its entirety here. Via Tokyomango.
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ART iT at Documenta 12 Magazines
In his latest “Out of Tokyo” column, Tetsuya Ozaki talks about his experience as a participant of the “Documenta 12 Magazines” project.
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PingMag: POM2 and their Mine-Remove Sticker Campaign
PingMag takes a look at POM2, an activist group currently running a “Mine-Remove Sticker Campaign,” in which purchases of very cool-looking stickers (only 300 yen) go to support the cause. The stickers themselves are great, with designers such as Power Graphixx and Retired Weapons contributing to the cause. Currently there’s only a Japanese page for…
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This Week at Gridskipper
BALS TOKYO Tsukikageya Shop You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).
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TABlog: Ayako Ookubo Interview
TABlog have produced a video interview with one of the designers of their latest t-shirt collection, Ayako Ookubo.
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This Week in Magazines
PAPER SKY (22) invites us along to Hawaii, for a tour of all that’s “Organic, Fresh, Local.” Hawaii has been getting a lot coverage in Japanese travel-oriented magazines this year, but I do like PAPER SKY’s take, which is focused on what the Japanese would call LOHAS and Eco (terms the magazine’s editor doesn’t seem…
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The Unfold Cityscape
Even though I haven’t done much outside of observing with interest, I’ve been a member of the “A Swarm of Angels” cinema remix project since the start. What are the privileges of membership? Well, just now, I ordered this amazing “Unfold Cityscape” poster by Japanese photographer Palla.
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This Week at MoCo Loco
This week’s tokyo round-up is instead a short interview with Naoto Fukasawa.
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Style Studio in Aoyama and Nakameguro
Style.com has some videos up on Aoyama and Nakameguro (select the different areas from the navigation bar at the bottom of the page).