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Month: November 2007

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering Hiromi Taki and Tomonori Ohata’s Kusa, the MUJI 2007 Christmas gifts, and the INFOBAR 2 pre-release exhibition.

  • MIDI + Mario = Goodness

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    I’m in love with this, music from SUPER MARIO BROS. by way of MIDI and then visualized with something called the Music Animation Machine player. Via Kotaku.

  • MR NO MUSIC

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    Pandatone starts a new series of podcasts for Neojaponisme, MR NO MUSIC, of Japanese indie electronic artists. Also, you can can catch David and U.T. from Kiiiiiii, together as MXUT, DJing at Bar Drop tomorrow night (November 22). More details here.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Inside the Magazine Pool Armani Ginza Tower You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Juliana Vol. 8

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    I mentioned it in a “Happening in Tokyo” post the other day, but the flyers for the “Juliana” parties are just so damn great that they deserve their own post. So don’t miss it, the next edition of Tokyo Fun Party‘s “Juliana” (Vol. 8) is this coming Sunday (November 25), with the regular crew, plus…

  • Michelin Guide Loves Tokyo

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    It would seem that the first edition of Michelin’s Tokyo guide really loves Tokyo, and is declaring it one of the best food cities in the world. Eight restaurants received the coveted 3-star rating: Japanese restaurants Kanda, Koju and Hamadaya, French restaurants Quintessence, Joel Robuchon and L’osier, and sushi restaurants Sukiyabashi Jiro and Sushi Mizutani.…

  • The Great Indoors Award 2007

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    A good Tokyo presence in the winners circle at the The Great Indoors Award 2007. Wonderwall took the “Interior Design Firm of the Year” honors, with Item Idem and Ryui Nakamura Architects also taking prizes.

  • Cafe Pause T Gallery

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    We have now launched the Cafe Pause T Gallery at Cafe Pause. All the t-shirts pictured here are for sale, and collections will rotate over time. Currently, you’ll find the 5 designs from the latest Tokyo Art Beat collection, as well as a few t-shirts from The King of Games. Prices vary: all TAB tees…

  • Rin Nadeshico

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    After seeing that photo Yuki took at Design Festa (Vol. 26), I went and had a look through Rin Nadeshico’s site. I quite like a lot of her illustrations.

  • Photos from Design Festa Vol. 26

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    Yuki has a few shots from this past weekend’s Design Festa (Vol. 26) up on her Flickr photostream. Pictured above, Rin Nadeshico and some of her work.