Month: November 2007

  • Sponsor: H.I.S. Experience Japan

    I’d like to welcome a new sponsor to the site, H.I.S. Experience Japan. The ad in the sidebar to the left points to just one of their many different experience packages, in this case getting a taste of some samurai sword action. The sponsor love also includes regulars TAB Jobs, Chin Music Press, and Tokyo…

  • Happening in Tokyo

    Hanakengo’s “Forbidden Zone” will be presented November 21-25 at Benisan Pit. You can view a commercial for the show here. Digiki is going to be taking a break from DJing in order to concentrate on other projects, and your last chance to “officially” catch him behind the DJ booth is this Saturday (November 24) at…

  • ACCENT TONIQUE

    I swear, if there’s one person I see at pretty much every design-related event I attend, it has to be Tokyo-based designer Loic de Tonge. He’s been quite active with his work as well — lots of interiors for shops — and most recently has launched a new design studio, ACCENT TONIQUE, with Yoko Koga.

  • Hara’s Designing Design Reviewed

    Core77 reviews designer Kenya Hara‘s new English book, DESIGNING DESIGN. I really want to get my hands on this, since I’m such a fan of his work, but it doesn’t seem to be available here yet. I do have his FILING book, which I love.

  • Daimaru at GranTokyo

    Photos taken during the opening weekend of the Daimaru department store at GranTokyo North Tower, part of the Yaesu development around Tokyo station. The top one appeared in a Gridskipper post I wrote last week.

  • TB.Pensar 10

    What is TB.Pensar? Find out here. I thought MONOCLE had killed my keyboard. Huh? Thursday night, an unfortunate accident — and the fact that the space around my work area has gotten a bit out of control — saw a pile of stacked magazine fall over, with the latest issue of MONOCLE crashing on my…

  • The Book Salon

    I just love this photo, taken by Sebastian Mayer, of (from left) Megumi (Assistant), Cyril (Item Idem), and Micke (PMKFA).

  • Happening in Tokyo

    Tonight (September 17, 18:30-20:30) writer Roland Kelts and Masakazu Kubo (key figure in the creation of the Pokemon empire) give a talk at the Tokyo Women’s Plaza in Aoyama (next to the UN University). Tokyo Fun Party’s “Juliana” is back next week (Sunday, November 25) at Soft (19:00-23:00) with guests Yatt and Zen la Rock,…

  • MUJI NYC

    The MUJI opening in NYC. Photos via Core77. Update (16/11/08): The image is no longer available.

  • Neojaponisme: Viva Mar D

    Another great contribution from Audrey for Neojaponisme.