Month: June 2008
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Item Idem for 032c
Tokyo-based Item Idem contribute three pieces to the latest issue of great indie mag 032c. You’ll find a little preview here.
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Tokyo Art Map: Kichijoji
The Art Space Tokyo site has put up another one of their art maps, this time for the Ghibli Museum and surrounding area (Kichijoji). It’s available as a downloadable PDF.
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Yokai Attack!
A lot of you probably remember Matt Alt — I already pointed you to the superfun book he wrote last year with his wife, Hiroko Yoda: Hello, Please! Very Helpful Super Kawaii Characters from Japan. Matt has teamed up with Hiroko again for a book that has just come out from Kodansha International. Yokai Attack!…
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OK Fred Gorilla Store 2
OK Fred is having its second “Gorilla Store” temporary shop at OK Fred HQ, this time with goods from Assistant and PMKFA on sale. The shop is open from 14:00 to 19:00. The photos are from a preview I attended Friday night.
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TOO49 Housing Complex
Dezeen posts a few photos of the TOO49 housing complex, from architects 16A. The complex is located near Tokyo’s Haneda airport.
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Fukutoshin Under Construction
Curtis Christophersen has a rather nice photoset of the Fukutoshin line under construction, but over and underground. For more info on the new line, see my previous post.
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This Week at MoCo Loco
My weekly Tokyo for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering the “Interior Lifestyle” show (at Tokyo Big Sight until today), Takafumi Nemoto‘s Lessev, and the Plusminuszero Umbrella.
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Neojaponisme: Hanna Fushihara Aron
Neojaponisme posts an interview with New York-based artist and curator Hanna Fushihara Aron.
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Extreme Moderation at Japan Today
Max writes a rather interesting post on the “extreme” moderation he’s encountered in the comment threads of Japan Today. Max had one of his photos featured on the site this week, and was told that he must stop commenting in that very thread.