October 2008 – Jean Snow [.net]

iPhone in Japan Is Turning Japanese

At least that’s what it looks like. Softbank has announced a few coming updates for iPhone users in Japan. From November 4, iPhone users get free wi-fi public access through Yahoo!BB. A 1-Seg tuner is set to come out in December, and it will also act as a battery charger (something I’ve wanted). It should […]

Yokai Attack the Washington Post

Yokai Attack gets some nice coverage in this piece from the Washington Post. You also get to see Matt and Hiroko talk about the book in a video report.

Wrist Cutting

Parody commercial from the film Tokyo Gore Police. Via Japan Probe.

Bat-Manga

Over at Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow covers the new Bat-Manga collection, an anthology of Batman manga produced in the sixties, edited by Chip Kidd.

Marxy and Macias Talk Cool Japan

Well, the title says it all: Marxy and Macias, together again, this time for a new NÃ©ojaponisme podcast covering the topic of “Cool Japan.” I’m just waiting for the them to take their shtick on the road.

Cornelius at United Bambo Party

From Roppongi to everywhere. Cornelius (Keigo Oyamada) gave a performance at last night’s United Bamboo party (at Zel Cafe in Roppongi), and I was quite thrilled to have my picture taken with him (thanks, Ian). It does look like one of us is happier than the other.

Facebook Ejection

Well, this is certainly annoying. I just tried logging into my Facebook account, and I’m getting a message that my account has been disabled. Can’t for the life of me understand why. I hope it’s just a mistake on their part, because I don’t really want to have to go through the process of rebuilding […]

Le musee des histoires

I had to miss the opening reception last week, but I went down to La Galerie des Nakamura this past Sunday to have a look at Audrey‘s “Le musee des histoires” exhibition. I went while they were doing the “Le petit musee” workshop, which is what you’re seeing in the photos with children. The show […]

TDW: PROTOTYPE02 , Generate’s Limited Editions, and Fragment

Yes, Tokyo Design Week is just around the corner — I give a quick overview in today’s “On Design” column for The Japan Times — and although I don’t have time to give a detailed guide to what you should see, I do want to point out a few events. First up, “PROTOTYPE02,” the bigger […]

Colette’s Sarah on Cat Street

I have spies everywhere. Above, Colette‘s Sarah on Cat Street earlier today, photographed by Ian Luna.