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Design Fashion Games

Editmode

The new episode of Toco Toco TV is out, and as expected it covers Editmode, the company behind the fantastic The King of Games line of game-related clothing. I love everything that Editmode produces, and loved seeing them talk about what inspires them, and how they got their start (and seeing them visit some of their favorite spots in Kyoto). There’s also a little peek at the new BitSummit tee they’re producing for next month’s edition — they produce the event’s tee every year — and again, I pray to the gaming gods that I’ll somehow manage to get my hands on one.

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Travel

Crossing the Pacific Ocean

I previously alluded that Devine and Rekka were going to soon share a video of their 28-day journey across the Pacific Ocean on their sailboat, and here it is. These two continue to blow my mind.

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Advertisements Society

The Power of Women

Sure, this may be an elaborate commercial for sweets, but at the same it’s a really fun “sort of” music video that reveals the power Japanese women have over men — or rather, how easy Japanese men are manipulated. Via this tweet.

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Anime Film

Your Name in America

My buddy Matt Alt wrote a great piece for The New Yorker about the arrival of Your Name — a film I loved to death — to North America.

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Fashion Magazines

Harajuku Post Fruits & Kera

In his latest Ametora Dispatches newsletter, David writes up a nice essay about the the recent closings of “Harajuku fashion” magazines Fruits and Kera — and he also points out this article, that I haven’t had a chance to read yet, but that looks like a decent look at the past and present of the Harajuku street style.

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Music

The Japan 80s on Vinyl

I think this Japan Times piece makes a nice follow-up to what I had recently shared about the resurgence of “city pop” — here, we look at the resurgence of the physical vinyls themselves, as well as re-issues.

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Advertisements Fashion

The Science of LifeWear

I got to this Uniqlo CM from that article I just mentioned, and like it for the Tokyo settings you see in the background — even though it is kinda weird that all the featured models are non-Japanese.

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Fashion Stores

Uniqlo in America

Great piece on Racked about the state of Uniqlo in the US, what it’s accomplished so far, the struggles, and what comes next — will they stay or will they go?

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Architecture Food

Sha-shokudo

I love the idea behind Sha-shokudo, a new eating spot in Shibuya inspired by company cafeterias, which is kinda like a real one — it’s designed/produced by Suppose Design Office, and in the same building as its office, so serves as a de facto cafeteria for its employees. More details and photos in this Spoon & Tamago post.

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Debaser

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Still one of the all-time classic movies, and as good now as it was back in the day. This movie was still pretty fresh in my mind because I had re-watched it a year or two ago, but I still had a blast watching it. Funny to say that it features Charlie Sheen’s best ever performance (I still love that scene in the police station). Chik chika chika.