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Category: Cafes

  • Grandbell Hotel Shibuya

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    Today sees the opening of a new hotel in Shibuya, the Grandbell Hotel, featuring a collaborative design by Groovisions and Matt. Also, the Matt-designed Sign in Gaienmae is set to re-open, after extensive renovations that turn it into a 2-floor space, on July 18. Links via PingMag.

  • It’s Our Thing at Cafe Pause

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    Starting today, we have an exhibition at Cafe Pause of Swedish designer PMKFA‘s new line of t-shirts, “It’s Our Thing.” All tees, as well as sweatshirts and bags, are for sale at the cafe, and we will be celebrating with a party this coming Saturday, July 1, 19:00-22:00. All drinks and snacks will be 500…

  • On the Rack

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    Here are a bunch of magazines I picked up earlier today for Cafe Pause. Go, read!

  • CCGA Short Movie Cafe Vol. 2

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    Showing short films in a cafe setting is a great idea, and what’s really surprising is that the “CCGA Short Movie Cafe Vol. 2” event is taking place at the Ginza Graphic Gallery, on the second floor, which I’ve never seen used. For the second time this temporary “cafe” opens every Saturday to introduce a…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Cafe Add+Ress Bandai Museum You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Nakata.net Cafe

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    A shot of the newly opened Nakata.net Cafe in Aoyama, on the same spot as the Xbox Lounge from a few months ago. It’s a temporary cafe setup for the duration of the World Cup, with all matches being shown on giant screens inside. Here‘s the post I wrote for Gridskipper last week, and one…

  • Gallery Pause

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    I haven’t talked about it here yet, but I recently was put in charge of organizing the gallery space at Cafe Pause. As manager of Gallery Pause, I’m in charge of dealing with artists, and accepting or rejecting requests for shows (as well as helping with the setup). I was waiting to put up some…

  • Anonymous Photography

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    A friend of mine found this picture on Mixi, taken at Cafe Pause, which just happens to have me on the right hand side. The funny thing is that I know it was taken Monday (I was there the entire day), but I don’t remember anyone taking a picture from that spot. Weird. Update (16/09/24):…