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Category: City Life

  • Supplement Two

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    There’s a second edition of theĀ Supplement: Tokyo talk series coming up (on March 8), this time featuringĀ Bill Daniel, Craig Mod, Tetsuya Goto, and Eiko Nagase. More details here.

  • Ramen Restaurant

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    I really love this illustration by Mateusz Urbanowicz that he shared in a tweet, of a ramen shop he visited.

  • Ginza Six

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    Time Out Tokyo takes a look at the next mega complex to open in Tokyo, the picturedĀ Ginza Six. It opens on April 20. Here’s also a slick video about the complex.

  • YamanoteYamanote

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    This is such a great project. “YamanoteYamanote” sees two Tokyo-based designers (Julien Mercier and Julien Wulff) produce a pair of posters inspired by each of the 29 stations on the Yamanote line. They’ve produced posters for Akihabara (pictured), Kanda, and Tokyo so far. Via Tokyo Soup.

  • Let’s Talk About Noren

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    The noren is certainly one of the most recognizable aspects of Japan’s traditional retail spaces. J.J. O’Donoghue writes a piece for the Japan Times that could pretty much be described as “everything you ever wanted to know about noren but were afraid to ask.”

  • Koffee Mameya

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    Omotesando Koffee is back, sorta. I was sad to hear aboutĀ its closing back in 2015, butĀ Eiichi Kunitomo is not only back with a new shop at the exact same location (in the back streets of Harajuku/Aoyama), but with a twist as well. Koffee Mameya is more interested in selling you beans than serving coffee —…

  • 20 PechaKucha Achievements from 2016

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    It’s become a tradition that at the start of every year, PechaKucha HQ sends out a massive newsletter looking back at the previous year and highlighting 20 achievements — I used to put these together along with the rest of the team. This year’s edition — which you can read online here — is a…

  • Replaying Japan 2017: 5th International Japan Game Studies Conference

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    I should have shared this much soon, as the deadline for submitting abstractsĀ is just around the corner on February 1, but it’s not too late. Replaying Japan 2017: 5th International Japan Game Studies ConferenceĀ looks like quite theĀ intriguing gathering, taking place August 21-23 at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester. There were certainly some…