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As you’ve probably noticed, guest blogger Jesper Larsson has started his latest stint here. He’s quite busy putting things together for the upcoming Tokyo Style in Gothenburg event, but he’ll try to keep us updated on things he’s been discovering/enjoying as often as he can. The posts by him are marked with the following icon:

I’ve been wanting to write a post on self-proclaimed “eroterrorist” Inrin of Joytoy for a while now, but Robert beat me to it. Born in Taiwan but living in Japan since the age of 10 (although Yuko says her Japanese sounds strange and that she often doesn’t understand certain words), she’s become quite the TV…

Patrick finds a bit of info at the Escalator Records website on an upcoming full-length release for Yukari Rotten. The first single has left me quite disappointed (and Patrick also shares that opinion), but I’ll be curious to see what a whole album sounds like, to see if she explores different things on it. The…

Warren Ellis has a new edition of his Brainpowered column up at Artbomb. I donated five bucks to download a bunch of Momus stuff, too. I listened to his premix of “Spooky Kabuki” last night, and later had a dream where it became a Mishima-themed musical number in the middle of Bob Fosse’s ALL THAT…

Japanese artist Electron gives new life to “Eleanor Rigby.” He even has a moblog on his site. Link via Click Opera.

The Center Guy style originated in Shibuya around 18 months ago as the male answer to “yamamba” girls. Eyes are decorated with stars and made up in white; clothes consist mostly of Alba Rosa, augmented with Disney accessories. (Japan Today)

I’m not a big beer drinker, and I guess I’m kinda slow when it comes to beer trends. But even I can learn to appreciate beer when it is served in a lovely green aluminium bottle. This Heineken bottle, designed by Ora ?to, was released 2002 in a very limited edition and only in France.…

I really need to see INNOCENCE. Damn Virgin Cinemas for cancelling the showings with English subs! Two Japanese movies have been nominated to compete in the 57th Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d’Or prize, organizers of the festival said Wednesday. One is the animation movie “Innocence” directed by Mamoru Oshii, 52, and the other…