Month: October 2002

  • Anniversary

    Today is my wife’s birthday, as well as our 3rd year wedding anniversary. Oh, how time flies. It was in 1997 that I went to China as a student, where I met her. A year later we were both moving to Tokyo, and a year after that, married. Yuko, I love you, and here’s to…

  • TB.26

    I just posted TB.26 at The OPi8 Forum. This is probably one of the last logs that will be posted at the forum, since the “transmitters” have now graduated to the main site. I think the switch will probably take place next week. I’ll post more info, and direct links, as it happens.

  • Japan’s Anything-Goes Mentality

    Japan’s anything-goes mentality As she wondered what to wear to a recent outdoor festival featuring rock, funk, reggae and rave artists, Ami Ishimatsu found something appropriate, for contemporary Japan at least. She matched funky Converse basketball shoes, blue jeans, and a Thai hill tribe jacket and handbag with her lip ring and a tattoo of…

  • Tim Biskup

    The artist Tim Biskup has a wonderful site with lots of fun illustrations. I really want the Lucky Stack card set he has for sale, as well as some of the t-shirts at the Gama-Go store. Do check out the “Kaiju” section for his depictions of classic Japanese monsters (of which you see an example…

  • The Tokyo Record Hunting Service

    The Tokyo Record Hunting Service is probably the best damn place on the Net to find amazing deals on used Japanese CDs. Started by my friend Patrick, who is one of the kings of used CD shopping in Tokyo, the site has just seen a huge redesign and now includes an automated shopping cart. You…

  • TB.25

    It’s the big 25 for today’s TB, which is now up at The OPi8 Forum.

  • Response to GEISHA.2

    I’m so happy at the great response that my second issue of GEISHA has gotten. It even got a mention in Warren Ellis’ Die Puny Humans weblog. This is certainly encouraging me to continue on with more issues, so again, thanks to all for the nice comments. For those just getting here, you can access…

  • Criminal English

    The site criminal english is a thing of beauty. I love the simpleness of it. You can also find other nice things by the same designer here.