Month: May 2003

  • sur/FACE

    And while I seem to be on the subject of architecture lately, here’s news of a screening for Roland Hagenberg and Karl Newbert’s documentary sur/FACE – 14 CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARCHITECTS at Uplink Factory (May 9 to 15). Here’s what REALTOKYO says about it: Shown for one week is a documentary film that was shot for…

  • Steamboy

    Finally, a trailer for the very long-awaited new film by Katsuhiro Otomo (creator of AKIRA), STEAMBOY. Comes out in Japan in October of this year, and one month later in North America.

  • Dojunkai

    The Dojunkai Aoyama apartments, that will soon be no more.

  • Ando

    A sign for Tadao Ando’s constuction work taking place along Omotesando street.

  • Babystar Ramen

    Here’s the link to the wacky Babystar Ramen TV commercials I mentioned in TB. As for what the product is, it’s a sort of dried up ramen (noodles) that you eat like chips. And speaking of chips and ramen, the new issue of TOKYO WALKER talks about some new ramen-flavored chips. Being the hopeless ramen…

  • Final Day

    Yesterday was the final day of my holidays, and as you can see by all the updates I did during the day in my moblog, we spent the afternoon in Aoyama. The main reason for going was to eat some tonkatsu (fried pork) at one of my favorite restaurants, Maisen. As we were approaching the…

  • Lobby

    I just love this. We entered the lobby of a building in Aoyama, and this is what tells you what’s on every floor. Every lamp represents a company or shop.

  • Tadao Ando

    I plan on checking out the Tadao Ando exhibit taking place right now at the Tokyo Station Gallery. Ando is a world renowned architect who is designing the planned renewal of the Dojunkai Aoyama apartments. He is often featured in magazines like CASA BRUTUS.