Month: September 2003

If you look in the sidebar, you’ll notice the above icon, which is your link to the new issue of GEISHA. As I mentioned the other day, it’s a bit different from past issues. No worries if you don’t like it as the next issue will be a return to photo based designs. This is…

I really feel like picking up the album RE.SORT by Sora (actually Takeshi Kurosawa). Here’s the review on REALTOKYO: The Plop label introduces with sora another original artist who presents on his first album an extremely well-balanced mix of playfully twisted electronic textures, acoustic sounds and carefully programmed rhythms. Jumping from electronica via ambient to…

I’ve been really getting into mountain trekking of late, and as I mentioned, I need to get some new equipment. When I was in Canada, I used to swear by MEC, but now I’m looking into other brands, and one that stands out at the shops I’ve been to is the Japanese owned Mont-Bell. I’ve…

TOKION magazine (I’ve linked to the shop as the home page seems to be down right now) is back in Japan after a 2 year absence. Although they kept publishing an American edition, it seems that the Japanese edition had disapeared because of problems with their distributor. But now, with issue of 37, there’s a…

Last night I did most of what is going to end up being the 8th issue of GEISHA. It’s the “simple” issue, and what I’ve tried to do is compile an entire issue with no use of pictures (since I tend to rely too much on those) and also a very limited use of colors…

If you’re looking for some good camera shops in Tokyo (especially shops that sell used cameras), you need to check out this great guide that was compiled by Andrew S. Beveridge (and you should also visit his personal website too). Somebody recently recommended to me the Map Camera shop in Shinjuku, which has amazing prices…