Month: April 2004

The new issue of REALTOKYO‘s art magazine, ART iT, is out. It’s the photography issue. ART iT magazine’s “Photography in Japan” special comes with an increased number of pages, featuring: interviews and visual introductions to the works of Noguchi Rika and Ohtake Shinro; ART iT’s selection of “8 Japanese photographers to watch”; Asada Akira’s article…

You’ll notice that I’ve put up a new graphic on the sidebar to help promote this Summer’s Tokyo Style in Gothenburg event, which is organized by Jesper, no stranger to this site. Also, as soon as he’s back from the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan (he’s covering it for SuperLounge), he’ll start a new…

Just want to mention two non-Japanese magazines that have a bit of Japanese content this month. Canadian design/architecture/art magazine AZURE has an article on the new “Lords of Japanese Design.” Covers 4-5 people working mostly as curators in the design shop business (like IDEE and Cibone). This month’s issue of i-D features a cover and…

Momus’ new track, “Corkscrew King,” (you can download it here) gets inspired by comedian Shimura Ken: It’s a song about impotence. Now, impotence is a serious affliction, but it’s slightly less serious when it affects a spoiled old feudal lord who practises ‘sekuhara’ (sexual harrassment) on his courtly ladies and concubines. It’s less serious when…

Just a bit of trivia for you, but the director of the new very cool-looking Japanese live-action anime adaptation CASSHERN (click here to see the trailer) is directed by uber J-pop idol Utada Hikaru’s husband, Kiriya Kazuaki. He’s directed a lot of Utada’s music videos, and now that I know this, I can see that…

It’s new TV season time in Japan, which means the start of a few new anime series (anime series usually last 1 season, which amounts to 13 episodes – successful shows sometime go on for 2 seasons). Here are a few I’ve had a chance to watch (if I find some other interesting shows, I’ll…

I recently mentioned the new Plusminuszero shop that has opened at the Coredo shopping center in Nihonbashi, and Paul has had a chance to check it out and post a few pics (click on the images for larger versions).