Month: May 2004

  • 31

    Today’s my birthday. I turn 31. 31 on May 31. Let’s hope for a good year.

  • Summer 2004 Geneve Tees

    GENEVEtokyo have just launched a bunch of new t-shirts. I could use a nice green one.

  • Tokyo Storefronts

    JapanDesignNet takes you on a tour of Tokyo storefronts. Pics galore. Link via RE.

  • Get to Know Your Blogger

    Another interview with me is up, and you can read it here. I think I’ll add permanent links in my “about” section to these (also the one done with Robert).

  • Midnight Eye May Update

    Japanese cinema specialists Midnight Eye have recently released a new update to their site that includes a lengthy interview with Kitamura Ryuhei (known for his cult classic VERSUS, and now director of the final Godzilla film), and a review of THE TASTE OF TEA, the new film by SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL…

  • Tokumaru Shugo in Koenji

    Marxy lets us know that Tokumaru Shugo (who I’ve been gushing about for a couple of weeks now) will be live at Enban in Koenji on Friday June 4 (he goes on at 7). That is absolute bad news for me because my job prevents me from seeing live shows that start at 7 during…

  • The Sights

    Lots of nice things to see in Taipei. On Sunday, we had a bus tour included in our package deal, and we took advantage of it to check out some of the famous sights (of course, like all Japanese tour packages, this included a few stops at duty free shops). The only place that I…

  • Book Cafe Culture

    The latest edition of REALTOKYO editor Ozaki Tetsuya’s OUT OF TOKYO column takes us on a tour of a developing bookshop and book cafe culture in Tokyo, and takes a look at the new PAPER SKY produced BOOK246 shop. If Tokyo is to have wars, then let them be book/cafe wars! Shortly after the “golden…