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Month: May 2004

  • Night Market

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    One of the things that me and Yuko enjoy the most when we travel in Asia is getting food at street markets, and the 2-3 night markets we visited in Taipei certainly did not disapoint. We mostly had meat-bun type foods, but also pancake style treats (wrapped around vegetables or meat), and some delicious egg…

  • OZ Does Ikebukuro

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    Weekly town magazine OZ has started a new series of special issues called “My Happy Town,” and the first issue covers Ikebukuro. I picked it up today on my way back from work (they had a big display at one of the bookshops), and after leafing through it I think I might have found a…

  • Samurai Champloo in da House!

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    SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, the new series by COWBOY BEBOP director Watanabe Shinichiro, has finally launched and, oh my, it’s sizzling. From what I could see in the first episode, we’re getting a samurai story, but told in a modern way (like with the dialogue), and with a very strong hip-hop influence. Watanabe has not only managed…

  • Land of the Scooters

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    So I’m back from the weekend in Taipei, which was lots of fun, but also very tiring as I had to endure a damn cold the whole time (still not completely over it). I’ll write some more about the trip in a future post, but for now I’ll start posting some pics. As you can…

  • Tokyo-Taipei

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    Last post before I’m off to Taipei for the weekend. The shitty thing is that I started a cold yesterday, but I’m feeling a bit better this morning, although still not at 100%. I’m hoping it won’t affect me too much during the trip. We leave our apartment in about an hour, only to finally…

  • Technorati Meetup in Tokyo

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    Found this bit of info at Joi Ito‘s blog (sounds like it could be interesting, but the timing’s not good for me): Dave Sifry, the CEO of Technorati is coming to Tokyo next week. We’re having a meeting for users and developers. Dave and I will speak and Dave will give some cool demos etc.…

  • Stilluppsteypa

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    From the description, I’m sort of intrigued by this release on the ATAK label. The third original album from ATAK is at once the first by a non-Japanese artist. Originally an Icelandic garage band, Stilluppsteypa have been distributing an original blend of their punk roots and minimal electronic music through various labels. After a first…

  • Magazo Tour

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    Momus takes us on a tour of Japanese magazines released this month (courtesy of Magazo), and points us to a bunch of old Shiseido TV commercials. Viva Click Opera!