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Month: May 2004

  • Gateway

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    One of the things that I like about hiking in Japanese forests is that you see stuff like this. Gives a sense of history to the place.

  • Tokyo Cafe Mania

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    I might have mentioned this site in the past, but not sure if I did (doesn’t show up in searches), and it’s something I want to have posted here (this site also acts as my personal notebook, of things I want to know and have filed about the city). The Tokyo Cafe Mania page is…

  • Sheena & the Rokkets

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    Another album I’ve been enjoying these past few days is a new compilation of remixes of the classic (I guess they’ve been together for 25 years, but I’d never heard of them) Japanese rock’n’roll band Sheena & the Rokkets. It’s called ELECTROKKETS, and as the title suggests, the tracks are all electronic mixes of their…

  • Ghost in the Shell

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    As Yuko has been enjoying the Ghost in the Shell TV series, STAND ALONE COMPLEX, a lot lately (it’s shown on Monday nights after MONSTER, and before that after GOKUSEN), we decided to pop in my DVD copy of the movie last night. I hadn’t watched it in years, and was very pleasantly surprised to…

  • Koma

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    It was really nice to get out of the city last Saturday and head out to the countryside for a bit of wandering/hiking. We went to Koma, about an hour by train from Ikebukuro on the Seibu Ikebukuro line, and a place we visited almost exactly a year ago.

  • Image Forum Festival 2004

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    The Image Forum Festival 2004 is being held right now at the Park Tower Hall in Shinjuku and the Yokohama Museum of Art. From REALTOKYO: A festival packed with cutting-edge films that are worth seeing without exception. After the kick-off at Tate Modern, the show has traveled Berlin, Paris, New York, Jonas Mekas’ Anthology Film…

  • Coca Cola C2

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    More Coke! Found this on CarbWire, due for release in Japan this summer: Consumers are the true architects of this idea,” said Doug Daft, chairman and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola. “Coca-Cola C2 was created to specifically address their desire for a lower-calorie cola with that great Coca-Cola taste”. “Coca-Cola C2 will be available in…