Month: February 2005

  • Gridskipper

    Gawker Media has just launched a new blog dedicated to travel, Gridskipper, which I’m really liking. Here’s a link to the Tokyo related posts.

  • More Maid Cafe News

    Patrick recently wrote about his visit to a maid cafe in Nakano (in the Broadway shopping center), and THE JAPAN TIMES joins in with a short article on the phenomenon. They actually start off with a description of the economic power that the “otaku” audience now commands, with a “total market size of the major…

  • Observation Bath

    In Japan, the bath is quite sacred. One of the things I most look forward to at the end of each day is to soak in a very hot bath. We all know that Momus has taken quite a liking to it also. Now comes news that the soon-to-open Chubu International Airport in Nagoya is…

  • JDN Tour of Archilab

    If you can’t make it to Tokyo for the the excellent MAM “Archilab” exhibition, let Japan Design Net take you on a tour of the show. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Gizmodo

    Some of you might remember me alluding to a possible new writing opportunity a while back, and I can finally announce that I’ve become a Japanese correspondent to Gizmodo, part of the Gawker Media empire. A couple of months ago, I had the great pleasure of spending some time with the man behind Gawker Media,…

  • Smoker’s Style

    Believe it or not, but this place in Akihabara, called Smoker’s Style, is just a giant room with vending machines and chairs where you can freely smoke. You could barely see the people inside because of the smoke. Absolutely disgusting.

  • Saku Saku

    Patrick has a post up about the very wacky Saku Saku TV program. It airs on TVK, which is only available in Yokohama, so we don’t get to see it here in Tokyo. A while back, Yuko got a few tapes from a friend, and I would glance over while she was watching. Funny stuff.

  • Insane Shooting

    These independently created shooters (by an artist called ZUN) look absolutely insane. For you PC users, have at it, while us Mac users look on quietly… Link via Octopus Dropkick!