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.
-
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!