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Month: April 2005

  • Instant Drawing machine

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    If you’re looking for something to do on Saturday, this looks like it would make for an interesting outing: INSTANT DRAWING MACHINE A Collaboration between NAKAOCHIAI GALLERY in Tokyo and TRIPLE BASE GALLERY in San FranciscoJULIA BARNES is taking NAKAOCHIAI GALLERY to the streets of Tokyo, where she’ll broadcast your dreams, wishes and imaginations LIVE…

  • Blue Spring

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    For those of you who still haven’t been able to enjoy the work of Taiyo Matsumoto, you’re in luck, as a North American edition of BLUE SPRING has just been released. The English adaptation was done by my friend Kelly Sue, and she kicks ass, so order the book already.

  • Insect Kitty

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    Check out this hilarious post on the new Hello Kitty branded insect repellant.

  • Electroplankton Launch Event

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    The entrance to the event space.

  • Ikea in Japan

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    Patrick gets the scoop on when Ikea will be back in Japan — they’ve started building the shop in Yokohama, to be opened in 2006.

  • New JT Campaign

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    According to Marxy, JT Tobacco has recently launched a new set of anti-tobacco ads. I haven’t seen them in stations yet.

  • Electroplankton Launch Event

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    The launch event at the Laforet Museum for the Nintendo DS game ELECROPLANKTON. They had quite a few DSes on hand for you to test out the game, including quality headphones. The big screens projected visuals from the game, and a DJ was on hand. Other parts of the space had some of media artist…

  • TW: Tokyo Cafe Style

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    If you’re into the Tokyo cafe scene, you might want to pick the new issue of TOKYO WALKER (out today). The feature covers “Tokyo Cafe Style,” a look at the latest cafes to open in the city, a few trends, etc. It’s not the best of guides — I prefer the cafe guides they do…

  • An afternoon in Harajuku and Shibuya

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    I was going to just stay in Ikebukuro yesterday, run a few errands, taking it easy, but then Yuko had to go to Shibuya (more precisely, to the Todai Komaba campus) and so I went with her. I started out by going to Tower Records to check out the magazines, and it’s when I was…

  • Marxy Vs. J-Wave

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    Catch Marxy on J-Wave early tomorrow (Tuesday) morning here in Tokyo. Tommorow morning around 8:30 AM, there will be a live phone-interview with me, Marxy, on John Kabira’s J-WAVE Good Morning Tokyo (81.3 FM). Tune in if you’re in town.