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Month: April 2005

  • What's a Cassette?

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    This week marks the start of the school year in Japan, and so in the English classes I teach we’ve been giving the kids their new books. For the first time, the books come with a CD, so that they can do some listening exercises at home. For those that a repeating a year, and…

  • Yurakucho Sky

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    A nice blue sky over Yurakucho. You can slightly see the roofs of the Muji store, as well as the Tokyo International Forum.

  • Apple Store Mobile

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    Order Apple goodies, anytime, anywhere! In yet another example of Apple’s growing presence in Japan, “Apple Store Mobile” has opened for Japanese AU and NTT DoCoMo handset users. The store allows shoppers to view all iPod family products, the Mac mini and iPod accessories, then purchase them on the spot. An “Apple Store” map is…

  • Nagoya, My Love

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    Last week’s issue of TIME ASIA had a nice piece on the city of Nagoya — it also touches on the 2005 Expo, which is being held in the area. Gotta love them Nagoya girls!

  • Electroplankton Game Launch

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    I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about this ELECTROPLANKTON game for the DS. Sounds like it’s quite the innovative piece of software. Media artist Toshio Iwai transforms the Laforet Museum into a micro underwater world filled with sound and light effects. The world of the new Nintendo DS game “Electroplankton” is brought to…

  • An Afternoon in Ginza

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    Had a great, great day today on one of my first outings in quite a while. I went to Ginza, and also met up with Paul, so we did a few galleries together. First, the GGG of course, for the 2005 TDC exhibition. I really liked this, they had some really nice pieces on display…

  • Cafe de Crie

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    I’m not particularly fond of the Cafe de Crie chain, but they just opened a new branch last Friday not far from my place (it’s in a new restaurant complex called Face), and it’s actually not half bad. Also, hard to believe, but that guy on the left was actually wearing a Bape tee —…

  • From NY to Tokyo

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    Today’s NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE has a bunch of Tokyo-related articles, including some design picks from Tyler Brule. Haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but Marxy is already bitching about some aspects of it (sure to be countered by Momus in the comment section — they’ve become Tokyo’s best new manzai combi).

  • Marxy in LA

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    Congrats to Marxy for getting his site, Neomarxisme, featured in an article in today’s edition of the L.A. TIMES. Unfortunately, it can only be accessed online by subscribers — click here if you are a subscriber.

  • Walking on the DS

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    With all the PSP coverage happening recently, it’s nice to see Ikebukuro’s Bic Camera show a bit of love for the DS. They have these displays on every flight of stairs (all 9). That being said, I want a PSP so bad!