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Month: June 2005

  • Sign Anniversary

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    Sign Daikyanama is celebrating its first anniversary with the release of a collection of coffee tumblers designed by the likes of Groovisions, TEN_DO_TEN, and Shu-Thang Grafix (there’s a fourth one, but I’m not sure who the artist is). I think they go for around 1000 yen.

  • Tabaimo in Newsweek

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    The latest issue of the Japan edition of NEWSWEEK has a piece on Japanese artist Tabaimo (Ayako Tabata) — “A Jolt to the System.”

  • The Page

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    Here’s the page from METROPOLIS with the Q&A. I gotta admit that I really got a kick out of seeing it.

  • Short Shorts Festival

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    Time for this year’s edition of the Short Shorts Festival. The Short Shorts Film Festival in Tokyo returns for its second year with another 90 new short films by young filmmakers across the world. The special screenings include Open Road (A-I), a new piece by Hong Kong auteur Johnny To, a program of Korean music…

  • I Heart T(N)YO

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    See Momus experience Tokyo-love in New York. I second his recommendation of Katsuhito Ishii’s THE TASTE OF TEA — I loved it dearly when I saw it a few weeks ago (and even mentioned it in this Gridskipper post).

  • Radio OK Fred: O.Lamm

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    As it was put online while I was in HK, I didn’t get a chance to mention that a new episode of Radio OK Fred is now online and ready to be downloaded. This new episode marks the beginning of a new series of invited mixes that we plan on uploading every month or so.…

  • Jean Snow Vs. Metropolis

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    The Q&A that METROPOLIS did with me appears in the issue that will be out tomorrow (587). You can already read it online here (scroll down).

  • The Decorer

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    Found this on Boing Boing: Apparently this new Japanese girl subculture is called “Decorer” (one who decorates, or is decorated). A little candy-raver, a little kinderslut, a little goth lolita, and a little Cindy Lauper. Pretty amazing. Link The page he’s referring to is currently not loading (probably too much traffic). Never heard of this.…

  • Overhead Tokyo

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    Robb, my editor at Tokyo Q, points out that Google Maps now covers Tokyo! It’s fun trying to zoom in on certain locations, like Meiji Jingu, or Tokyo Tower. Update: Get a load of Muji’s Yurakucho store’s red roof!

  • Miss Mizuno and the Anna Miller Girls

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    Spend a Sunday afternoon with Patrick Macias and Junko Mizuno in Kichijoji.