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Month: January 2006

  • Shigureden

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    Kotaku has huge coverage of the Shigureden interactive museum in Kyoto, in which you roam all sorts of environments (based on a traditional Japanese card game) with a specially tricked-out Nintendo DS as your guide. Looks fascinating, although it does seem as if you’d need a minimum of Japanese ability to take everything in. There…

  • Nintendo DS Lite

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    I’m sure you already all know about the recently announced Nintendo DS Lite (out in March), and I quite like the image you see above, as it helps put the new console’s dimensions in context (more comparisons in this Joystiq entry). I’m quite liking it — love that it’s white — and since I’ve pretty…

  • Street Art

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    A shot of some street art taken on one of the walkways over Omotesando Dori.

  • Butlers Vs. Maids

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    Patrick Macias has the scoop on Japan’s very first “butler” cafe, and it’s coming to my hood of Ikebukuro. I think the maids have nothing to fear though.

  • Films of 2005

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    Japanese film site Midnight Eye updates with some new features and reviews, including a look at their best and worst of 2005. I didn’t really get to see a lot of Japanese films last year, so I can’t really comment on their picks, or add my own.

  • Bape Cafe!?

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    The new (well, relatively new) Bape Cafe!? in Harajuku. I took this shot a couple of months ago, and forgot to post it. Me, I just don’t dig the rattan chairs at all.

  • Canadian Style PDF Flyer

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    I put a PDF version of the event flyer online, which you can download here (or from the link in the sidebar). Feel free to pass it along to anyone you think might be interested in the event. It also includes a map to the cafe.

  • On Design Now Online

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    This month’s edition of my ON DESIGN column is now online at THE JAPAN TIMES website. Pictured here are the Rooshopper tote bags.