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Month: January 2006

  • Yuki/Kissui Through the Years

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    I think it’s always interesting to take a look back at the things that contributed to your current output (I really should think about putting back a lot of my old stuff online again, like the GEISHA ezine and stuff), and with that in mind, I thought it was great to see Yuki (Kissui.net) take…

  • An Afternoon in Roppongi

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    Yesterday I managed to get out of my futon (something that’s been extremely difficult with the recent cold spell) and made it out to Roppongi, or more specifically Roppongi Hills, to meet up with Jim Frederick, TIME magazine’s Tokyo bureau chief and co-author of the recent Charles Jenkins autobiography (which is still only available in…

  • Canadian Style

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    If you’re reading this post in a browser and not a feed reader (well, unless you’re doing it through Bloglines, which happens to be my reader of choice) you’ll notice an updated theme, and it’s of course in support of the next event I’m producing at Cafe Pause (which is now pictured in the site’s…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Omotesando Hills Opening Soon Akihabara Tour You can read all of my Gridskipper contributions here.

  • The Love of Sleep

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    One thing I always appreciate when Momus spends time in Japan is that his blog, Click Opera, suddenly gets a very heavy Japan focus. Today, the topic is sleep, and he also connects it to the magazine KU:NEL. In a related note, when I was talking with the staff at Cafe Pause this week about…

  • AXIS

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    At the AXIS building for the first time in ages. And just enjoyed my first bowl of ramen of 2006! Update: Just my luck, both the galleries (AXIS Gallery and AXIS Gallery Annex) were between shows, so there wasn’t anything to see there. But the Living Motif shop is always nice to visit, so I…

  • Update on Design Tide

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    I’d say that the inaugural edition of Design Tide during last year’s Tokyo Design Week was a good show — ICON magazine agrees, and is set to cover the event and its results in their next issue — and I’m glad to hear that there are still things happening on their end. In the TDW…

  • YMCK Mini-Live

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    YMCK play fun bossonova-induced 8-bit melodies, and according to Patrick’s Agenda, they’re holding a free mini-live this coming Sunday (January 8) at Tower Records Shinjuku at 16:00. His post has a few more details.

  • Flirting on the Keitai

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    I absolutely loved playing Sega’s FEEL THE MAGIC on the DS, and even though I haven’t played the sequel yet (WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?), being able to play it on your mobile phone — even if for now you’re limited to one mini-game — sounds great, and the simple graphics of the game should…

  • Not Worth Commenting

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    I’ve noticed that 2005 saw a big drop — or so it seems — in the amount of comments the site gets (although the number of readers hasn’t gone down). Sure, there are the odd threads that never seem to die (Bape continues to reign supreme, both in comments and Google searches). I’m the first…