Month: June 2006
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On the Rack
Here are a bunch of magazines I picked up earlier today for Cafe Pause. Go, read!
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Sanshin Building
Remember that Sanshin building in Hibiya scheduled for demolition later this year? Here‘s a stitched photo of the facade.
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Hanakengo!
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I’m not quite sure who Hanakengo are and what they do, except that they’re two Japanese girls, they were at Design Festa last month, and are now in Montreal and were recently featured on the cover of THE MONTREAL MIRROR, one of the city’s weekly guides. They’re white, sparkly and have zip-up genitals, they dress-up…
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Combini Life
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Want to know what you can find in Japan’s convenience stores? The Konbini Life blog has got you covered, with its writer chronicling everything he buys in them.
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This Week in Magazines
Just in time for summer, BRUTUS (596) presents its guide to “Ice Cream & Summer Treats.” You get plenty of lists featuring all the best Japanese entries in various sweets categories (fruit-based, popsicles, traditional tastes, etc.) as well as special rankings and polls. It’s quite exhaustive, and they even include a list of Muji’s 12…
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No More Neon?
My wife has been wanting a Neon pretty much ever since I got mine, and every time she’s asked around when at stores they’ve always come up with the same reply: currently sold out, or available only to new subscribers (but the former much more frequently than the latter). As her old phone is in…
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The Whispering of the Gods
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Midnight Eye reviews Tatsushi Omori’s controversial film THE WHISPERING OF THE GODS, which was released last year independently from Japan’s distribution system to avoid censorship problems.