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Month: June 2006

  • The Masters and Jidaigeki

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    Time for another round of classic Japanese films presented with English subtitles at a very nice price: “The Japan Foundation Film Series Part 6: The Masters and Jidaigeki.” Most readers of the English edition of REALTOKYO are probably familiar with The Japan Foundation’s series of screenings of Japanese films with English subtitles. This sixth installment…

  • Japan-Photo

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    A reader recently made the comment that I should feature more works of Japanese photographers. Well, I have the site just for you: Japan-Photo. I’ve now added the site to my list of subscribed feeds.

  • Yamanote Line Alarm Clock

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    I love this! From The ODK: JR East has begun selling a Yamanote Line alarm clock that plays those melodies you hear at various stations. Each station has its own melody which gets hammered into the subconscious of commuters.

  • Life with Graniph

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    Momus reminisces about life with Graniph.

  • Shigeki Hayashi

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    Josh Spear highlights Shigeki Hayashi’s latest work, “Entertainment Ceramics 2.” More picture of the installation here.

  • Super Normal

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    The “Super Normal” event at the AXIS Gallery should be listed in my TAB selections, but here’s more from REALTOKYO: Fukasawa Naoto and Jasper Morrison, who are lucidly capturing voids of the daily routine in their products, have collected a number of different things they classify as “more normal than normal”. In the words of…

  • CCGA Short Movie Cafe Vol. 2

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    Showing short films in a cafe setting is a great idea, and what’s really surprising is that the “CCGA Short Movie Cafe Vol. 2” event is taking place at the Ginza Graphic Gallery, on the second floor, which I’ve never seen used. For the second time this temporary “cafe” opens every Saturday to introduce a…

  • Pop-Up Uniqlo

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    Uniqlo has been spreading its wings in the US, and this post at PSFK mentions a pop-up (limited time) store strategy in NYC. Here’s a link to the official site of the planned flagship store in Soho, set to open this fall. By the way, that new font you see used in the image above…