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Month: August 2006

  • Style Wise

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    Get the latest news on fashion retail in Tokyo in this month’s edition of Martin Webb’s “Style Wise” column.

  • Okutama

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    Sometimes you just gotta get out of town for a day — although, technically, I’m still in Tokyo.

  • Japan Arcades Still Booming

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    This week’s issue of NEWSWEEK has a piece on the popularity of arcades in Japan, mixed in with some social commentary on the disaffected youth that play the games.

  • Mikey the Star Man

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    More Mikey goodness from Patrick!

  • The King of Games

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    Oh man, I am so in love with all the tees from The King of Games — a brand that creates cool remixes of Nintendo properties — and I am so getting the 20th anniversary Legend of Zelda tee!

  • Alexander Gelman Exhibition

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    As of today I’m on holidays, and one of the things I look forward to seeing this week is the new show at the Ginza Graphic Gallery, “THE ALEXANDER GELMAN EXHIBITION: NEW YORK CONNECTION” (until August 28). Gelman himself will give a talk on August 24 (18:30-20:00) at the gallery.

  • Order Poppas Early

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    Chin Music Press is about to release their first novel, LAST OF THE RED HOT POPPAS, and from this post on the CMP blog, it looks like another terrific release. They’ve just launched a site for the book, and are now taking pre-orders.

  • Aqua for Sale

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    When I ran this image from Yuki on the site a while back it got a lot of good feedback, and it’s good to see that she’s decided to sell prints of it. Update (16/10/16): The image is no longer available.