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Month: January 2007

  • More Frog Style

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    Added these 3 frogs from the latest Frog Style series (’06 Winter Ver.) to my collection the other day — it’s harder to find the gacha-gacha machines that sell them these days, but I did find one at the Bic Camera in Yurakucho.

  • Tokyo Eye Takes on Nakameguro

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    The segment I did for the NHK program TOKYO EYE will air in this week’s episode (#016). In it, I cover a few favorite locations in Nakameguro that share the theme of mixed concepts for the “My Private Tokyo” corner. The places visited are Cow Books — it was the first time they ever permitted…

  • Zelda 20th Anniversary Hoodie

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    I don’t just like The King of Games, in fact, I love The King of Games, and I’m absolutely overjoyed with my new “Zelda 20th Anniversary Hoodie” (in grey). As you can see in the detailed pics from the site, it looks awesome, and I can’t even start to describe how much it looks like…

  • Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project in Ginza

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    A reader sent me a link to the “Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project,” and it sounds like Ginza is THE place to experience the latest in ID technology right now. Even better, they’re looking for participants! In the Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project in Ginza, you can experience various types of information provision and services utilizing ubiquitous…

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto Mix on the BBC

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    A certain Englishman by the name of Webb sent me word of a show on BBC Radio 1 — which you can listen to here (maybe just for the week) — that features a great Ryuichi Sakamoto ambient mix.

  • The End of Intelligent Idiot

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    Chin Music Press‘ Craig reports: It’s with a heavy heart I have to report that one of my favorite English language bookshops here in Tokyo is closing its doors this week. Intelligent Idiot sits next to Yoga Jaya in the Las Chicas courtyard in back-alley Omotesando. It’s small and it’s selection limited. But thanks to…

  • Naoki Urasawa Documentary

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    Just now I was watching an interview/documentary on NHK’s PROFESSIONAL covering mangaka Naoki Urasawa (MONSTER, 20TH CENTURY BOYS, PLUTO). It was quite interesting hearing him explain how he never uses expressions or actions that aren’t realistic — for instance, the wide-eyed surprise expression you tend to see in comics/manga all the time, or a hand…

  • The National Art Center, Tokyo

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    The new National Art Center, Tokyo — designed by Kisho Kurokawa — is open as of yesterday, launching with the inaugural exhibition “Living in the Material World – ‘Things’ in Art of the 20th Century and Beyond,” that runs until March 19. Read more about the center here.