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Month: February 2007

  • Get the Message

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    A couple of weeks ago I was at Unjami, and Okinawan restaurant in Nakano — I also wrote a post about it for Gridskipper — and this picture was taken by my friend Ian. I really do still love my Neon!

  • Juliana Tonight

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    Just a friendly reminder that tonight (19:00-23:00) sees this month’s edition of Tokyo Fun Party‘s “Juliana” event at Soft. See you on the dance floor!

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Under the Bridge with QP My Private Nakameguro: Jean Snow’s First Time You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Order of Canada

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    I’ve just gotten the news that my dad, Gerard Snow, is to become a member of the Order of Canada — Canada’s highest civilian honour — for his contributions to the development of Common Law in French. He receives the award this fall in Ottawa, from the Governor General. It’s a shame I won’t be…

  • The Secret Sense of Japanese Magazine Design

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    When I was last at Junkudo, I spotted this terrific book, THE SECRET SENSE OF JAPANESE MAGAZINE DESIGN. It was put together by CAP — the company behind most of the great layouts you see in Japanese magazines these days — and covers the history of Japanese magazine design by spotlighting 12 or so magazines…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    MAC POWER (207) sports a cover story on Steve Jobs. It’s of course all in Japanese, but there are quite a few classic quotes that pepper the piece, and they make for a good read (and some nice old photos as well). The issue also puts the spotlight on a few independent magazines, and there’s…

  • My Private Tokyo: Nakameguro

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    Remember that “My Private Tokyo” corner I did on Nakameguro for the NHK World TV show TOKYO EYE? I’ve finally gotten around to putting up the segment on YouTube. This is the first time I’ve done something like this, so be gentle.

  • Soon Appearing in Pen

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    A writer and a photographer from PEN magazine dropped by Cafe Pause yesterday to do a short interview with me and take some photos that should appear in an upcoming issue (out in April I think). Looks like they will also mention PauseTalk. It’s part of a feature on Tokyo favorites, and it seems that…

  • J-Select Shows You How to Blog

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    I get quoted — along with Patrick and Sonia — in the current issue of J-SELECT (Vol. 54 No. 2) in a piece on blogging. It’s sort of funny that the three of us who were contacted for the article all happen to be Canadian.

  • Governor Kisho Kurokawa

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    When he’s not busy designing massive art centers — that would be the National Art Center, Tokyo — architect Kisho Kurokawa is dabbling in politics, with a run in the next Tokyo gubernatorial race.