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Month: March 2007

  • Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza

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    I get a lot of mail from readers asking me to recommend hotels for a stay in Tokyo, and the only thing I can do is point them to this post. But let me add the Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza, which I just spotted on Gridskipper. Looks quite nice, and rooms start at $111. Read…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    National Art Center, Tokyo Muji Tokyo Midtown You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • The State of Blogging in Japan: To Clast or Not to Clast

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    Ever since the announcement that Marxy was starting to blog “professionally” for the ad agency where he was already employed, the shit has quite literally hit the fan. Momus’ reaction was quite expected, but I’ve also had to comment and/or defend what Marxy has done in private emails, and I think it’s gotten to a…

  • Stylewise for March 2007

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    Martin Webb’s latest Stylewise column for THE JAPAN TIMES covers, among other things, COSMIC WONDER and MONOCLE.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    Two new magazines this week, starting with a new entry in the design field, DESIGN ADDICT (1). It looks like this one is more of a mook (the next issue is planned for October), but the interior is all magazine. Certain parts of it seem to marry the KU:NEL esthetic (soft photography) with that of…

  • The Post-Bubble Countryside

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    I think Alin can read my mind. For the past month or so I’ve been obsessing over PDF zines after having discovered the PDF-Mags site — it even lead to me bringing up the idea of producing a PauseTalk PDF zine at that last meeting, something I’ll talk about more in detail in a future…

  • Ten-Sen at PingMag

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    PingMag interviews designer Yoshino Fukuma (aka Ten-Sen).

  • Muji Tokyo Midtown

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    The next evolution of Muji? Sure, everyone’s talking about Muji’s upcoming flagship store in New York, but I’m more excited about the just-announced Muji Tokyo Midtown store, set to open March 30, when the Tokyo Midtown complex launches. According to the official site, this store is not going to stock your regular Muji goods, but…