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Month: July 2007

  • Danny Dances Good

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    Danny Choo, who’s rather well known for walking the streets of Tokyo in full Stormtrooper gear, is now giving a Bollywood bounce (well, more disco) to his outings.

  • The Latest from Wonderwall

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    Wonderwall updates with a few new galleries, including Katayama’s new cafe/lounge Henry Good Seven on the 7th floor of the Shin Marunouchi Building (pictured above), as well as the J. Office space. The site is also selling (Japan only) the collaborative t-shirt, “Wall,” pictured below.

  • TOTO Gets Behind Its New Washlets

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    TOTO, Japanese maker of high-tech toilets, gets cheeky with its latest ad campaign for their washlets. Link via City of Sound.

  • Tokyo Eye in Higashi-Ikebukuro

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    I did another “My Private Tokyo” segment for the TOKYO EYE program on NHK World, and it airs this week starting Wednesday (see this page for the broadcast schedule). In it, I visit a collection of wacky “pocket parks” (called tsuji-hiroba) in Higashi-Ikebukuro. There are 11 of these tiny “theme” parks, and I took a…

  • The Wonderfulman

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    I picked up this figure, gacha-gacha style, at Beams T a couple of week ago. There’s a collection of them, designed by The Wonderful! Design Works, in a few different colors (black, blue, and gray). They were produced for Yujin’s Time Capsule series.

  • Dakara Pig

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    If you buy a bottle of Dakara these days, you get this tiny little figure with it. The pig is seen in recent TV commercials. There are magnets at the base of the pig and the bottle, so when you approach the bottle to the pig you can make it spin (as it does, prancing…

  • TB.Jogo 2

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    What is TB.Jogo? Find out here. Jean Snow: So, we’ve been away for a while, but let’s do this, TB.Jogo 2! To kick things off, what are you playing these days? Brad Douglas: Last time you complained that I was playing WoW too much. In answer to your complaints, I have not been playing for…

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    This month’s edition of PauseTalk happens tonight (Monday, July 2) at Cafe Pause, with the usual start time of 19:30. See you there!