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Month: December 2007

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Tonight (December 3) is this month’s edition (Vol. 16) of PauseTalk at Cafe Pause, with the usual start time of 19:30. Things will be back to normal following last month’s special edition — which I admit was more an evening of presentations compared to the regular talk format. Looking forward to it!

  • Tokyo Taxi Fare Hike

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    I already felt taxi prices were high in Tokyo, and now this: “Taxi fares were increased Monday in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture. The first price increase since April 1997 raised the flag-down fare for the first 2 kilometers to 710 yen from the current 660 yen.” Via Japan Today.

  • Tokyo Haiku Contest

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    Tokyo Art Beat contributed a column to the latest edition of the TIME OUT GUIDE TO TOKYO — it covers galleries in Ginza — and they’ve set up a contest, the prize consisting of a copy of the guide, as well as lunch with the TAB team. To win, you need to write a haiku…

  • New from METAPHYS

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    I’m a big fan of METAPHYS, and was very happy to see so many new products from the brand on display at last month’s 100% Design Tokyo. Dezeen has scored some nice images of all those new items, including the hairdryer you see above.