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Month: August 2008

  • No Yoda on Facebook

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    Now this is just ridiculous. Matt Alt reports on his blog that his wife is currently unable to create an account on Facebook, because they will not accept her last name of Yoda — a common enough family name in Japan. They’ve tried to get in touch with the site’s customer service, but still no…

  • Dense Music Mini-Mix

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    Digiki has prepared a mini-mix of his new album, Dense Music. The five-minute track can be downloaded here.

  • Lesque Skateboards

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    Lesque is a Tokyo skate company, and Ian has just designed a few boards for them. Also, they will be doing a presentation at the September 24 edition of Pecha Kucha Night.

  • Onigiri House

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    You won’t have any trouble figuring out why NKS Architects‘ Onigiri House in Iota gets its monicker. Designboom posts more photos.

  • Onitsuka Tiger with Tokyo Skyline

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    Seiji Yogo of Koiklub designs the patterns on these Onitsuka Tiger sneakers with the Tokyo skyline. I like the white pair, which glows in the dark. Via Designboom.

  • Recently at MoCo Loco

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    This week over at MoCo Loco I cover Nosigner‘s ‘A leaf x 10’ placemats, Plus Minus Zero’s Tile Towel, and Reac Japan‘s MY CUTLERY (pictured above). Last week’s Tokyo post covered Shin Azumi‘s Ribbon candelabra, the “Japan(Copyright)” exhibition, and Shinichi Sumikawa‘s Hiby card cases.

  • Machine Head

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    Pictured above, architect Norisada Maeda‘s Machine Head building in Machida. Designboom posts more photos.

  • Comike Grenade Incident

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    A bit of craziness at this weekend’s Comike it seems. Police arrested a 20-year-old unemployed man from central Japan on Friday morning for allegedly threatening online to throw a grenade at the ongoing Comic Market (Comike) dojinshi convention. Hiroyuki Kageyama, an unemployed man from Kakogawa City in Hyogo prefecture, alleged wrote on the 2channel web…