Month: September 2008
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PingMag: Architecture Tour of Ginza
PingMag takes us on a new architectural tour of a Tokyo district, this time Ginza. The piece was shot by Tim Rudder.
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Tokyo Art Map: Gallery Koyanagi
The Art Space Tokyo site has posted a new downloadable PDF map, this time covering Gallery Koyanagi and the Ginza area.
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Kobe Collection Notes
Marxy writes about the Kobe Collection over at Meta no Tame. Don’t forget to check out Mekas for more collection reports from Tokyo Fashion Week. And look, isn’t that Gelman squinting in the far right of this photo taken at the Mint Designs show.
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AXIS Cover with KDa
Well look who makes the cover of this month’s issue of AXIS (135). And Mark is even sporting a PechaKucha tee, designed by Ian. Update (16/11/26): The image is no longer available.
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Miyuki Torii
Momus does a round-up of YouTube videos of comedian Miyuki Torii in action — her comedy persona is that of a deranged woman — but more surprising is the gravure video of her he dug up. I’d seen old clips of her doing regular “tarento” stints, but didn’t know about her gravure past. One thing…
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Art Tokyo in August
Another round-up of Tokyo-related art scene articles, courtesy of Ashley over at the Art Space Tokyo blog.
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Mekas Covers Japan Fashion Week
Missing out on Tokyo Fashion Week? No worries, since Marxy is checking everything out, and contributing collection reviews to Mekas‘ “Brand Profiles” section. You’ll currently find reports on Fur Fur and Mikio Sakabe, with a dozen more planned.