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Month: January 2009

  • Okuribito

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    Curious about Okuribito, the Japanese film that was nominated yesterday for an Academy Award in the “Best Foreign Film” category? Have a look at this piece on Néojaponisme.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering Lemnos‘ Riki Steel Clock (above), D-BROS‘ Bise Chocolate, and Satoshi Nakagawa’s U-WING ballpoint pen.

  • Quolomo Yone

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    T-shirt label Quolomo is teaming up with photographer Yasumasa “Yone” Yonehara for the “Quolomo Yone” exhibition at Shibuya PARCO, running January 23 to February 28. Based on Yone’s “Talking About Her Sex” series for Dazed & Confused Japan, the show will include a collection of 20 t-shirt designs, available for purchase — you’ll get to…

  • Obama in Repose

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    You can execute many exciting poses with the Obama action figure, and one of them is resting under a kotatsu, flanked by a Famicom.

  • The Jean Snow PKN Explosion

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    Apologies for the bombastic title, but I am very pleased to report that I am now going to be working with KDa on PechaKucha Night-related projects. There are a lot of exciting projects down the line that I can’t really talk much about, but for now one thing you will be seeing my input quite…

  • Delaware at Minimal Tokyo

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    I’m a big fan of visual unit Delaware — most recently for their cool Records iPhone app — and I’m told they will be participating at the next Minimal Tokyo, with this being their first — and quite possibly only — live performance. The event kicks off at 22:00 at Unit (3,500 yen at the…

  • Guide to Japanese Street Snaps on the Web

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    So where’s the best place to catch the latest in Japanese street snaps? Mekas provides us with a comprehensive look at the Japanese sites that do exactly that. As always, the piece is accompanied by terrific photography by Sean Wood.

  • Lonely in Tokyo

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    Andrea Innocent is an Australian illustrator/designer who is, as she writes on her site, a “self-confessed nipponophile and otaku.” I got a kick out of her “Lonely in Tokyo” series, which mixes illustration with photos taken in Tokyo, like the one seen above. You can see the rest at the bottom of this page.