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Month: December 2016

  • Nier: Automata (Demo)

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    Played this the other day, and wow, even though I was already looking forward to this game, it managed to surpass my expectations. The combat is pleasantly a bit on the Bayonetta side of things (one of my favorite series and character), it has a cool sci-fi setting (which I prefer over the fantasy of…

  • Scotland Yard Tokyo

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    As much as I love playing board games, and played quite a lot of them when I was a kid, I somehow never played Scotland Yard. I know what it’s about though (I think I may even have an iOS version I bought on sale a while back), and I think it’s pretty neat that…

  • Spoon & Tamago’s 2016

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    You know I love Spoon & Tamago and tend to link to a lot of things that Johnny shares there, and so I think it’s worth pointing out his recent look at the most popular posts from the site this past year, as well as the most popular products that the site sold through its…

  • Let Her Paint

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    I love this colorful fashion shoot (and more here) by Tokyo-based photographer Chris Mollison for Rogue magazine.

  • More Woodblock Prints

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    A week or so ago I shared the lovely woodblock prints of Hasui Kawase, as shared via Twitter by Darran Anderson. Here’s some more great art of the era shared in tweets, of Koho Shoda (pictured above) and Tsuchiya Koitsu.

  • Learning from Sensei

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    Here’s a beautiful series of black and white photos by photographer Ben Beech of the sensei who teaches him shodo (calligraphy) and sumie (ink painting) on a weekly basis.

  • Harajuku Stroll

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    Strolling around Harajuku with my dog was a pretty regular activity when I lived in the area, and so seeing this collection of photos by George Popescu brings back a lot of memories.

  • Daisuke Kashiwa

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    I really do need to make a point of highlighting every episode of Toco Toco TV here, because it truly is my favorite online video series. The episode before the latest (on Shinji Tsuchimochi) covered musician Daisuke Kashiwa, who has been composing the soundtracks for the animated films of Makoto Shinkai, whose latest film, Your…