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  • 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…

  • Shinji Tsuchimochi on Toco Toco TV

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    You may recall the wonderful 100 Views of Tokyo illustrated book by Shinji Tsuchimochi, that I mentioned here a while back. It’s quite nice to see Tsuchimochi get even more coverage courtesy of the latest episode of Toco Toco TV.

  • Favorite Media of 2016

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    Here it is, my annual post (here are the ones for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) in which I list all of the media that I most liked in the past year. This is not meant to be a “best of” list. This is a highly subjective look back at the stuff that I…