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  • Cycling Trip to Nikko

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    Wanted to post this a while back and for some reason didn’t get around to it, but really enjoyed Tim Rudder’s report on the cycling trip he took to Nikko (from Tokyo and back).

  • Carina

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    Here’s a look at a new shop in Aoyama for children’s brand Carina, designed by Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA). Via Dezain.net.

  • Tanada Piece Gallery

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    Beautiful new gallery in the city of Kyotanabe (near Kyoto) called Tanada Piece Gallery, featuring a rice field-inspired interior by Japanese architecture studio Geneto.

  • Kobe Portisland Factory

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    As factories go, you have to hand it to Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects, the Kobe Portisland factory (above) is a rather nice one — Designboom posts more images.

  • Harajuku Requiem

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    There’s a new Néojaponisme podcast up, featuring Marxy and Patrick Macias discussing Tokyo fashion, past and present. Sometime in November, Marxy of Néojaponisme and Patrick Macias — author of such books as Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo and Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno: Tokyo Teen Fashion Subculture Handbook — met in Inokashira…

  • Radio OK Fred 15

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    It’s been another very long hiatus — obviously due to me breaking my spine — be the OK Fredders are finally back for a new episode of Radio OK Fred. It’s episode 15, and it’s our special Christmas show. Also, thanks to Djay — which is what I’ve been using at my PLAY events —…

  • PLAY 03

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    Cause you can’t, you won’t, and you don’t stop — at least that’s how I feel about PLAY, so yes, Vol. 3 is happening this coming Friday (December 18) at Cafe Pause. This will probably be the last one I do this year, and I think I’ll try to make it a bit Christmas-y. We’re…

  • Setlist for PLAY 02

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    Did PLAY 02 at the cafe last night, and so again, here is the setlist for the night that was, with the mix also available as two downloads. Find more details on PLAY, and previous setlists, here. PLAY 02 (Part 1) (52 MB) 1. Smokey & Miho – “Ocean in Your Eyes” 2. Yuka Honda…