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  • Yuka Is 6%DOKIDOKI

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    Patrick Macias posts a fun gallery of photos featuring Yuka, a 6%DOKIDOKI shop girl. Also check out the latest issue of Japanese gaming bible Weekly Famitsu for a collaborative article with Otaku USA.

  • Japan Pulse

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    The Japan Times has recently launched a couple of new blogs, one of them called Japan Pulse, “taking the pulse of new trends, trend-watchers and trend-makers in Japan.” It’s written by two people whose name’s you may recognize: Jason Jenkins, who was one of the main producers behind this year’s edition of 101TOKYO, and Felicity…

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    “ContainerPLUS” at the Wall Art Scene Gallery (inside Laforet Harajuku) — a show by “East London’s finest woman collective of illustrations, photography, and set-design,” their first in Japan. Represented by Cabaret. The terrific “Sound Gardening” series is returning for a third volume on September 25, again at the Kiyosumi Garden. The event will include works…

  • Starbucks in Kamakura

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    Rather nice looking Starbucks in Kamakura, “designed to resemble a wooden Japanese-style home.” Via PSFK.

  • DESIGNEAST 00

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    I mentioned it in this week’s MoCo Loco post, but I wanted to highlight again the upcoming launch of a new design event in Osaka. DESIGNEAST 00 — this is more of a pre-event, with the “01” edition to happen next year — is set to bring attention to the Kansai design scene. The 3-day…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering the Eneloop 3-way flashlight (above), Hideo Kawamura’s Rezon Cutter Pendant, Nobuhiro Teshima’s Crank Trick #2 deak, and news of the DESIGNEAST event in Osaka.

  • Shin Tanaka at Creators Inn

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    While the “Urban Paper” exhibition is now happening at Cafe Pause, the OG of all things urban and paper, Shin Tanaka, has now popped in to the Creators Inn in Sweden for a show there.

  • Tokyo Camera Style

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    Tokyo Camera Style, a blog that covers cameras seen around Tokyo. Pictured above, a Beauty Flex in Shinjuku.