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Author: Jean Snow

  • Inoko

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    If you find yourself in Inokashira park, beware of the roaming yokai, especially Inoko, pictured above on a pair of buttons. Matt has more info on a yokai-related event happening there this coming Saturday (August 28).

  • Vote Jeans NOW!

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    In these coming elections, there’s only one real choice. Thanks for your support — and thank you David for the awesome image, you made my day!

  • Thanko Makes It Work

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    How have I been getting any work done while having to lie down on my back? It’s thanks to Thanko, really. I’ve been using the desk pictured above, which I ordered a couple of weeks ago. Funny thing is, it’s actually a product I recommended in one of the very first editions of my “On…

  • Neojaponisme Kiosk

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    One day maybe: the Néojaponisme kiosk.

  • Playface

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    Sony is launching a new PlayStation promotional campaign called “Playface” in September, and they already have a teaser site up with brilliant use of full-screen flash video, showcasing people’s faces (lots of celebrities) when they play. Update: Now you can also watch the TV commercials that have started airing here.

  • New Muji Flagship Store

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    This is certainly exciting for me, as a resident of Ikebukuro: the main Muji store in Ikebukuro (which I believe was actually the first Muji store) is undergoing some major renovations, and it’s going to be turned into a new flagship store (although it certainly won’t be as massive as the Yurakucho one). They will…

  • Shin Tanaka and NaniBird

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    This is pretty damn cool: Shin Tanaka, arguably the father of urban papercraft, has contributed a design to Josh’s NaniBird series, in the form of the “Balaclava.”

  • Nature Factory

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    Dezeen posts a gallery of architect Makoto Tanijiri‘s new installation at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama. The show runs until January 31.