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Category: Books

  • Goodbye Madame Butterfly

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    Chin Music Press have launched a site for their upcoming release, Sumie Kawakami’s GOODBYE MADAME BUTTERFLY, out in September. They’re also offering a pre-order sale, where you can get GOODBYE as well as a copy of KUHAKU for only $20!

  • PechaKucha Night, the Book!

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    For those who’ve been wondering what exactly Uleshka is cooking at the KDa offices that involves PechaKucha Night, wonder no more: PechaKucha Night, the book! Sounds like the idea is to give organizers from around the world a voice, and to produce something that will try to capture what the PKN phenomenon has been all…

  • PingMag: Fantasy Mode to Order

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    PingMag interviews Kosuke Tsumura, the man behind the FINAL HOME fashion brand, about his “Fantasy Mode to Order” project, which takes on the form of a book and an exhibition at Mizuma Art Gallery in Nakameguro.

  • Japanamerica in Japan

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    Roland Kelt’s JAPANAMERICA now has a Japanese edition, and the launch party happens tonight (June 14) at SuperDeluxe (start time is 18:00, with free entry). The celebrations will continue with a few more events, including a night of cosplay at the Pink Cow on June 19.

  • Warriors of Art

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    I’ve been going through a copy of WARRIORS OF ART: A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARTISTS from Kodansha International by Yumi Yamaguchi (she covers art for quite a few magazines), and I’m finding a lot to like. Covering 40 names in the contemporary art scene, you know you’re not going to get an in-depth look,…

  • SANAA Houses

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    Actar previews the upcoming SANAA HOUSES book. Sanaa’s housing projects, both finished (House A, S House, House in a Plum Grove, Small House and Moriyama House), and unfinished projects (Flower House, Garden & House, Seijo Apartments, Ichikawa Apartments, House in China and Eda Apartments). SANAA’s architecture embraces complexities within deceptively simple appearances. It has many…

  • Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno

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    Patrick‘s new book, JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL INFERNO, is now on sale. Get it now, or he won’t like you anymore.

  • Inside Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno

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    This site has a review up for Patrick Macias‘ JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL INFERNO. It’s in Japanese, but includes plenty of scans, so it gives you a good idea of what to expect — I’ve flipped through it, and really liked that it’s rather heavy on the illustrative details of all these movements that get covered.