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Category: Books

  • Poppas Release Party

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    Just a reminder that this Thursday (November 16) sees “The Dirty Southern Politician Workshop” party, in celebration of Chin Music Press‘ third book, LAST OF THE RED HOT POPPAS, at Sanbancho Cafe. More info here.

  • ABC Shibuya

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    I’ve just written a post on the new ABC (Aoyama Book Center) in Shibuya for Gridskipper (should be up later today or tomorrow), but I wanted to show the images I took. I dropped by yesterday to the store, located on the 6th floor of the big HMV in Shibuya, and have to say that…

  • GAS Book 24

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    The next GAS Book (24) will cover the works of graphic designer Hideki Inaba. Get more details in this post from SHIFT Blog.

  • The Dirty Southern Politician Workshop

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    To celebrate their first novel (fiction), LAST OF THE RED HOT POPPAS, Chin Music Press will host a release party at Sanbancho Cafe on November 16. Below is the event info, and here’s a link to an access map (the cafe is near Co-Lab/Yasukuni Shrine). Chin Music Press Invites You To: THE DIRTY SOUTHERN POLITICIAN…

  • Junkudo, You Are My World

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    Today’s edition of THE JAPAN TIMES interviews the deputy manager of Ikebukuro’s Junkudo, “which boasts the largest floor space (nine-stories) of any bookstore in Japan.” This is the store I’m always referring to, as I live just a minute down the road from it.

  • Object that Dreams

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    Photographers Zoren Gold and Minori Murakami have just released their first book, OBJECT THAT DREAMS, through Die Gestalten.

  • OK FRED Corner at Kinokuniya

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    If you head to the Minami-Shinjuku branch of the Kinokuniya, you’ll notice a special corner they’ve set up for OK FRED and its editor, Yoshihito Tsujimura, which includes book selections by him. It goes on until the end of the month. Update: More info (in Japanese) on Yoshi’s picks.

  • The DNA of Japanese Design

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    Josh Spear has a post up on the book THE DNA OF JAPANESE DESIGN, which you can order directly from JETRO’s online book store.