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Category: Tokyo Boy

  • Nakameguro Street Art 4

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    Another pic from the Nakame front.

  • QR Barcode

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    You’ll notice a new addition in the sidebar: a QR barcode. I don’t know if these are very common outside of Japan yet, but here they’re getting more and more popular. Basically, you point your QR enabled mobile phone (mine isn’t) to the barcode, and it registers the data, which in this case is the…

  • Nakameguro Street Art 3

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    Continuing in my series of Nakameguro street art pics.

  • It’s Damn Hot

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    The temperature topped 30 C in Tokyo for 37 days in a row Wednesday, tying the record set in 1995, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Kyodo News) Yes, it’s pretty damn hot here. What am I doing? Hiding in my apartment, reading and watching movies/TV shows, and spending way too much time on the Net.

  • GBL Sign

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    And if you want to go to the GRV1788 shop, this is the sign that you have to be looking for. The building is actually called GBL, as it contains three shops: GRV1788 (Groovisions), Bonzaipaint, and Loopwheeler. Seems like the GRV1788 shop is closed for the Summer holidays, until August 13.

  • GRV1788

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    Heading up to Groovisions’ GRV1788 shop in Nakameguro.

  • An Evening in Harajuku

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    We head out to Harajuku to check out the Placard#7 electronic music festival taking place in Yoyogi park. I especially want to be there for Momus’ set. On my way over, I get a call from Carsten, who having seen my post about going there, figures I would be a good person to contact to…

  • Momus at Placard#7

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    Momus, earlier tonight, at the Placard#7 festival in Yoyogi park.