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  • An afternoon in Harajuku and Shibuya

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    I was going to just stay in Ikebukuro yesterday, run a few errands, taking it easy, but then Yuko had to go to Shibuya (more precisely, to the Todai Komaba campus) and so I went with her. I started out by going to Tower Records to check out the magazines, and it’s when I was…

  • An Afternoon in Shibuya

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    Headed out early today to get to Shibuya with Yuko. She has some things she needs to do all day at the Tokyo University Komaba campus, so I tagged along until Shibuya, and am spending the afternoon in the area. I started off with Tower Records, where I finally picked up the first issue of…

  • iPod a Hit in Japan

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    More signs that Apple is doing well in Japan. The iPod is proving a colossal hit on the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant’s own turf. The tiny white machine is catching on as a fashion statement and turning into a cultural icon in Japan, much the same way it won a fanatic following in the…

  • An Afternoon in Aoyama

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    I leave in the middle of the afternoon, and take the subway to Aoyama, accompanying Yuko as she heads out to Todai. I decide to get off at the Gaienmae station, as there are a few things in the area I want to check out. Things don’t start off so well. I start by going…

  • Appu Appu

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    New exhibition at NADiff gives me a good excuse to go to Aoyama (it’s been a while). APPU APPU sees a collaboration between novelist Fujunaga Shin and painter Murase Kyoko. The fine folks at REALTOKYO have this to say: Kyoto resident novelist Fukunaga Shin, and painter Murase Kyoko, who presently lives and works in Dusseldorf,…

  • Mashcomix

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    While at Tower Records in Shibuya yesterday, I picked up this great looking comic called MASHCOMIX. It’s a big volume, printed in three colors on thick brown paper, that features contributions by a whole bunch of Japanese creators I’ve never heard of. The best thing is that the thing is bilingual. This would definitely be…

  • The FPM Art Shop

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    Regarding the Tomoyuki Tanaka (Fantastic Plastic Machine) shop I mentioned a while back, I’ve got some bad news for us Tokyoites. Tanaka’s new venture, which is not a record shop but rather an art store, is located in Osaka. It opened in early November. There was a one-page article in the new issue of CASA…

  • Ginza/Aoyama

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    In Ginza today to pickup my iBook, I get the very pleasant surprise of only being charged less than half what they had quoted me on the phone. I don’t know if it’s a mistake or what, but I certainly don’t ask them about it. Next on my list of things to do is to…

  • Apple Ginza

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    The new Apple Store opens in Ginza this Sunday, and now comes news that they’ll also be opening a store in Osaka next year. A look at the event schedule for the store shows tons of things happening every month, and the press release mentions the presence of “Mac specialists who speak 10 different languages…

  • A New Start

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    So, as you can see, the new design has been up for a day now. A huge thank you goes out to Patrick (who’s online store, the Tokyo Record Hunting Service, is a must-visit for any fan of Japanese music) who helped me by answering all my stupid questions, offering tips, and testing everything on…