minimix

For those wondering what today’s picture is refering to, Minimix is a tiny (postcard sized) French-Japanese zine that comes out 4 times a year. I’ve been picking it up (on the 7th floor of the Tower Records in Shibuya) since I first moved to Tokyo 4 years ago and still enjoy it. It usually has a few photo essays, some rants from French/Japanese taxi drivers, an interview session between French/Japanese journalists, and more, all in a fun little package. You can order it from the website, as well as read some of the content there.

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i love Minimix! i bought a few copies when i was in Tokyo! cool stories, cool photos, cool design and a cool all around concept…france/nippon… cool

02.10.30 6:52
Posted by bones
Yeah, it really is a nice little zine. I’m surprised it’s now available anywere in Canada, or at least not anywere I’ve seen. Bones, you should probably order a bunch and sell them at the record store where you work. Time to spread Japanese culture (and French) like a virus…

02.10.31 1:21
Posted by Jean
that would be a cool idea Jean!

02.11.09 0:12
Posted by bones...

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Jean Snow lives and breathes design and pop culture in Tokyo -- sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for the following online/offline publications: Time, Inside (Australian Design Review), Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Kotaku, Tokyo Q, Superfuture, OK Fred, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, I.D. (International Design), Metropolis, Azure, MoCo Loco, Kateigaho International Edition, Game|Life, and The Japan Times. He also manages the gallery space at Cafe Pause.

The Superfuture Superguides are a series of PDF travel guides to some of your favorites cities, updated monthly, and obsessively compiling the best places to shop, eat, and drink. The Tokyo guide is edited by Jean Snow.

Jean Snow is the design/culture editor at Neojaponisme, a web journal covering social and cultural aspects of Japan. Read the manifesto, by founder and chief editor W. David Marx, here.

PauseTalk is a regular series of events that take place at Cafe Pause on the first Monday of every month, with a start time of 20:00. The idea is to create a forum where Tokyo-based creatives can get together and discuss their own projects, as well as cultural currents of the city. The next edition happens May 12.