Of course, I talk about not having time to concentrate on the site, but at the same time I’m working on a brand new update (version 4.0, which I think will better represent all of the things that I’m producing these days, and will also let me start moblogging with pics twice the size of what you see now), slowly working things out for my record label project, and trying to think up of new interesting things to do. I’m constantly being told that I need to get a ramen devoted site off the ground, and now, while talking with Yuko, I got the idea of putting up a site (well, in magazine terms, I would call it a feature) that takes a look at the world of comedy in Japan, particularly focusing on the up and coming comedians. Seems like there’s not much info online in English on the subject, so might be something of interest for some. What do you think?
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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 June 2.
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Jean, anything you produce is gold. I learn of another culture through you…all the better if this far-away-from-me culture has humour (your post on japanese inventions is all the comedy i need tonight) that i can discover. Go for it.
Thanks for the nice comments!
hey, the way i see it, asian culture is the next empire of the world….might as well get used to it right now.