Photographer Moriyama Daido signing books yesterday at Nadiff in Aoyama. Nadiff is also hosting a small exhibition of his pictures, along with Araki’s, which I suppose is in conjunction with the Tokyo Opera City show, “Moriyama, Shinjuku, Araki.”
Jan 31, 2005
Neon Sight Japan has an interview up with Chin Press Music’s Craig Mod. Looks like more will be added in the coming days, so be sure to check again. And if you haven’t already, buy yourself a copy of KUHAKU.
Jan 31, 2005
In case you missed it, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO is back, and oh my, what a great return. The second season kicks off with a great episode that manages to allude to Harajuku (Ura-Edo), graffiti artists, and even manages a cameo by a certain Warholian lover of art… Seems like the show is turning more and more into and ASTERIX & OBELIX portrayal of the past (or even LUCKY LUKE) — Goscinny was brilliant at mocking the present in the middle of his Roman-era setting. It’s great to have the show back on air, and watching it I really got the feeling that I was reuniting with some old friends.
Oh, and is the Czech picture book in the recent episodes of MONSTER the creepiest thing ever or what! The episode that recounts the story, in the style of the book, chilled me to the bones.
Jan 30, 2005
Have a look at the amazing work of designer Irie Keiichi at his recently launched site. A beautiful collection of homes (pictured above is his “C House”), museums, office spaces, and furniture. Link via Dezain.net.
Jan 30, 2005
Excite Japan offers a stunning flash tour of some of the big architectural sites in Tokyo. Very nicely photographed. Link via Dezain.net.
Jan 30, 2005
I’ve been due for a new camera for what feels like ages now, and after a week or so of research, I settled on the Canon Powershot A95. It’s not the coolest digital camera out there, but it looks like the perfect combination of what I was looking for in a camera. I only got it last night, so haven’t had that much of a chance to use it yet, but I’m sure you’ll be seeing the results here soon.
Jan 29, 2005
Damn, can’t believe I missed this. Ends tomorrow (Sunday), but I won’t be able to go.
It’s happening at the Tokyo Wonder Site in Ueno. Get more info at the TAB page.
Jan 29, 2005
I liked this plant display at Yamagiwa Livina (a design select shop) in Akihabara.
Jan 29, 2005
I’m finally done uploading pics from my trip to Singapore on Flickr, and they’re all on one page, here. I would normally recommend viewing them in the slideshow mode, but they look quite awful that way, because of the compression.
Jan 29, 2005
If you haven’t tried the PS2 game KATAMARI DAMACY yet, well, what are you waiting for? It’s fun as hell, addicting (believe me), and features a killer soundtrack. The following site has a pattern that you can print out to then build the main character of the game. Sure, doing so probably puts you in a level of gaming adoration that you might not want to share publicly, but hey, I think I crossed that point a long, long time ago. Link via Boing Boing.
Jan 29, 2005
Tokyo Art Beat has just updated with a bunch of new features that are sure to improve your Tokyo art life. MyTAB lets you personalize the way you access the site, and they’re now offering RSS feeds galore. A great site just got even better.
Jan 28, 2005
The new show at ICC, “Art Meets Media: Adventures in Perception,” makes a nice companion to the latest issue of ART iT.
Until March 21.
Jan 28, 2005
Don’t know much about the site — saw it promoted on the Supertalk! message board — but Kyosk seems to be a new-ish guide to cool happenings in the city.
Jan 26, 2005
Tokyopia has an interview up with REZ creator — and the more recent LUMINES for the PSP — Mizuguchi Tetsuya.
Jan 26, 2005
Worst exhibition title of the year?
I do want to check this one out, regardless of the title. It’s at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo until March 21.
Jan 25, 2005
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 4.
We hereby define a new term, that of the magaziner, described as a person who exerts an unhealthy amount of love for all things magazine. The Magaziner is a site that mostly focuses on the intersection between magazines and the digital frontier, and what it means for the medium. This does not preclude the inclusion of a healthy amount of print love.
Jean Snow is a contributor to Arcade Mania, your guide to the arcade gaming scene in Japan (Amazon US/Amazon Japan). He also provided assistance on Tokyolife: Art and Design, a guide to Tokyo's cultural output of the past few years, covering the works of over 80 influential creatives.
He will be contributing to the upcoming fifth editions of The Rough Guide to Tokyo and The Rough Guide to Japan, due for release in 2011.
Jean Snow is Executive Director of the PechaKucha organization. He also helps run the PechaKucha Night in Tokyo -- please get in touch if you are interested in presenting at a future event. For a more intimate salon-like discussion group, join him at his monthly PauseTalk event.
A longtime resident of Tokyo, he lives and breathes design, pop culture, and gaming, sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for various online/offline publications, including the following: Time, Inside (Australian Design Review), Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Kotaku, 1UP, Tokyo Q, Superfuture, OK Fred, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, I.D. (International Design), Metropolis, Azure, MoCo Loco, Kateigaho International Edition, Wired's Game|Life, PingMag, CNNGo, Phaidon, and The Japan Times.
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