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.”

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.

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.

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.

Excite Japan offers a stunning flash tour of some of the big architectural sites in Tokyo. Very nicely photographed. Link via Dezain.net.

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.

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.

I liked this plant display at Yamagiwa Livina (a design select shop) in Akihabara.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tokyopia has an interview up with REZ creator — and the more recent LUMINES for the PSP — Mizuguchi Tetsuya.

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.