Listings for a sayonara sale? I know, I know, but when it includes an awesome image like the one above, you need to share. My friend Ian (of Saskatchewan) will be facing off against his wife Aki (The Asian Gladiator) in a summer party that is actually an excuse for them to get rid of their stuff. Should be a blast. Here’s a map to their place.

Now this is just ridiculous. Matt Alt reports on his blog that his wife is currently unable to create an account on Facebook, because they will not accept her last name of Yoda — a common enough family name in Japan. They’ve tried to get in touch with the site’s customer service, but still no response.

Digiki has prepared a mini-mix of his new album, Dense Music. The five-minute track can be downloaded here.

Lesque is a Tokyo skate company, and Ian has just designed a few boards for them. Also, they will be doing a presentation at the September 24 edition of Pecha Kucha Night.

You won’t have any trouble figuring out why NKS Architects‘ Onigiri House in Iota gets its monicker. Designboom posts more photos.

Seiji Yogo of Koiklub designs the patterns on these Onitsuka Tiger sneakers with the Tokyo skyline. I like the white pair, which glows in the dark. Via Designboom.

This week over at MoCo Loco I cover Nosigner‘s ‘A leaf x 10′ placemats, Plus Minus Zero’s Tile Towel, and Reac Japan‘s MY CUTLERY (pictured above).

Last week’s Tokyo post covered Shin Azumi‘s Ribbon candelabra, the “Japan(Copyright)” exhibition, and Shinichi Sumikawa‘s Hiby card cases.

Pictured above, architect Norisada Maeda‘s Machine Head building in Machida. Designboom posts more photos.

A bit of craziness at this weekend’s Comike it seems.

Read the full ANN report here. Via Patrick Macias.

Great photo coverage by Max on the right-wing nationalists clashing with police near Yasukuni Shrine yesterday. A lot of them appear in this “Japanese Police” Flickr photoset, but there are more in his regular photostream as well.

A few new places where you can catch Marxy’s fashion reportage. First up, at MEKAS, a new Japanese fashion site where he takes on the role of chief editor. It’s mostly targeted at professional business subscribers, but you’ll also find a few free pieces, like this interview with Takeji Hirakawa. He’s also a contributing editor at global fashion business blog The Business of Fashion, where he’s already written about the neo-trad trend in Japan (or rather, its failure to catch on).

What are omake? Matt Alt explains.

Tim Rudder shares a bunch of rather nice shots of Lolita Goths he took in Harajuku. I really like his selection of backgrounds for the photos, as well as the fact that they were taken at night.

Imprint will be be bringing the Imprint Culture Lab 2008 conference to LA on October 1, with over 20 creatives giving talks, and a keynote by, get this, Kenya Hara!

You can buy tickets here, which you should soon since they are limited.

So there you have it, Shantell‘s poster for the Cafe Pause series is now up. I’ve already noticed a few people spend a bit of time looking at it, trying to pick up all the details that went into it. You can better see it here.