Category: General

I’m not really into the sounds of Usagi-Chang Records, but I know a bunch of people who are, and so I’ll share this info about the Tokyo Fun Party event taking place at Uplink Factory on April 24. Here’s the rundown from RT (yeah, it’s pretty obvious that I’m catching up on REALTOKYO news bits…

I take it this was all inspired from Enki Bilal’s NIKOPOL TRILOGY, of which a new film adaptation called IMMORTEL (or GOD DIVA here in Japan) is being released here next week. From RT: What the hell is chess boxing? you might ask. Simple answer: a funny kind of sports (?) where the opponents switch…

If you mix art and a cafe space, you know I’m going to be there. The TABITEN show takes place at the Uplink Gallery‘s cafe, and here’s more info from REALTOKYO: This is a group exhibition on the theme “travel”, shown in the cafe space of Uplink Gallery. The event includes a special display of…

This week I had a chance to listen to the new Yukari Rotten (AKA Yukari Fresh) single, “C.L.I.J.S.T.E.R.S.,” and it’s just not doing it for me. The single has 3 tracks, the first one being the dirtiest (punk-like), and the second one is actually not far from sounding like a regular Yukari Fresh single, but…

I’m a huge fan of Ito Junji’s horror manga (TOMIE, UZUMAKI), but I had no idea that the 2-volume GYO series had been released in North America through Viz. “It’s been a month since the fish grew legs and lifted themselves out of the sea and descended on the Japanese mainland. The death stench plague…

The new issue of REALTOKYO‘s art magazine, ART iT, is out. It’s the photography issue. ART iT magazine’s “Photography in Japan” special comes with an increased number of pages, featuring: interviews and visual introductions to the works of Noguchi Rika and Ohtake Shinro; ART iT’s selection of “8 Japanese photographers to watch”; Asada Akira’s article…

You’ll notice that I’ve put up a new graphic on the sidebar to help promote this Summer’s Tokyo Style in Gothenburg event, which is organized by Jesper, no stranger to this site. Also, as soon as he’s back from the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan (he’s covering it for SuperLounge), he’ll start a new…

Just want to mention two non-Japanese magazines that have a bit of Japanese content this month. Canadian design/architecture/art magazine AZURE has an article on the new “Lords of Japanese Design.” Covers 4-5 people working mostly as curators in the design shop business (like IDEE and Cibone). This month’s issue of i-D features a cover and…

Momus’ new track, “Corkscrew King,” (you can download it here) gets inspired by comedian Shimura Ken: It’s a song about impotence. Now, impotence is a serious affliction, but it’s slightly less serious when it affects a spoiled old feudal lord who practises ‘sekuhara’ (sexual harrassment) on his courtly ladies and concubines. It’s less serious when…

Just a bit of trivia for you, but the director of the new very cool-looking Japanese live-action anime adaptation CASSHERN (click here to see the trailer) is directed by uber J-pop idol Utada Hikaru’s husband, Kiriya Kazuaki. He’s directed a lot of Utada’s music videos, and now that I know this, I can see that…