Category: General

It’s new TV season time in Japan, which means the start of a few new anime series (anime series usually last 1 season, which amounts to 13 episodes – successful shows sometime go on for 2 seasons). Here are a few I’ve had a chance to watch (if I find some other interesting shows, I’ll…

I recently mentioned the new Plusminuszero shop that has opened at the Coredo shopping center in Nihonbashi, and Paul has had a chance to check it out and post a few pics (click on the images for larger versions).

Presently enjoying the sounds from Japanese Internet radio Cosmosmile. Right now I’m listening to the “Asa-chang and Junrei” feed, described as electronica/freestyle/ambient.

The Superfuture boys have a really nice Shanghai map up at the Supertalk message board, which will be appearing in a future issue of RES (this month’s issue has a Nakameguro map). I’m hoping they’ll get one done for Beijing.

Paul is featured in a WIRED article that takes a look at the GPS mobile phone game MOGI, ITEM HUNT.

The new issue of CASA BRUTUS is out, and it’s a nice one. Following in the footsteps of BRUTUS’ recent feature on Kyoto, this month’s CB offers suggestions for 3 day “design” oriented trips to Tokyo and Kyoto. I just leafed through it quickly while at the bookstore, but I’ll probably pick it up later…

This past weekend I received the first issue of my new subscription to RES magazine, and I am very happy. I was a subscriber a few years ago, but let it expire as I found that the magazine had become less than interesting. Last year they did a complete redesign, and added what was the…

After a very long time searching, I finally got myself a copy of the third issue of OK FRED. It just wasn’t available in the big shops here in Ikebukuro, and I wouldn’t always think to look for it when I was in other areas of Tokyo. Robert, who does some writing for them, recently…

Seems like there’s a new used bookshop in town, and it’s part of the Las Chicas complex. Antipixel’s Jeremy has this to say: Across the courtyard from Las Chicas in Jingumae there is now a small but very interesting English-language bookstore called Intelligent Idiot (not a great web site, but what can you do?). It’s…

A while back I was totally blown away by Futureshock’s “Late at Night” video, by design group NE-O, and now they ask me to share this notice for a shoot that will take place in Tokyo: We are looking for western people for a Sony Ericsson TV commercial for the UK and Europe. You don’t…