Category: General

I don’t know if it’s available in all Starbucks shops, but I just got back from work and met up with Yuko at the Starbucks near our place (next to the Junkudo bookstore) where she was studying, and I checked for free wireless Internet, and I’m now connected. I’d heard that you had to subscribe…

We start another Saturday morning at Kamiyacho, paying visit to the Tokyo Medical and Surgical Clinic (without going into details, things are better now, and this will hopefully be the last visit for a long time). Instead of staying in the area like previous weeks, we hop on the the subway to backtrack two stations…

These days I’m getting more and more interested in art happenings from China, be it design or architecture, so this exhibit taking place at Gallery MA that looks at the architectural works of Seung H-Sang from Korea and Yung Ho Chang from China might be worth a visit. Here’s the RT blurb: “A showcase of…

Damn. I was all excited about seeing the new Ghost in the Shell film, INNOCENCE, this week as it was supposed to play at the Roppongi Hills Virgin Cinemas with English subtitles, and while checking the site for times I found the following: We discontinue the show of “INNOCENCE” with English subtitle for imperfect subtitle.…

We were back at Pause this afternoon, and I found out that all the books on display are for sale (and you can of course browse through them while you’re having your drink). I had also mentioned a link with Roughtoyz, and this time I noticed that they actually have an office in the back,…

This is absolutely insane. Link via Chad.

I’m at the Ginza Apple Store right now, and I finally found out what the deal is with those 2 different products that were at the Reudo site regarding using iSync with your mobile phone. The difference between the Sync Plus and the Sync for Mac OS X is that the first one (the newer…

Oh man, you need to listen to super idol group Morning Musume’s new single, it’s hilarious. They’ve gone punk-pop, including background choruses of “oi, oi, oi…” It’s so funny to see them in their “attitude” black and white garb, throwing fists in the air, looking as tough as their 15-16 year old bodies will let…

Seems like the next Godzilla film, GODZILLA – FINAL WARS, to be released at the end of the year and directed by Kitamura Ryuhei (VERSUS), is to be last in the series. More in this article from the DAILY YOMIURI.

Anyone have good or bad things to say about Tujiko Noriko? Here’s the RT blurb, which makes her sound quite interesting: Tujiko Noriko looks back on a career that soared from Ginza bar hostess to prima donna of the Austrian experimental electronic music label Mego. The latest album of the (anti-)diva now living in Paris…