Category: General

From the MAINICHI DAILY NEWS: The new futuristic vessel “Himiko” sails along Tokyo Bay as the landmark Rainbow Bridge is seen in background, in Tokyo. The 114-ton silver metalic water-bus was designed by popular cartoon artist Leiji Matsumoto, with hopes to appeal to the younger generation, and is to start service in the Japanese capital…

Yuko was at Pause tonight with a friend, and while she was there, one of the designers who we alway see there (and often wears this really nice Namaiki designed hat) came out of the office to ask her to thank me. After asking why, he replied that it seems that their website is getting…

I got an email a few weeks ago asking for Japanese music recommendations, and the person who wrote was saying that I don’t seem to talk about music a lot on the site. That’s strange, as I’m constantly seeking sounds, and constantly enjoying them. I must say that after a few years of almost full…

I really want a pair of the limited edition Swiss Airlines Converse sneakers. They’re almost impossible to get though, as you need to buy a pair of Converse sneakers to enter a contest, and then only 100 pairs are given away.

You might want to check out the latest issue of THE FACE (April), as it features a flip cover with a 24 page feature on Japan. I did find that everything felt old, even though they’re proclaiming this to be what’s happening in Japan 2004. I mean, a blurb on Guitar Wolf? Come on. Features…

They could maybe shorten the title a tad, but the SKIP CITY International D-Cinema Festival does sound like something worth checking out. The whole complex in general sounds intriguing, and even though it’s in the burbs up north in Saitama, it’s not that long a train ride from Ikebukuro. Here’s the RT blurb: Opened in…

Download PDFs and make your own paper robots. Link via Boing Boing.

About that free wireless Internet at Starbucks I mentioned the other day, seems like we were actually catching waves from somewhere else. At the time, we were sitting at one of the 6 chair study tables they always have, which is located near the window. Yuko’s been going often since then, and the other day…