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  • Digiki

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    Having beers in the backstreets of Shinjuku with Antonin. Update (16/08/21): The photo is unfortunately no longer available.

  • Fast Fiction: Badminton Girls

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    We keep going down the wrong street. We know it has to be somewhere close, but the elusive lounge is nowhere to be found, even though our map shows that it should be right here. “It might be down some tiny alley.” “Yeah, or down in a basement somewhere…” “Let’s go check down here.” We…

  • Morning Exercise

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    Employees of supermarket chain Ito Yokado Group do their morning exercises at the company’s Tokyo head office. (Japan Today)

  • Patrick's Agenda

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    Patrick has just launched a new section of his site he calls Agenda. In it, he plans on keeping us informed of “upcoming music releases, club or live shows, movies, and other types of events that interest [him] in Tokyo.” There’s already info on the upcoming Nomoto Karia and Nomiya Maki album releases (respectively, KAARII…

  • Trouble in the Japanese Animation Industry

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    Seems like times are getting tough in the Japanese animation industry. Disheartened by a monthly salary that tops out at 50,000 yen, a 26-year-old animator who joined the production team a year ago said, ‘Sometimes I want to give up-I never imagined it would be like this.’ Only with parental financial support can the animator…

  • 31

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    Today’s my birthday. I turn 31. 31 on May 31. Let’s hope for a good year.

  • Tokyo Storefronts

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    JapanDesignNet takes you on a tour of Tokyo storefronts. Pics galore. Link via RE.

  • Get to Know Your Blogger

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    Another interview with me is up, and you can read it here. I think I’ll add permanent links in my “about” section to these (also the one done with Robert).

  • Midnight Eye May Update

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    Japanese cinema specialists Midnight Eye have recently released a new update to their site that includes a lengthy interview with Kitamura Ryuhei (known for his cult classic VERSUS, and now director of the final Godzilla film), and a review of THE TASTE OF TEA, the new film by SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL…

  • Tokumaru Shugo in Koenji

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    Marxy lets us know that Tokumaru Shugo (who I’ve been gushing about for a couple of weeks now) will be live at Enban in Koenji on Friday June 4 (he goes on at 7). That is absolute bad news for me because my job prevents me from seeing live shows that start at 7 during…