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  • Arcade Mania in the Wild

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    Well look at this, copies of Arcade Mania at Kinokuniya in Umeda, Osaka. The photo was taken by Brian, who spotted. No book sightings for me yet, although admittedly I’ve only checked the Junkudo store in Ikebukuro. Also, below, Robert from Sweden imported the book from Amazon Japan and displays it proudly!

  • Wallpaper City Guide: Kyoto

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    Just the other day I was posting about a new Tokyo guide from Louis Vuitton, something I haven’t seen for myself, but one guide I have seen is one of the latest releases from Wallpaper‘s “City Guide” series, covering the city of Kyoto. I picked up the Tokyo edition when the series was first launched,…

  • CMP in NYC

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    Pictured, Craig pimping Chin Music Press releases at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Craig and Ashley will be giving a talk about Art Space Tokyo at Kinokuniya (Bryant Park) on the 23rd.

  • Yokai Attack Site

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    Still on the fence about purchasing Matt Alt’s Yokai Attack? Maybe the new book site will help convince you.

  • Arcade Mania, in English

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    I just wanted to clear something up, since I’ve gotten some mail about it — following this post, and a post I wrote on Game|Life. The version of Arcade Mania now on sale at Amazon Japan is indeed in English, and is the exact same edition that will be released worldwide in January.

  • The Bulletin of China Studies

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    This week is not just about the release of Arcade Mania, it also sees my wife’s first publication in a research journal (not counting university journals). My wife, Yuko, has had an article based on her current research published in the current issue (No. 8) of The Bulletin of China Studies (Chugoku Kenkyu Ronso). The…

  • Arcade Mania Now on Sale!

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    And it starts! Arcade Mania is now available for purchase on Amazon Japan! Buy a copy, hell, buy two, you never know when you might lose one. The book sells for 2,100 yen, and that’s with free shipping if you live in Japan — remember, Amazon Japan does ship internationally. If you prefer to wait…

  • Louis Vuitton City Guide Tokyo

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    Come next month, you’ll have another Tokyo travel guide to consider, this time in the form of the latest addition to Louis Vuitton’s recently launched “City Guide” series. The Tokyo guide comes out October 15, and will be available at LV stores, an from the LV website.

  • Lisa Katayama at Boing Boing

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    Her two-week stint is winding down, but I wanted to at least mention once the great job that Lisa’s been doing while guest blogging at Boing Boing these past two weeks. Lots of great Japan-related topics — like this post yesterday on Takehiko Inoue’s Vagabond manga. Of course, you can get the same sort of…

  • Arcade Mania in Print

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    Look what got delivered to me this morning: beautiful print copies of Arcade Mania! I can’t even start to describe the thrill of finally getting to hold this thing in my hands, and it looks absolutely terrific, even better than what I was hoping. To update you on a few things, the official site for…