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  • Dakara Pig

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    If you buy a bottle of Dakara these days, you get this tiny little figure with it. The pig is seen in recent TV commercials. There are magnets at the base of the pig and the bottle, so when you approach the bottle to the pig you can make it spin (as it does, prancing…

  • It Glows Green

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    Last week while in some backstreets of Harajuku (towards the Bape Cafe), I was struck by these glowing green lights on theses panels hiding some construction work.

  • New Bic Camera

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    The Bic Camera store you see in the back — that’s actually their flagship store, located here in Ikebukuro — has just undergone major renovations, finally revealing this beautiful white exterior (you can’t see it here, but there are brand names written on white all over the building).

  • Photo Shoot at Cafe Pause

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    TRAVEL+LEISURE magazine is doing a profile piece on me, and this past week they sent a photographer to shoot me at Cafe Pause for the article. The photographer they chose was Takashi Yasumura, whose photobook, DOMESTIC SCANDALS, I had the great pleasure to leaf through between setups — the online images don’t do justice to…

  • Nicolas G. Hayek Center

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    The other day I passed by Swatch Group Japan‘s new Nicolas G. Hayek Center in Ginza, with a design headed by Shigeru Ban. I was in a hurry, so only had time to snap a few shots. The elevators — each one also acts as a showroom, and connects to one of the 7 stores…

  • Spider-Man Figure Collection

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    I’m usually not particularly attracted to super-hero related merchandise, but I couldn’t resist picking up a few of these Spider-Man gacha-gacha figures. I picked up these ones — Carnage, regular Spider-Man, and Venom — a week ago, and the other day I added the Scarlet Spider-Man. You can see the entire series — seven in…

  • Tokyo Midtown Day 2

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    I went back to Tokyo Midtown today, this time with the wife, and we ended up spending the entire day there. The crowds weren’t as bad as I though they’d be — similar to the first day — and Yuko seems to have enjoyed it and looks forward to going again (let me add that…

  • 21_21 Design Sight Opening

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    I’ve created a separate Flickr photoset with just the shots from the 21_21 Design Sight. I really liked the building and interior — some nice divisions between the various rooms — but 1000 yen feels a bit steep for what mostly amounts to a one-room exhibition. I’m also a bit surprised that they kicked things…

  • Tokyo Midtown Opening

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    As you could tell from the moblog shots I posted earlier today, I did make it out for the opening of the Tokyo Midtown complex. I’ve written a post for Gridskipper that describes my feelings — it should be up soon enough — but in general I can say that I rather liked what I…

  • Solid State Society and Nissan

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    As promised, here are a few photos I took at the Nissan showroom in Ginza last year (August 2006), showcasing the concept car used in GHOST IN THE SHELL: SOLID STATE SOCIETY. You’ll find 5 in all on my Flickr account.