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Month: May 2003

  • Kateigaho

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    Last night, on one of my frequent stops in Ikebukuro’s bookstores to check out magazines, I picked up the inaugural issue of the international edition of KATEIGAHO, which describes itself as “Japan’s Arts & Culture Magazine.” There are lots of nice pictures inside, and articles that cover various aspects of Japanese culture, from traditional washi…

  • Entrance

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    This is the main entrance as you arrive to Roppongi Hills through Roppongi station on the Hibiya line. The escalators that were pictured in Tokyo Boy are inside this structure.

  • 1IMC Registration

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    The page is now up to register for the 1IMC (First International Moblogging Conference). It also seems that you’ll be able to follow the conference remotely, so feel free to register even if you can’t make it to Tokyo. I’ve just registered, so I’ll see whoever else is planning on going there on July5th at…

  • Momus in Tokyo

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    Momus has announced the dates he’ll be performing in Japan this Summer. He starts out at Shimokitazawa’s Club Que on June 22nd (with Miniskirt, Plectrum, and Pancakes) and then visits a few cities in Japan on his Little Apples tour, where he will be joined by Odradek (who I’m assuming is Robert Duckworth) and Digiki.…

  • Roppongi Hills

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    It’s been quiet in this main blog column for the past 2 days, but you can see that I’ve still been active if you follow the Tokyo Boy moblog. On Saturday, after having to get up early for a meeting (we have Saturday morning meetings at my workplace every 3-4 months), me and Yuko decided…

  • Digital Art

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    This is a digital art display on the side of the TV Asahi building at Roppongi Hills. They presently have lots of art displays throughout the grounds, and this is one of them. It’s a real working LED display, and the numbers that you see are constantly changing.

  • The Last Samurai

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    I was just watching the new trailer for Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai with standing Yuko behind me, and she was saying that there are a few very famous Japanese actors in the film. From what I can see, it looks quite nice (and I’m a sucker for epic battle scenes) but we’ll just have…

  • Murakami on NHK

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    There’s a documentary on Murakami right now on NHK, and it’s quite interesting. He seems to get all these very strange and unique people to work around him. They profile one girl, a shut-in who was afraid to see people, who got encouraged by him to continue with her art. Her work is comprised of…

  • Albums of Color

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    There’s a BD (French comics) exhibit taking place at the Printing Museum called Albums of Color until July 6. I definitely want to try to go to this, as I’m a huge reader of BDs, and it seems that entire albums will be on display, which I’ll then be able to read.

  • Glass Building

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    A glass building in Aoyama.