Month: May 2004

A few weeks ago I mentioned ordering Tokumaru Shugo‘s new album, NIGHT PIECE, on the Music Related label after listening to a great MP3 preview (which you can find here), and I received the album in the mail 2 days ago. I’ve listened to it a few times now (mostly on the iPod during my…

Something new at the Watari-Um Museum of Contemporary Art in Aoyama. REALTOKYO says: Each of the 6 international participants in this exhibition creates his/her own original “space”. The first one that catches the visitor’s attention is Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger’s “Whale Balance”. The installation featuring an array of platns, bones, food samples and other…

It’s Saturday, and I decide to go to Tokyo University with Yuko to do some hardcore Japanese studying. As we arrive in Hongo, we go to the Mermaid Cafe for some caramel lattes and small snacks before heading out to the library. As you need a card to enter the premises, Yuko does a bit…

You might notice a few little updates and changes on the site. The first thing is that I’ve added a new box in the sidebar indicating the last 10 posts that have received comments (as well as the time and author). I hope this will keep old posts alive, and make for continued discussions on…

This weekend’s edition of THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE/ASAHI newspaper has an article on comedian/bassist Hanawa. Of the three big comedy acts of last year (along with Tetsu & Tomo, and Dandy Sakano), Hanawa is the only one that we still see regularly on TV. Dandy Sakano was only famous for his “gets” catch phrase, and…

It’s funny/strange how certain posts have been kept alive for months and months with new comments being posted on a semi-regular basis. Take this post on Happatai for instance, which was posted over a year ago, and still gets comments posted to it every few weeks or so. One of the most volatile (and on…

A short article on Yoshida & Co., maker of the Porter brand, from THE DAILY YOMIURI. Yoshida bags are my weak spot, I love them so.

Found this at the MDN site: As part of EU-Japan Friendship Week, 19 films from the EU accession states will be shown under the title of “EU Film Days” from May 19 to May 29 at three locations in Tokyo. The venues will be Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo from May 11 to 17 and on…