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Month: June 2004

  • This Is a Magazine

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    I don’t think I’ve really talked about it here, but this is something I’ve mentioned to a few people. This is a magazine. By this, I mean that I see this site as being a magazine more than a blog. Ideally, if it could all be automated, every months content would be listed as a…

  • Roppongi Hills 2

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    A shot from inside the Roppongi Hills complex, in one of the shopping areas.

  • Roppongi Hills

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    Leaving Roppongi Hills by taking the main escalators that lead to Roppongi Station. Update (16/08/21): This photo is unfortunately no longer available.

  • Colorful Incinerator

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    This colorful garbage incinerator in Osaka was designed by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000). (Japan Today)

  • Follow the Flowers

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    Follow the Murakami flowers at Roppongi Hills to find your way.

  • Brockmann for Sale

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    As mentioned in my post yesterday about our Roppongi Hills visit, here’s your chance to get a Brockmann Light Volume 0 Extreme Sports figure from Groovisions. See, I have the worst of luck when it comes to buying suprise figures (meaning you don’t know what’s in the box). When I bought 2 yesterday, I of…

  • 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…

  • GQ Japan

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    I love the cover image of this month’s issue of GQ Japan (the magazine’s official site has a much larger version). It features Murakami Takashi, and the lovely Sato Eriko (star of the new CUTIE HONEY film) dressed has one of his creations. The inside features a stunning pictorial of her appearing as quite a…

  • An Afternoon at Roppongi Hills

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    After both getting some haircuts early in the morning at a hair salon not far from our place (the area around Azuma Dori in Ikebukuro has 7-8 of them), we grab a quick lunch at home before taking the Tokyo Metro (its new official name) for a visit to the Mori Art Museum at Roppongi…

  • Sonido Uzumaki

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    Trevor’s Music Related label (now sporting a new site) is doing it again with an interesting new release. This time it’s a compilation CD going by the title SONIDO UZUMAKI, and it features a mix of Japanese and non-Japanese artists alike. Again, you can download an MP3 preview track, and that’s what got me hooked.…