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Month: March 2005

  • When Masters Were Young

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    English subs! English subs! English subs! This is volume two of the “Masters of the Japanese Cinema” series, part one of which enjoyed great popularity especially among foreign fans of Japanese film in June 2004. Again offering an attractive set of movies shown with English subtitles, the program this time is made up of Ichikawa…

  • Docomomo_100 Japan

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    The Docomomo 100 in Japan was featured in the September 2004 issue of CASA BRUTUS (54), which happened to be a bilingual issue. Docomomo was established in 1988 in Holland as an “international working party for document and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement” (from the Website). This event introduces in…

  • Zoo

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    This looks like a must-see: Welcome to the fantastic world of Otsuichi, a popular, 1978-born novelist whose style mixes chilly elements mystery that send shivers down your spine with a sense of dolour that makes his works relentless attacks on the heartstrings. “Zoo” is a selection of five sequences taken from a compilation of short…

  • Jeans Now!

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    You know, I really should change my focus and get that clothing brand thing going… (thanks, Nick) Long thought to be a deeply ironic bogus Japanese clothing brand—Jeans! Now! Actually the personal site of Jean Snow, a Canadian living in Tokyo. His focus: design, retail, weird Japanese visual bands such as Kiiiiii. (Gridskipper)

  • Selling Psyche

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    Fascinating: “The Japanese Gallery of Psychiatric Art,” featuring ads dating back to the fifties. Link via Waxy.

  • Down for the Count

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    It’s been a hell of a week. The nasty cold I had last weekend (started on the day of the big snowstorm), turned into bouts of high fever, and finally I’m left with a problem with my lower back that made me miss two days from work. And I’m still in pain. So there you…

  • OK Fred 5 Launch Event

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    Today marks the release date of the brand spanking new issue of OK FRED (5): “This Is Our Tokyo.” If you’ve listened to the latest episode of Radio OK Fred (4), you’ll have an idea of what you’ll find inside. To celebrate the launch, an exhibition will be taking place at Caniche Courage in Aoyama…

  • Art Directors Club Exhibition

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    From TAB: Since its establishment in 1920, the Art Directors Club has been the leader of the graphic design industry, and its award exhibitions have long attracted many people in the design and advertising worlds. This 83rd Award was open to works made in 2003, and collected close to 12,000 submissions from 43 countries; of…

  • OK Poets

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    Each session is 3500 yen (3000 yen for members), and it happens at the beautiful Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. You can also make reservations by email or phone (03-3445-0669).

  • Ito and the Tongue

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    Joi Ito digs tongue. The kind you eat that is, and Gridskipper has a post on it. Also, Nick Denton is the guest editor there all week. Update: And now there’s this post on love hotels, which describes exactly what I did (no, I’m not Gortuk) on my first visit to Tokyo, before I moved…