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Category: City Life

  • Election Day

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    This is where Yuko went to vote today (she’s in the picture). Looking at the TV reports right now, it looks like a landslide victory for the LDP.

  • The Return of Bape Cafe

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    If you go to the official Bape site, you can download a nice little flash app (works on PCs and Macs) that contains a few Bape-related news items. The biggest thing — and something I was not aware of — is that the Bape Cafe re-opened at a new location last month. It’s now located…

  • Yoshihito Takeuchi

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    I know next to nothing about Yoshihito Takeuchi, but hey, the exhibition (until September 23) is free, and it’s an excuse to head to the KDDI Designing Studio. And the poster illustration is cute.

  • The Thinking Behind Product Design #3

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    Not sure if this is presented in English, but if it is, sounds quite interesting. Showcasing the designer’s ideas and originality rather than the brand name seems to be the new hot product design trend; trend that differs from the past. Indeed, until recently, very little room was left for design-thinking in the face of…

  • Sorry to Go

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    Nice to see that the Shobo Shobo boys really enjoyed their time in Japan, and are already missing it immensely (from Domo-san’s latest post at Shobus Diary): it breaks my heart to look at those pictures. i wish i was still there.i stand on the left lane in the metro’s escalators. i say “hai” to…

  • Xbox in Harajuku

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    Xbox in Harajuku? Microsoft, face facts, no one in Japan is interested in the Xbox, and I doubt that even something like this could possibly turn things around. Microsoft is in the midst of constructing a $400,000+ building in Tokyo for its upcoming next-generation hardware. It’s currently draped in a huge sheet emblazoned with the…

  • Global Players

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    Another good chance to catch some of the “German Year” festivities. Here’s an event that should perfectly suit all those who still don’t know what the “German year” is all about. The “Global Players” project incorporates exhibitions by German artists at 13 galleries located in the greater Ginza area, as wel as symposiums and performances…

  • Geisai #8

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    The next Geisai event is coming up, on 9/11 of all days! The image included in this post is the cover of a booklet you can pick up in most bookstores (I spotted it at Junkudo the other day). Geisa is an art festival that aims for more communication in the art world. At the…

  • Art Autonomy Network

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    Do a lot of you make it out to Yokohama for art-related events? I do often notice events happening at the BankART 1929 venue that I’d really like to see, but going there is such a time/money investment that I never end up going. BankART 1929 Yokohama has become an epicentre of Yokohama’s cultural life…

  • Tremors Were Forever

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    The last event that will happen at Caniche Courage (where the latest issue of OK FRED was launched): Caniche Courage™ has been an undercover & beloved art interface in Aoyama since October 2004, with many exhibitions, performances, and miscellaneous events by young artists from all over the world. This ephemeral space, always full of surprises,…