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Category: City Life

  • Show Me the Ramen!

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    NCM‘s Ola points me this Google blog post: “Finding Great Ramen Nearby.” As this link (of spots near Shinjuku that feature 1000 yen or less plate specials) shows, the Google local/maps are now covering Japan — quick link to Local Japan and Maps Japan. Update: Oh man, I’ve started doing searches for cafes by area…

  • Alley

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    As I was walking around Ginza the other day, I found this neat little alley, just after the Itoya stationary shop (if you’re coming from Matsuya).

  • From Scratch

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    The Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya opens today, and here’s some info on the first exhibition to be presented there, “From Scratch.” This is the opening exhibition of Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya. What looks at first sight like portraits of hip young people is in fact a series showing homeless boys and girls, made by Brad…

  • The ATM Jackpot

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    I draw your attention to this BBC article about a Japanese bank that is now letting your try to win an exemption from usage fees through a quick game of slots. My question — the Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank? Never heard of it.

  • Critical What?

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    Marxy runs down an article from the new issue of CYZO that looks at how promoters in Japan of EPISODE III censored reviews of the film.

  • Tokyo Fashion Spotting

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    This makes me look forward to this Fall’s Swedish Style event. When Swedish illustrator Jessica Romberg first arrived in Japan two years ago, she finally had the chance to be part of her greatest source of inspiration – young urban Japan with its fabulous looking people. Trained at Beckmans school of design in Stockholm, Romberg…

  • Ginza Traffic

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    Taken while I was walking around in Ginza.

  • Christmas Illusion 2

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    No, it’s not Christmas, but the following event sounds damn cool, and it’s a shame that I’m now entering crunch-time for a bunch of projects from now until I leave for my holidays to Canada (and NYC) at the end of the month. I’ll let Cat Jam‘s Channing explain it: Cat Jams Label release JAM-013…

  • Kissa Ginza

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    Here’s a view of the Kissa Ginza cafe/bar in Ebisu (moblogged the other day) from the outside.

  • Waseda Cafes

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    When I went to the cafe Les Jeux Grenier with Yuki the other day, I asked her to recommend me some nice cafes near the main Waseda University campus (she’s a student there), and here’s what she suggested: Cafe Goto – They’ve got really nice cakes! Cafe Retro (pictured above — notice all the issues…