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Category: City Life

  • Animal Crossing at Lapnet Ship

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    Even though Foret is currently closed and undergoing some rennovations, the Lapnet Ship is still open, and has just moved down the road (see the access section of their site). The current show covers DOUBUTSU NO MORI (ANIMAL CROSSING): At Harajuku’s LAPNET SHIP, the gallery/cafe is holding a Animal Crossing art exhibit for the next…

  • Aoyama Book Center

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    I stopped by the Aoyama Book Center earlier in the week, and the outside of the store was plastered with the signs you see here, for some sort of promotion between STUDIO VOICE magazine and Birkenstock. The second picture was taken inside the store.

  • Spiral Shopping Site

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    Spiral now has an online store, including a section for Spiral Records!

  • Nakata.net Cafe

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    A shot of the newly opened Nakata.net Cafe in Aoyama, on the same spot as the Xbox Lounge from a few months ago. It’s a temporary cafe setup for the duration of the World Cup, with all matches being shown on giant screens inside. Here‘s the post I wrote for Gridskipper last week, and one…

  • More Paul Smith Space

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    I put up two more pics of the new Paul Smith Space store on my Flickr account (here and here, and there’s this one from earlier in the week).

  • Omotesando Future Airport

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    Spotted this temporary event space still under construction at Omotesando Hills earlier in the week. The event, a collaboration between RTA and Narita Airport’s new Terminal 1, was set to start this past Friday, and also includes an exhibition at the Spiral building. Two more pictures here and here.

  • Graniph Store in Ikebukuro

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    I thought the only Graniph store in Ikebukuro was the one in Parco, but I found this other small shop the other day. It’s near the back entrance of the Mitsukoshi department store, across the street from the Louis Vuitton store. I prefer it to the Parco retail space, since it feels more like a…

  • PingMag Seminar

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    PingMag has hosted quite a few of what they call “PingMag Seminars” at their offices, which were then written-up in detail on their site, and now they’re set to hold their first public seminar, which will happen this coming Tuesday (May 23) at SuperDeluxe, 18:00-20:00, and to be hosted by Kutsunori Aoki, of Kami-Robo fame.…