Category: City Life

  • Overhead Tokyo

    Robb, my editor at Tokyo Q, points out that Google Maps now covers Tokyo! It’s fun trying to zoom in on certain locations, like Meiji Jingu, or Tokyo Tower. Update: Get a load of Muji’s Yurakucho store’s red roof!

  • Miss Mizuno and the Anna Miller Girls

    Spend a Sunday afternoon with Patrick Macias and Junko Mizuno in Kichijoji.

  • Hyperpeople

    This Saturday at the Nakaochiai Gallery: HYPERPEOPLE Saturday 18 June Entrance: FREE Doors open: 7pm (wine will be served) Screening: 7:30pm – 8:10pm MAP / CONTACT: http://nakaochiaigallery.com/en/access.htmlHYPERPEOPLE is a 40 minute presentation in English by digital guru MARK PESCE. It addresses how the trends of technology and digital media are shaping our relationship with friends…

  • Takadanobaba

    Even though I’ve lived in Tokyo for years now, I was in Takadanobaba (two stations away from where I live) for the very first time tonight. Met up with Craig, who brought me to a great little Okinawa restaurant (loved the taco rice), and then we sort of wandered around, ending up sitting under Waseda…

  • Open Nature

    More on the ICC “Open Nature” show: This exhibition takes place at ICC, under the curation of Shikata Yukiko. But what seems like a rather straight project at first turned out to be slightly different, kind of softish in a way. That’s not only because the theme is nature. Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” (1970) for…

  • Sonore

    Sonore is a France-based online shop that deals with Japanese releases, especially hard-to-find stuff. Patrick worked on the site (it just launched), and recommends a few albums.

  • OK Fred in Paris

    The fifth issue of OK FRED (“This Is Our Tokyo”) is set to launch in Paris with a release party happening this Wednesday (June 15) at the Delaville Cafe. More info below: OK FRED #005 Launching Party June 15th (wed) at 8p.m. @ Delaville Cafe 34 boulevard Bonne Nouvelle (Metro Bonne Nouvelle) 01 48 24…

  • Muteq

    After seeing PINE*am perform live on ATTACK OF THE SHOW a few weeks ago, I would love to see this upcoming gig July 1 at the Star Pine’s Cafe, but it’s a damn all-nighter, with me leaving for Shanghai the next morning. More info on Patrick’s Agenda.

  • New Designer’s Award Exhibition 2005

    I’m heading out soon for my monthly Ginza outing, and I’ll be checking this out: An exhibition featuring posters of award-winning graphic design work. Every year, designers featured in the Japan Graphic Designer Association Inc. (JAGDA) annual, who are under 39 years old and have created works that are refreshingly new and of high quality…

  • Festival du Film Francais Yokohama

    If you don’t mind heading out to Yokohama, then take note that this year’s edition of the Festival du Film Francais is happening this week. I wouldn’t mind seeing LES POUPEES RUSSES. With master director Costa-Gavras as its organising committee’s president, this festival introduces in 19 programs (18 feature films plus one short film special)…