Category: City Life

  • Tokyo Recohan en Francais

    Everyone’s favorite online used CD store for Japanese music, Tokyo Recohan, has just become bilingual, adding a French interface!

  • Anonymous Photography

    A friend of mine found this picture on Mixi, taken at Cafe Pause, which just happens to have me on the right hand side. The funny thing is that I know it was taken Monday (I was there the entire day), but I don’t remember anyone taking a picture from that spot. Weird. Update (16/09/24):…

  • PauseTalk is Go

    As you’ll notice in the sidebar, I’ve made the start of PauseTalk official. There’s a tiny page for it, which I just quickly put together, which you can point people to if they’re interested in attending (I’ll probably add content to it as we go along and the thing starts). The first edition will be…

  • Kiiiiiii DVD Launch Event Tonight

    I know I’m late announcing this, but the Kiiiiiii DVD launch event, for the just-released GOLD & SILVER, will be taking place tonight at the Star Pine’s Cafe in Kichijoji. I believe they will screen the DVD at around 19:30. Also, the group has had to cancel all live dates in May, with this being…

  • Tachinomiya

    The NEW YORK TIMES has an article up on the growing popularity of the tachinomiya (standing bar) in Tokyo.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

    Tokyo Art Beat Original Fake You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Tide Audio in Milan

    Design Tide‘s podcast series, Tide Audio, offers up a bunch of interviews from the Milano Salone.

  • Original Fake

    Original Fake is a new collaborative store from Medicom and Kaws that just opened in Aoyama. Link via the Shift blog, and the image, from the opening party, is from ToyTokyo.