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  • Speed Grapher Event

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    Oh man, way cool — a special event for this season’s best new anime series, SPEED GRAPHER! To celebrate the July 27th release of the first episodes DVD of Speed Grapher, TV Asahi’s popular Thursday night anime, Super Deluxe will host a fantastic evening featuring a live talk show, video clips, pole dancing and other…

  • Lanvin

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    The Hiroshi Nakamura-designed Lanvin shop in Ginza.

  • Dorkbot Tokyo

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    Not really sure what this is all about, but it sounds like fun — damn my teaching schedule that prevents me from going. Dorkbot is probably what I felt most sorry about missing when visiting Berlin last February, as due to my busy schedule checking out lots of other events I arrived when the show…

  • RTA Travel Collection 2005

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    I really like the idea behind this — yes, travel gear is another fetish of mine. An imaginary travel agency, “Resort Travel Agency” (RTA), will offer resort plans for the heart, and also an art project that shows many new travel selections. Travel Directors are Akira Minakawa, Kohichi Yanagimoto, Whiteman, Tetsuya Nakamura, Mark Newson &…

  • Something Smells

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    Shibuya stinks.

  • Gridskipper Round-up

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    Well, my weeklong stint at Gridskipper is over, and again, it was a blast. Here’s a complete round-up of all my Tokyo-related posts: Two in Shibuya Seleqlo J Select Urbanation a-bridge hhstyle.com/casa OK Fred Pause

  • Mayonaka no Yajisan Kitasan

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    The film looks like fun, and now comes this exhibition to help celebrate it: The genial writer Kankuro Kudo and the charismatic manga artist Shiriagarikotobuki present the movie exhibition “Mayonaka no Yajisan Kitasan”, featuring:
- the costumes and stage elements used in the play
- a reenactment of the famous “Oni no gojusanji” scene, a complex mix…

  • Seleqlo

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    Another shot of the Seleqlo guerilla shop at Rocket Gallery in Aoyama.

  • A Week on the Grid

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    Yes, things have been a bit quiet here, but I hope that some of you are still following me over at Gridskipper, and enjoying some of it (as much as I am enjoying writing it). Here’s a list of the Tokyo-related posts I’ve written over the past 3 days: Urbanation a-bridge hhstyle.com/casa OK Fred Pause…

  • YMCK in Harajuku

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    Need some outing suggestions for the Golden Week? Looks like something interesting is finally happening at the KDDI Designing Studio — a live performance by YMCK tomorrow. It’s free, and you can get your tickets earlier in the day (the show starts at 18:30). Check out Patrick’s Agenda for more info. There’s also a big…