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  • Sakura 2005

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    You can’t very well claim to have a Tokyo blog and not include at least one pic of the sakura in full bloom, so here’s my entry. On Saturday — runny nose and itchy eyes in full effect — we went to Koma, just outside the city on the Seibu-Ikebukuro line. And since I almost…

  • Meal Muji

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    Having lunch at Meal Muji, inside the flagship Muji store in Yurakucho.

  • hhstyle.com/casa

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    Have a look at some pics of the new Tadao Ando designed hhstyle.com/casa interior design shop in Harajuku. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Museums by Yoshio Taniguchi

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    You just know I’m going to be seeing this show! We are proud to present this one-person show of architect Yoshio Taniguchi, one of today’s most recognized architects. Taniguchi is famous for his expansion design for the newly re-opened Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. His works are characterized by simple modernist spaces…

  • The Pink Hamster Group

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    From Japan Today: “A member of the Pink Hamster group lights up in Shibuya.” Huh? Update: From Marxy: “They’re a street art social protest on the ‘hamster wheel’ absurdity of modern society. You keep on running and you just keep turning that big wheel of capitalism. How poetic.” Update: I’m the ass — ignore the…

  • Kami-Robo Expo 2005

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    Just a reminder that the “Kami-Robo Expo 2005” is now on. If last month‘s GGG exhibition is anything to go by, this should be well worth seeing. A robot made out of cardboard boxes and wires, nicknamed “kamirobo”… Sculptor Yasui Tomohiro has been devoting himself to the creation of more than 200 kamirobos in 27…

  • What's a Cassette?

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    This week marks the start of the school year in Japan, and so in the English classes I teach we’ve been giving the kids their new books. For the first time, the books come with a CD, so that they can do some listening exercises at home. For those that a repeating a year, and…

  • Apple Store Mobile

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    Order Apple goodies, anytime, anywhere! In yet another example of Apple’s growing presence in Japan, “Apple Store Mobile” has opened for Japanese AU and NTT DoCoMo handset users. The store allows shoppers to view all iPod family products, the Mac mini and iPod accessories, then purchase them on the spot. An “Apple Store” map is…

  • Electroplankton Game Launch

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    I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about this ELECTROPLANKTON game for the DS. Sounds like it’s quite the innovative piece of software. Media artist Toshio Iwai transforms the Laforet Museum into a micro underwater world filled with sound and light effects. The world of the new Nintendo DS game “Electroplankton” is brought to…

  • An Afternoon in Ginza

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    Had a great, great day today on one of my first outings in quite a while. I went to Ginza, and also met up with Paul, so we did a few galleries together. First, the GGG of course, for the 2005 TDC exhibition. I really liked this, they had some really nice pieces on display…