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Category: City Life

  • Sakuraya

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    The Ikebukuro branch of the Sakuraya electronics chain, opposite the east exit of the station.

  • Taxis

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    A few taxis, waiting in front of Ikebukuro station.

  • Katsunori Aoki

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    Katsunori Aoki’s exhibition at the Ginza Graphic Gallery starts today. Katsunori Aoki continues to produce advertisements with solid, imaginative designs that have been widely noted, such as the Laforet fashion department store’s Grand Bazaar and Kirin’s “Kanpai! Lager” campaigns. For this exhibition, he chose characters as a theme. He does not just create characters as…

  • Tokyo Hotels

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    One of the things I get emailed about the most is regarding recommendations for hotels in Tokyo. Unfortunately, it’s not something I can usually help with because I’ve never stayed in a hotel in Tokyo — except for the KIMI Ryokan in Ikebukuro, years ago when I first moved here, while I was looking for…

  • Nadiff Expansion

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    Nadiff in Aoyama has recently expanded the store a bit, opening up this new section for more browsing space.

  • Shigoto Cafe Torabayu Ginza

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    This week is your last chance to catch TORABAYU magazine’s design work exhibition in Ginza. An exhibition featuring the design work used for the magazine “Torabayu” in commemorating its 25th anniversary. It will feature 300 magazine covers, train ads and job ads. The show will also recreate “Shigoto Cafe Torabayu”, held in Omotesando from September…

  • Jenkins Biography

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    If you live in Japan, you definitely know who Charles Jenkins is, as he’s been a constant presence on the news in recent years because of the North Korean kidnapping situation. TIME’s Tokyo bureau chief and senior editor Jim Frederick will be working with Jenkins on a book of his life, which I’m sure will…

  • Korean Independent Cinema 2005

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    Oh my, this sounds excellent — and kudos for including English subtitles! Following last year’s premiere, the second edition of this very good event is again happening at Image Forum. The program this time is made up of four feature films, two collaboration projects, and three short films. Although Japan is presently experiencing a boom…

  • One Week & Three Items

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    Jesper is organizing an exhibition for some of the creations of Kouichi Okamoto called “One Week & Three Items” in Gothenburg, Sweden. Here’s some more info: Next Century Modern & Tokyo Style in Gothenburg presents the exhibition One Week & Three Items by Japanese music artist and designer KOUICHI OKAMOTO. Three items are exhibited: 1)…

  • Shopping in Tokyo

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    Momus is back in town, and he has a new audio blog up: “Shopping in Tokyo.” I notice he bought the watch I’ve been eyeing for months now. D’oh.