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Category: City Life

  • Game Shopping

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    Wanna see what a Japanese game shop looks like?

  • An Evening in Harajuku/Aoyama

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    Had a short outing today, late in the afternoon. Started out in Harajuku by checking out the Devilrobots exhibition at Laforet (in the Lapnet Ship gallery space). The main thing to see here is a wall covered with 112 boxes that you open individually to see illustrations and tiny figures. It’s quite nice, if you’re…

  • The Triennale Saved

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    I just added an update to my recent Yokohama Triennale post, and am writing this new one to bring attention to it (wouldn’t it be nice if you could get edited posts to appear at the top of the front page, without having to change the date). Roger McDonald has news that the new director…

  • Devilrobots Xmas Exhibition 2004

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    The Devilrobots Xmas exhibition 2004, “Angel or Devil,” is on right now at Lapnet Ship (until December 26). Get all the info at Tokyo Art Beat.

  • Setagaya Boro Ichi

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    This week sees the flea market to end all flea markets in Tokyo: the Setagaya Boro Ichi. It’s December, time again for the huge fleamarket that’s being held every winter on two days each in December and January. A total of about 700 stalls will be selling antiques, 2nd hand clothes, used books and a…

  • 2005 Yokohama Triennale in Danger

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    The latest “Out of Tokyo” column by REALTOKYO and ART iT editor Ozaki Tetsuya takes a look at what seems to be a crisis within the organization of the 2005 Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art — already late by one year, it could get pushed back to 2006. The article also mentions a blog…

  • Namco Versus Ramen

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    Game publisher Namco plans to open a ramen theme park in Nagoya next year. Today, Namco announced plans to open a ramen noodle theme park in the southern Japanese city of Nagoya. The “Nagoya Noodle Shop Alley,” due to open for business on February 25, is meant to introduce visitors to the history of ramen…

  • Character Expo 2005

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    The annual Character Expo is coming to Spiral soon (December 15-26).

  • Loger Cafe

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    Toe’s latest post mentions her going to the Loger Cafe in Ebisu. Looks nice.

  • Shall We Buy?

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    An artist I really like, Yamaguchi Akira, has a show happening at the Mizuma Art Gallery right now (until January 15) called “Shall We Buy?“