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Category: City Life

  • Scooters

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    Taken on one of the back streets of Harajuku, not far from the Final Home store.

  • IC UC WC

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    From Japan Today: Ryuichi Sakamoto, second from right, and experimental electronic music group Raster-Noton perform at the NTT InterCommunication Center to bring attention to the plight of the multimedia museum, which has been threatened with closure by sponsor NTT East. Patrick went to the show, and posted about it. Audrey and Yoshi of OK FRED…

  • Tokyo Hipsters Club

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    I was emailed about the Tokyo Hipsters Club (I can’t help but choke everytime I see/write that name), and answered by sending in a few pics I took last month (taken during Tokyo Design Week). They’ve been posted here.

  • Slicing Up Eyeballs!

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    Tonight. Zepp Tokyo. 19:00. The Pixies. Oh my. Update: Yuko was making fun of me because I’m obviously in full Pixies mode, music blaring in the apartment, running around and stuff. And so she drew this picture, which is supposed to represent what happens when you go to the show and they play none of…

  • AKARI

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    Another chance to catch some more works from Isamu Noguchi. Following the show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, this next Isamu Noguchi exhibition closes up on the famous “Akari”, the popular lamp series made up of more than 100 different models that was launched in 1951. In addition to an exhibition introducing the…

  • Mamido Burger

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    What you’re seeing in the above image are in fact sweets made up to look like your typical burger combo. Patrick has more on the Mamido Burger stand in Shibuya.

  • Ubiquitous Sounds

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    I featured Toshio Iwai’s Tenori-On (pictured in this post) in the first edition of my “On Design” column, and it’s great to see an event which will include the device. There’s “ATAK@ICC” (see below, and also the event on 12/18) and the CCMF, which is held concurrently with this this event, so fans of digital…

  • New Apple Stores

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    New Apple Stores in Japan: It seems that Apple is preparing to open two new retail stores in Japan in the month of December. Specifically, Apple Store Fukuoka Tenjin is scheduled to open on Saturday, December 3rd, and Apple Store Sendai Ichibancho will swing its doors open on Saturday, December 10th. (TUAW)