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  • Three Digital Shorts

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    Lots of digital film action happening this upcoming weekend, along with the Resfest at the Laforet Museum. This is the 2004 edition of Jeonju International Film Festival’s project producing short films of three selected Asian filmmakers. This year the three are Bong Joon-ho (“Memories of Murder” ), Yu Likwai (“Love Will Tear Us Apart”) and…

  • Design Festa #20

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    The next Design Festa event starts tomorrow. Design Festa is a freestyle International Art Event open to all creators, both professional and non-professional from all over the world to exhibit their creative talent. Design Festa is the biggest art event in Japan, with approximately 46,000 visitors and 5,500 exhibitors. Design Festa started in 1994 and…

  • FILMeX 2004

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    Tokyo is of course all about design in October, and then film in November, what with the Resfest and FILMeX festivals both happening. Launched with the aim to introduce a new wave of filmmakers and cinematic trends, Tokyo Filmex is held for the fifth time this year. The program is once again convincing enough to…

  • Threadless

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    I really like Threadless, an online t-shirt shop featuring original designs. So much so that I have 4 or 5 of their tees. Until the end of December, they’ve started a sale and are selling all their tees for $10. Also, they’re releasing 5 new designs every week for 5 weeks (they’re doing it like…

  • Kuhaku Tonight

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    Just a reminder that tonight is the KUHAKU launch party at the Pink Cow in Shibuya. It starts at 7.

  • Gallery in Nakaochiai

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    Julia Barnes, who was behind the Eyesaw organization, is launching a new gallery in Nakaochiai on November 15. The opening exhibition will be an installation by Clint Taniguchi called “See You.” It runs until December 23.

  • Ramen in Manhattan

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    A reader sends in a link to an article from the NEW YORK TIMES about ramen shops in Manhattan. “Ramen?” you ask. “That plastic-wrapped block of dry noodles and powdered soup?” But freshly made ramen is another thing altogether. In Japanese ramenyas (ramen shops) a bowl of ramen holds a house-made soup, springy noodles, the…

  • Let It Poko

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    Indie rock in Tokyo! While RT tends to focus on cutting-edge forms of electronic music, sound art or genre-crossing efforts in jazz, once in a while the domestic indie rock scene deserves attention too. Although I haven’t seen any of the bands featured at this event playing live yet, the fresh sound at least of…

  • Waist Down

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    I want to see this, if for the setting more than the works themselves. There’s that last scene in one of those Nikkatsu erotic movies where the protagonist’s (Seri Meika) skirt is softly waving in the wind. It’s an incredibly beautiful and expressive scene that in a way symbolizes the meaning of a skirt for…

  • Compound Cafe

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    I was at the Compound Cafe today, in Sangenjaya. Very nice space, and neatly divided over 3 narrow floors. The red velvet seats are a nice touch. And the BGM was thankfully non-intrusive. Count me as a new fan. Looking at their website, I see that it’s a Renovation Planning project, who are behind quite…