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Category: City Life

  • Becky Yee at the Nakaochiai Gallery

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    The Nakaochiai Gallery has a new show by Becky Yee, “Back to the Streets,” starting this Saturday. Chinese-American artist Becky Yee’s Back to the Streets examines the dying world of the city’s shotengai, or shopping streets. As Tokyo evolves, the city’s youth and youth culture have concentrated on the major centers: namely, Shibuya and Harajuku.…

  • Opening Day of Mamma Gun

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    As promised, here are a bunch of pics from the opening day of the Mamma Gun event at Cafe Pause. The image included in this post is a collage, and you can view all of these pics full-sized in the following Flickr set. We’re very happy with the way things are going, and can’t wait…

  • Mamma Gun Event Starts Today

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    The Mamma Gun event at Cafe Pause starts today! I have to say, the place looks great, and I can’t wait to hear what people think of the whole thing. I will try to post some pics today. The image included in this post is of the new sign you’ll see outside of the cafe.…

  • Xbox Lounge Opens

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    The Xbox Lounge opens today, and Kotaku already has a bunch of pics up. I’ll try to stop by today if time permits.

  • The Son of a Gun Birthday Party

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    The “Son of a Gun” birthday party we’re having at Cafe Pause this coming Saturday (18:00-24:00), part of our Mamma Gun event, has it’s own TAB page.

  • Momo on Akihabara

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    Momo the maid gives us the lowdown on today’s Akihabara (all the while rubbing our Mr. Macias‘ tired feet).

  • Cafe Pause Planning

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    Me (on the right, of course) and Jun (owner of Cafe Pause, Roughtoyz, and Laughtoys), working on preparations for the Mamma Gun event. The picture was taken by Jesper.

  • New Tracks from Midori Hirano

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    Midori Hirano has put up some new tracks online for our listening pleasure (and you can download her first EP, “Poet at the Piano,” here). The first two tracks, “Kalimba” and “PN,” are from her upcoming full-length release, and the third one, a non-final version of “Orb of Day,” will be on her second album,…