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  • Geisai

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    Something else I’ll have to miss this weekend: Geisai 6. From Momus’ Click Opera: Geisai 6 opens on Sunday. Geisai is Tokyo’s biggest annual fair of new art from emerging talents. It was started by Takashi Murakami in 2002, and I attended the very first one. I’m looking forward to spending Sunday at this one,…

  • Momus in Shimokitazawa

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    Just a reminder that tonight marks Momus’ show at Club Que in Shimokitazawa. You can find all the details here. Unfortunately, it’s another show that I’ll have to miss.

  • Kiiiiiii and Tokumaru at Uplink Gallery

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    If you can, try to catch the gig tonight at Uplink Gallery that features Kiiiiiii and Tokumaru Shugo. Present finances won’t let me go, which bums me out, but I’m consoling myself with the thought that I’m sure I’ll get to see them another time. I just noticed that there’s a matsuri (festival) outside my…

  • Barnbrook Design 2

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    Another shot from the Barnbrook Design exhibition at the Ginza Graphic Gallery.

  • Vertical Sales

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    Vertical, the American publisher that releases English translations of Japanese fiction (as well as a few manga books, like Tezuka Osamu’s classic BUDDHA), now sells its books online from their site.

  • Net Ramen

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    Ramen enters the internet age. Yahoo Japan Corp said Thursday it will start selling across the country later this month “ramen” noodle soup it has developed on the basis of the results of a popularity contest conducted via the Internet. The product, dubbed “Samurai Ramen,” features soup made from scorched “miso” fermented soy bean paste…

  • Barnbrook Design

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    A pic from last month’s Barnbrook Design exhibition at the Ginza Graphic Gallery. These protest flyers let you write whatever blurb you would like to see this world leaders say.

  • Accessible

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    I still haven’t had a chance to check out the Claska hotel (with their Sign produced cafe/lounge on the first floor), but this might get me there (although financially, I’m pretty limited in my outings for the next few weeks). This September it has been one year since the aged Hotel New Meguro was renovated…

  • DJ Patrick at Caramill

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    Patrick did his first DJing stint last Saturday at a shop in Koenji, and he lists a part of what he played in this post. And there’s a moblogged pic of him in action here.

  • Shinsaibashi Apple Store

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    A picture of the new Apple Store that opened in Osaka last Saturday. It looks a lot more spacious than the one in Tokyo. More pics here.