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  • My New Biking Life

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    It’s been a long wait, but I was finally able to get a new bike this week. Well, more like a new used bike, courtesy of my good friend — and biking mentor — Craig Mod. Craig decided to sell his Bianchi foldable with BD-1 OEM frame — one of four bikes he owns —…

  • Mini-Trend Moment: The Quarter Pounder in Japan

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    Marxy has the final world on the McDonald’s viral Quarter Pounder marketing in Japan over at Clast. Me, I never had a chance to check out the shops when they went black — since I’ve been based in the area, the Omotesando branch has already closed and has yet to re-open, probably as they renew…

  • Tokyo Art Map for December/January

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    The new Tokyo Art Map from TAB — covering December/January — is now out around town, with a downloadable PDF version also available. Nice use of silver!

  • New Trends in Architecture in Europe and the Asia-Pacific

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    Archigram‘s Peter Cook and Assistant‘s Megumi Matsubara, at last Friday’s opening party for the “New Trends in Architecture in Europe and the Asia-Pacific 2008-2010” exhibition at Hillside Terrace in Daikanyama. The show runs until December 21.

  • Likemind Tokyo

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    Finally made it out to my first Likemind Tokyo event last Friday — it’s much more convenient to go now that I’m based in Harajuku. It was good fun, and for those wondering how it compares to PauseTalk, it’s basically a casual get-together without any moderated discussion — sort of like what PauseTalk turns into…

  • Artivist Film Festival

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    The 5th Annual International Artivist Film Festival — “dedicated to raising awareness for the interdependence between Humanity, Animals, and the Environment” — is coming to Tokyo next weekend (December 12-14), held at the Instituto Cervantes in Ichigaya. All screenings are free, and will be held on Friday and Saturday nights, and all-day Sunday — the…

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Just a reminder that tonight (Monday, December 1) marks this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 27). Start time is 20:00, as usual. Also, please note that there will be no edition in January, because of the holidays. Hope to see many of you there, to help wrap up 2008!

  • Tokyo Realtime: Kabukicho

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    It was a long time coming — you may remember that I worked on the project — but the first volume of the Tokyo Realtime series of audio tours finally came out a few weeks ago, and I have to say that it came out beautifully (note that I’m no longer involved). I remember when…

  • Vinegar Cafe

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    Dezeen posts a few images of the Vinegar Cafe, a space designed by Shinichiro Himematsu serving dishes using vinegar from an adjacent factory.

  • Tokyo Chinatown Ikebukuro

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    Could Ikebukuro be getting its very own Chinatown? A plan by some Chinese store and restaurant owners to create a community named “Tokyo Chinatown Ikebukuro” to promote interaction with their local Japanese neighbors is getting a negative reaction. What’s the problem? There has been trouble between Japanese and Chinese businesspeople over problems such as garbage…