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Category: City Life

  • Hakoniwa Bar

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    Another year, another end of Tokyo Design Week, and another departure by Jesper. This time he was accompanied by his Next Century Modern crew — Ola and Christopher — and it was a pleasure to meet them for the first time. They organized a farewell party last Friday night in Nakameguro at a cool little…

  • Death by Basel

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    If you’re in Miami next month — December 2-7 to be exact — you’ll want to drop by “Death by Basel,” a new show curated by Digiki and Agatha Wara, and including lots of Tokyo love. Check out this post by Digiki for all the details.

  • PauseTalk Vol. 26

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    A big thanks to everyone who made it out to this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 26). We touched on a few topics, but talk mostly revolved around White Rabbit Press’ newly launched Tokyo Realtime audio tour series. Below, the list of participants. The next PauseTalk happens December 1. Bianca Beuttel (Designer) Christopher Ek (Designer)…

  • Pakutch Burger

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    Was out in Shibuya yesterday with my friend CheapyD, and he brought me to Pakutch where I was treated to the Tower Burger pictured above. It’s actually not as gigantic as it may appear in the photo, and was delicious.

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Today’s the first Monday of November, and that means it’s time for another monthly edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 26) at Cafe Pause. As always, start time is 20:00. Hope that Tokyo Design Week fatigue won’t stop you from coming! Update: Just want to thank everyone for coming! I’ll post the list of participants before the…

  • Earthy Flowers, Heavenly Colors

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    A few photos from last Friday’s opening for Mika Ninagawa‘s new “Earthly Flowers, Heavenly Colors” exhibition, which opened on Saturday at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. It’s a great show, and I definitely recommend everyone go see it. Below, the artist herself, posing in my favorite room while the show was still in preparation.

  • PingMag: Guide to Tokyo Design Week 2008

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    Still trying to figure out what to do and see during Tokyo Design Week? PingMag as you covered, first with a look at the main events, and then with a handy party planner.

  • Audrey and Cornelius

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    Audrey and Cornelius at the United Bamboo party, with Cornelius looking much happier than he did when he posed with me — the company was better, I guess.