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  • Michelin Guide Loves Tokyo

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    It would seem that the first edition of Michelin’s Tokyo guide really loves Tokyo, and is declaring it one of the best food cities in the world. Eight restaurants received the coveted 3-star rating: Japanese restaurants Kanda, Koju and Hamadaya, French restaurants Quintessence, Joel Robuchon and L’osier, and sushi restaurants Sukiyabashi Jiro and Sushi Mizutani.…

  • The Great Indoors Award 2007

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    A good Tokyo presence in the winners circle at the The Great Indoors Award 2007. Wonderwall took the “Interior Design Firm of the Year” honors, with Item Idem and Ryui Nakamura Architects also taking prizes.

  • Cafe Pause T Gallery

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    We have now launched the Cafe Pause T Gallery at Cafe Pause. All the t-shirts pictured here are for sale, and collections will rotate over time. Currently, you’ll find the 5 designs from the latest Tokyo Art Beat collection, as well as a few t-shirts from The King of Games. Prices vary: all TAB tees…

  • Photos from Design Festa Vol. 26

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    Yuki has a few shots from this past weekend’s Design Festa (Vol. 26) up on her Flickr photostream. Pictured above, Rin Nadeshico and some of her work.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    Hanakengo’s “Forbidden Zone” will be presented November 21-25 at Benisan Pit. You can view a commercial for the show here. Digiki is going to be taking a break from DJing in order to concentrate on other projects, and your last chance to “officially” catch him behind the DJ booth is this Saturday (November 24) at…

  • Daimaru at GranTokyo

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    Photos taken during the opening weekend of the Daimaru department store at GranTokyo North Tower, part of the Yaesu development around Tokyo station. The top one appeared in a Gridskipper post I wrote last week.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    Tonight (September 17, 18:30-20:30) writer Roland Kelts and Masakazu Kubo (key figure in the creation of the Pokemon empire) give a talk at the Tokyo Women’s Plaza in Aoyama (next to the UN University). Tokyo Fun Party’s “Juliana” is back next week (Sunday, November 25) at Soft (19:00-23:00) with guests Yatt and Zen la Rock,…

  • MUJI NYC

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    The MUJI opening in NYC. Photos via Core77. Update (16/11/08): The image is no longer available.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    GranTokyo North Tower Daimaru Department Store Rigoletto Wine & Bar GYRE You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Gravity Light

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    Keiji Ashizawa has updated his Gravity Light model (here), with models to be previewed at next month’s “PROTOTYPE” exhibition (which has a site now — the opening is December 7 at 19:00).