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Category: City Life

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    The end of May brings the Thai Film Festival (May 31 – July 11) to Tokyo at Cinemart Roppongi. Two of the films will be shown with English subtitles: MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON and TOTAL BANGKOK. Tickets for the screenings are already on sale at the theater, and through PIA. Gelman’s “Minimal Tokyo” series returns…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 20

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    It’s been very late in coming, and I apologize for that, but here’s the list of participants from the April edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 20). I’m missing a few names from some new people, so if you don’t see your name there, please let me know. It was probably the biggest PauseTalk to date (not…

  • PingMag: Tokyo’s Retrogaming Bars

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    PingMag takes us on a tour of Shinjuku’s retrogaming themed bars (8-bit Cafe and 16 Shots).

  • 101TOKYO Round-up

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    Digiki posts a 101TOKYO round-up, including links to coverage, and quite a few photos.

  • Light Construction

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    Earlier this week I went to the opening for the “Light Construction” exhibition at Center for Cosmic Wonder in Aoyama. The show brings together Mike Mills, Elein Fleiss, Yoshimio, and Yukinori Maeda, and runs until June 30. Hanging out inside this installation was quite nice. I wanted to go and chat with Mike Mills —…

  • Art Space Tokyo Launch

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    Congrats to the Chin Music Press crew for the crowded book launch of ART SPACE TOKYO this past Tuesday. If you haven’t ordered a copy yet, then it’s off to the AST site you go. I predict this will become their best-selling book. Yeah, it’s that good.

  • More on UNIQLO’s Manga T-Shirts

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    NEW YORK – TOKYO posts more about UNIQLO’s latest manga t-shirt collection, including a look at the display they have up at the Soho Store.

  • Sneaker Love Pop-up Shop

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    Starting today (April 21) and running until May 6, Laforet in Harajuku is hosting the “KIKS TYO x YONE x AKI HOSHINO Sneaker Lover Pop-up Shop.” The shop will have exclusive collaborations with Champion, New Balance, and G-SHOCK, and will also be selling the limited edition tee (Hoshino photographed by Yone) seen below. Also, the…