Marxy writes about the Kobe Collection over at Meta no Tame. Don't forget to check out Mekas for more collection reports from Tokyo Fashion Week.And look, isn't that Gelman squinting in the far right of this photo taken at the
in action — her comedy persona is that of a deranged woman — but more surprising is the gravure video of her he dug up. I'd seen old clips of her doing regular "tarento" stints, but didn't know about her
Missing out on Tokyo Fashion Week? No worries, since Marxy is checking everything out, and contributing collection reviews to Mekas' "Brand Profiles" section. You'll currently find reports on Fur Fur and Mikio Sakabe, with a dozen more planned.time savedtime saved
I've been enjoying the Full Throttle discussion so much that I've decided to start a new sideblog to talk more about games. I figure I'll probably call it Tokyo Game Boy — based on the Tokyo Boy monicker I've been
The Colette store in Paris has just re-opened after being closed for a couple of months while undergoing renovations, and now featuring a completely redone interior by Wonderwall's Masamichi Katayama. As you can see from photos over at Freshness, it's
Item Idem's Cyril has started blogging over at the Colette website. What's he covering? We now know that Item Idem will be participating in this year's "Cow Parade" in Tokyo — he doesn't want us to laugh — and previews
Her two-week stint is winding down, but I wanted to at least mention once the great job that Lisa's been doing while guest blogging at Boing Boing these past two weeks. Lots of great Japan-related topics — like this post
I remember reading something about upcoming anime series First Squad a while back, and now we get to see a trailer for it. The series is a Russian-Canadian collaboration with Studio 4C. Directed by Mind Game director Yoshiharu Ashino, it's
Remo Camerota has put up a gallery on Facebook of shots taken during last night's PauseTalk (Vol. 24). Pictured, me and Andrew, discussing "important" things.If you have photos taken during an edition of PauseTalk, please add them to the Flickr
I've been wanting to add more game-related content to the site, but was trying to find the right way to do so without alienating readers who come for coverage of the Tokyo/Japan design and cultural scene. One of the non-intrusive
Before attending last night's PauseTalk, I was the Conrad Tokyo hotel in Shimbashi to attend a Microsoft Xbox 360 media event — I have posts over at Game|Life about the 360 price cut and Ninja Blade, with two more posts
Thanks to everyone who made it out to last night's PauseTalk (Vol. 24). Lots of talk about books this time, with Arcade Mania and Yokai Attack getting a lot of attention — thanks to the presence of art director Andrew
One of last night's PauseTalkers was Adam Carstens, a researcher at the Globis graduate school of management here in Tokyo. He's currently conducting research on the creative process inside Japanese companies, and is on the lookout for anyone with interesting
The Art Space Tokyo blog shares a long list of interesting links covering articles and features from recent months on the contemporary art scene in Japan.time savedtime saved
You've read his gig reports, and bought plenty of used CDs from him, now you can catch Patrick Benny (Chipple) spin some discs at the "Tokyo Boys Bravo" event at Koenji Connection on September 12 (from 19:00). He plans to
Just a reminder that tonight (September 1) marks this month's edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 24) at Cafe Pause in Ikebukuro. Start time is 20:00, as always.time savedtime saved
