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Akihabara – Tokyo – Extreme Cute !!

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SAPPORO ART WALK

Sapporo Art Walk is an art book that focuses on the relationship between art and history of Sapporo, not only introducing architecture and public art located in various places in the city of Sapporo, but also explaining about the relationship between such art and climate, water system, and history of Sapporo. It is a guide [...]
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Kengo Kuma designed Garden Terrace Hotel, Nagasaki

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TOKYO REALTIME: Kabukicho Named as Audie Award Finalist

White Rabbit Press is pleased to announce that the first volume in its Tokyo Realtime guided audio tour series has been nominated as a finalist in the 15th annual Audie Awards. This prestigeous competition, organized by the Audio Publishers Association, celebrates the best in spoken word entertainment. Tokyo Realtime: Kabukicho has been selected as one [...]
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Japan Fashion Week S/S 10

If the fashion world read the Tokyo catwalks like tealeaves, they might conclude that come next spring we’d be adorning ourselves with the actual leaves. Or dressed in homage to disco-going mermaids and Victorian rag pickers. Given this tendency towards playfulness and theatricality, those brands hell bent on offering yet another parade of skinny black [...]
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Tsumori Chisato’s Charming Picture-postcard Prints

Spinning a new elegance into her naïve aesthetic, Tsumori Chisato scored with a long, ruffle-neck chiffon dress in a charming picture-postcard print and a pajamalike cotton pantsuit in candy stripes. http://dianepernet.typepad.com/diane/2009/10/tsumori-chisato-photos-by-sonny-vandevelde.html [Translate]
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Future Home(s) 4 Me?

I’m beginnning to see my way clear to using only glass, steel, wood and stone/concrete in my future house build. Here’s two more ideas, one from Japan and the other from Australia courtesy of design milk. Terrace House in Japan by Chiba Manabu Architects Using reinforced concrete, a lot of glass and extruded aluminum rails [...]
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Japanese Cell Phones Deliver Culture & More

In Japan, cell phones have become ubiquitous art of the Japanese culture. In Japanese, cell phones are called keitai denwa (携帯電話), literally “portable telephones,” and are often known simply as keitai. Much of the Japanese population own cell phone (keitai), most of which are equipped with enhancements such as video and camera capabilities. This pervasiveness [...]
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