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Akihabara – Tokyo – Extreme Cute !!

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Premier Passive Home In Urban Kamakura

This simple yet elegant home by Key Architects is not just an intriguing example of modern Japanese design — it’s also is the first certified Passive House in Japan. Simplicity has its rewards, and when the Passive House standard is synthesized with Japan’s refined building sensibility the result is a powerful combination that can move [...]
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The Capitol Hotel Tokyu – Set To Reopen In October 2010

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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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Tokyo flexes culinary muscle for IOC

Apart from its economic might, Tokyo is counting on its culinary finesse to woo International Olympic Committee specialists scrutinising its bid to host the Summer Games in 2016. The 13 members of an IOC commission, evaluating 2016 bids by Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid, were treated to Italian-style cuisine at Ristorante Aso during [...]
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