‘Satomi Kobayashi and Mikako Ichikawa nosh down on fresh lobster in Naoko Ogigami’s new film, “Glasses.”‘ The Moment, The Post-Materialist | Japanese Food Porn: “(…) eating and sleeping are their reason for living. If sex is curiously absent, it’s because the eating is sex.” The Independent, YAWN: The new yuppies: They’re back – and this [...]
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Trend Management
May 19th, 2008
Tags: economy · environment · food · identity · japan · lifestyle · trend
In Japan, it’s the men who want to be skinny and cute
November 19th, 2007
IHT, In Japan, it’s the men who want to be skinny and cute: “Both Shirakawa and his girlfriend like the fact that she weighs more than he does, and is the leader of the couple. “She’s a lot stronger than I am, can lift heavy things and go drinking until dawn. I admire that about [...]
The kimono traders
August 6th, 2007
“Japanese housewives have ditched their traditional subservient image for the world of currency trading – influencing both international markets and Japan’s economy.” Times: The kimono traders (via)
Tags: currency trading · day trading · economy · feminism · japan · stocks
Love Hotels by Misty Keasler
January 21st, 2007
The Morning News: “Unlike the dank motels where Americans allegedly seek anonymous sex, Japan’s love hotels are playful and unapologetically sexual. Photographer Misty Keasler shows the humor, desire, and even the loneliness of these empty rooms.”
Tags: japan · photography · sex
links for 2006-04-12
April 12th, 2006
PistolWimp – Incredible Machines DIY Lauf der Dingen (tags: video diy) adicolor Pink “Created by Charlie White, Pink is sublime and captures all the textures that fit the color.” (tags: video adidas) VPRO Gidst online “We wilden op internet dezelfde kwaliteit bieden als in de gedrukte gids” (tags: tv gids vpro nl) Disclaimers could make [...]
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links for 2006-02-07
February 7th, 2006
BBC NEWS | Photo journal: Geisha “Kimina, 23, works in Kyoto, Japan, as a geiko – the local term for a geisha.” (tags: japan photography geisha)
Tags: geisha · japan · photography