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Show & Tell: Tokyo's "Stamina" Food

Posted in Culture Oct 31, 2006 by MAQI

I was recently on a beat for Bizarre Magazine when I found myself in what is possibly the most heinous restaurant...

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Show & Tell: Ari-Up of the Slits

Posted in Music Oct 25, 2006 by MAQI

It was pretty much inevitable that Ari-Up, best known as the front woman of the pioneer grrl group, The...

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Photokina in Cologne

Posted in Culture Oct 24, 2006 by MAQI

Checked out the Photokina Trade Fair Show a few weeks ago. It's the biggest imaging show in the world and...

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Japanoise: Boredoms

Posted in Culture Oct 22, 2006 by MAQI

Osaka is known for its boisterous people, its charming and friendly ambience, its cool industrial and modern...

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Sugar Snaps: Tokyo Game Show

Posted in Culture Oct 21, 2006 by MAQI

Okay, so I've been traveling like mad and haven't had a ton of time to get these up, but I thought I'd share my observations and sugar snaps from last month's...

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Show & Tell: Maid Cafes

Posted in Culture Oct 13, 2006 by MAQI

If domestic-style servitude is your cup of tea, you might enjoy the new craze of [URL=http://maidkiss.com/pc/link/link.htm...

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Show & Tell: Akihabara

Posted in Culture Oct 12, 2006 by MAQI

If you have any kind of geekish tendencies, Akihabara is the ultimate place to indulge in your techno-fetishistic...

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Sugar Snaps: Midnight Mess

Posted in Culture Oct 12, 2006 by MAQI

Recently I paid a visit to one of Tokyo's biggest industrial clubs, Midnight Mess. Midnight Mess doesn't have much in...

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Tokyo Train Jumpers and the Epidemic of Japanese Suicide

Posted in Culture Oct 7, 2006 by MAQI

If your train is late in this anally on-time country, said lateness is probably not due to Japanese rail incompetence, but instead due to yet another suicidal...

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Show & Tell: Meeting with Watanabe Yasuji

Posted in Culture Oct 6, 2006 by MAQI

Watanabe Yasuji is a Japanese erotic photographer who shoots a lot of bambi-faced nymphettes with a stylized...

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Show & Tell: Sadistic Circus

Posted in Culture Sep 29, 2006 by MAQI

Sadistic Circus is Tokyo's biggest fetish event. This twice-yearly carnival-esque extravaganza boasts an extraordinary...

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Meet Horinami, Japan's First Female Tattoo Artist

Posted in Culture Sep 29, 2006 by MAQI

Horinami is widely regarded as Japan's most skilled and famous female tattoo artist. Speaking with her recently, she came across as a humble Japanese artisan--very...

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