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JAPON : 10 MOIS APRES

2012-01-28T18:00:00.000-08:00

10 mois apres le tremblement de terre et le tsunami qui ont touche le Japon et sa cote nord est, voici quelques cliches qui montrent a quelle vitesse les Japonais nettoient et reparent les routes et infrastructures.
N oublions pas qu il a eu environ 20 000 morts ou disparus, 800 000 maisons ont ete completement ou partiellement detruites. La Croix Rouge japonaise estime qu environ 400 000 personnes ont ete deplacees.
On peut ainsi voir des cliches pris juste apres le tsunami, puis trois mois apres. Puis six mois apres.

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Murakami : Les Ateliers de Tokyo

2012-01-23T15:05:00.000-08:00

Just before the opening of his exhibition in Versailles, Takashi Murakami had opened the doors of his workshop in Tokyo. As it s a really big job, he s helped by many artists people.

city hunter / nicky larson

2012-01-22T15:37:00.002-08:00

Daft Punk - Interstella 5555

2012-01-20T17:29:00.001-08:00

GENKI SUDO : WORLD ORDER MACHINE CIVILIZATION

2012-01-19T15:31:00.000-08:00

Let s check this new track from Japanese pop group World Order : “Machine Civilization,” produced in light of the last earthquake tragedy.

Star Wars with 8bit sound

2012-01-18T15:34:00.000-08:00

Starwars has been complety done with 8 bit sound. Interesting !

LOUIS VUITTON X MURAKAMI : first love / monogram advertise

2012-01-17T16:27:00.001-08:00

Louis Vuitton and Murakami do go job together. As those two videos.

MIKU HATSUNE : VOCALOID 2 ENGINE

2012-01-16T17:56:00.000-08:00

Virtual singers is the future ?!
That will probably make you remember “Gorillaz”, the famous virtual band.
The first release based on the Vocaloid 2 engine came from PowerFX with Sweet Ann onJune 29, 2007 whose boxart was based on a Frankenstein’s monster.
This was closely followed by Crypton two months later with the first of their“Character Vocal Series”, Hatsune Miku.

www.vocaloid.comNew Singing Synthesis Technology

CRAZY KIM JONG II

2012-01-15T15:20:00.000-08:00

The one and only Kim Jong Il, crazy president of North Korea, dead last year.Let s check his funny life !
You can see all his pictures (more than 200) HERE

Yasumasa Yonehara : sexy pictures

2012-01-14T23:52:00.000-08:00

COOKIES MONSIEUR A (面白いケーキ)

2012-01-13T15:10:00.001-08:00

Here are good cookies inspired by Monsieur A, aka Andre, boss of Le baron de Paris in Aoyama - Tokyo.Oishii !!!!

NICKY LARSON / CITY HUNTER sexy

2012-01-12T00:10:00.000-08:00

The one and only, City Hunter, the women s lover !!!!

Bill Graham presents Fillmore & Avalon Poster @HARAJUKU

2012-01-11T19:14:00.000-08:00

When political satirists the San Francisco Mime Troupe were busted for obscenity in 1965, manager Bill Graham organised a benefit gig at The Fillmore, kickstarting his career as perhaps the most famous concert promoter in rock history.
Synonymous with psychedelic guitar-slingers like The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, Graham would also become indelibly associated with the acid-drenched artwork that accompanied his shows.
You can see 50 examples from the late impressario's personal collection at this month-long exhibition - split between Vacant and Shibuya's Dictionary Club Art School – which focuses on posters for gigs at the Filmmore and Avalon Ballroom.

You can check all the informations :
Exhibition s site

Manga Mad Tokyo

2012-01-09T03:40:00.001-08:00

Manga Mad Tokyo Synopsis

From Tokyo, the comic capital of the world, comes an exploration of Japan's passion for anime, their biggest pop culture phenomenon, and their largest export.

A documentary about Japan's biggest pop culture and deepest underground, filmed in the comic capital of the world, Tokyo. More people read comics in Japan than any other country. Comics account for 40% of all total books and magazines published in Japan.

MANGA MAD gives insight into contemporary Japanese culture through the iconography of its biggest pop culture and explains why comics are not just for children, as depicted by the compulsive consumer obsessiveness of the otaku adult manga and anime scene. The tradition of graphic narrative is traced in Japanese art history through to the post WW2 boom of comics. There is extensive coverage of cyber-sex, 'electronics town', Akihabara.

The virtual reality, manga-anime-mecca, for otaku, and most popular tourist attraction in Japan. In addition, Comiket Market, the biggest comic and cosplay event in the world is featured with an interview with its founder,

Mr Yonezawa, who recently passed away. Candid interviews with artists, animators, publishers, historians, retailers and otaku fans punctuate vivid fantasy graphics and cartoon-clad, bustling, metropolis vistas, segued with an exotic, electro sound track.

MANGA MAD opens the window behind the Japanese mask, to reveal what's really going on in the collective imagination, and explains why manga is so ubiquitous, mesmerising, virtually uncensored, and is now contagiously popular world wide.

LOST IN TOKYO : video by mark bramley

2012-01-08T18:35:00.000-08:00

New video about Tokyo. Made by Mark Bramley :
*Had 2 days to myself in Tokyo so I decided to take about 10,000 photos. All shot on a Canon 5D MkII.
All the video footage was shot handheld. Music is by GMZ - Parametaphoriquement*
You can check out more his photography here:
mark bramley s site

Lost in Tokyo from Mark Bramley on Vimeo.

TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2011 @BIG SIGHT ODAIBA

2011-12-15T01:38:00.000-08:00

PUB pour VOYAGER DANS LE JAPON

2011-12-15T01:30:00.000-08:00

Voici une nouvelle campagne d affichage pour inciter les japonais a voyager a travers le Japon. Au programme, direction : Yamagata, Aomori, Akita,Iwate, Miyagi et Fukushima.

JAPANESE OLD FUNNY ANIME

2011-12-09T17:50:00.001-08:00

GU GU GANMO

DR SLUMP

LE COLLEGE FOU FOU FOU

NICKY LARSON - CITY HUNTER

JAPANESE IDOLS

2011-12-09T17:22:00.001-08:00

C est bientot Noel.Petit cadeau ! Les hommes japonais adorent les Idols : ces jeunes femmes japonaises qui chantent, dansent ou sont actrices.

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan

2011-11-25T02:02:00.001-08:00

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie is an upcoming film adaptation of the 35th anniversary Super Sentai Series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. The film is the latest entry in the Super Sentai VS film series, but unlike previous films which featured one Super Sentai team teaming up with another, this film features a team up with the protagonist of Space Sheriff Gavan, as 2012 is the 30th anniversary of Toei's Metal Hero Series.

Gokaiger vs. Gavan is scheduled to be released on January 21, 2012, and will star feature the casts and characters of both Gokaiger and Gavan. Kenji Ohba is reported to not only portray his character from Gavan, but will also reprise his roles from Battle Fever J and Denshi Sentai Denziman.

23 NOV 2011 : GIANTS FESTA @TOKYO DOME

2011-11-23T01:57:00.001-08:00

The baseball team of Tokyo, the Giants organised a big event at Tokyo Dome on wednesday 23th of november : GIANTS FAN FESTA 2011 (ジャイアンツフェスタ)
Opened early in the morning, around 9 am, the venue welcomed fans from the japanese team.People were allowed to go on the ground, playing with the players. There was also a small museum about the team, and many small games organised in the venue. The place was crowded, and people happy to see their favorite baseball players !

DORAEMON EXHIBITION @KAWASAKI : 2011

2011-11-21T14:51:00.001-08:00

Almost everyone in Japan knows the story of Doraemon, the blue cat who can produce dream toys from a magic pocket in his tummy. Now, the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, thinks it's time to tell the story of the man behind that iconic character, with the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum.

On Sept. 4, the Tokyo has open the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, which is named after and dedicated to Hiroshi Fujimoto, the late creator of Doraemon and many other manga.
Fujimoto wrote under the pseudonym Fujiko F. Fujio.

However, the ¥1.5 billion, 3,700-sq.-meter structure (owned by the city of Kawasaki and financed and operated mostly by a company set up by the creator's management agency, Fujiko Pro Co.) should not be confused with a cheap character-merchandising ploy, or a theme park for kids.
While there's a sizable play area, as well as a cafeteria and souvenir shop, the museum is aimed at people of all ages — after all, Doraemon has now been around for more than 40 years.

DORAEMON X JEAN RENO : PUB toyota

2011-11-20T03:43:00.001-08:00

Jean Reno joue Doraemon dans une pub japonaise pour Toyota.Ce spot fait partie d'une série de pubs nommée "Nobita's Barbeque" où la marque dépeint les personnages du fameux manga Doraemon vieilli de deux décennies.

LES INCONNUS : BIOUMAN

2011-11-19T06:33:00.001-08:00

Biouman est la parodie de Bioman (et autres séries TV du genre : "Power Rangers", etc.) faite par Les Inconnus dans leur émission "La télé des Inconnus" sur Antenne 2 (ancien nom de France 2). Bioman passait sur "Club Dorothee", émission de l'ancienne animatrice de "Récré A2" sur la chaine concurrente TF1.

On retrouve ce sketch sur leur anthologie "Ze Inconnus Story", ainsi que sur les DVD "Le bocôup meilleur Vol 2" et "Le meilleur de la télé" (réédition en DVD de la vidéo (VHS) parue en 1991, "Le meilleur de la télé des Inconnus").

MARIO vs PACMAN

2011-11-18T02:43:00.001-08:00

The unfamous Super Mario VS Pacman are fighting in a nice video !!!

CRAZY JAPANESE MOVIES : la suite

2011-11-17T02:16:00.001-08:00

Encore et toujours des films d horreur japanais ou asiatiques !!!!
En download sur Subwawa

GOTHIC AND LOLITA PSYCHO
Yuki est une jeune femme qui se lance à la poursuite de cinq personnes faisant partie d’une secte ayant assassinée sa mère sous ses yeux et estropiés son père, homme d’église désormais en fauteuil roulant. Armée de parapluies mortels, sa vengeance sera terrible...

BEDEVILLED
Hae-won est une jolie trentenaire célibataire. Contrainte à partir en congés, elle se rend à Moodo, une petite île sur laquelle elle passait ses vacances étant plus jeune. Elle y retrouve Bok-nam, son amie d’enfance, soumise à la volonté tyrannique de ses habitants et à des humiliations quotidiennes. Bok-nam supplie Hae-won de l’aider à s’échapper, mais celle-ci refuse de s’impliquer dans une situation qui s’apprête à basculer dans l’horreur...

BIG TITS ZOMBIE
Rena Jodo, une strip-teaseuse, est invitée à se produire dans une petite ville. Lorsqu'elle arrive, elle trouve la localité déserte et toutes les effeuilleuses s'ennuient à mourir. Elles décident de descendre au sous-sol du club pour tuer le temps, l'une d'elles, Maria, trouve le "livre des morts". Elle provoque involontairement la résurrection des morts, et des zombies commencent à apparaître un peu partout dans le monde et à attaquer les vivants...

static : pulse (Tokyo time lapse)

2011-11-15T05:12:00.001-08:00

Static
a. inactive, not in physical motion
b. of or relating to bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium
c. a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference

Pulse
a. rhythmical beating, vibrating, or sounding
b. a transient variation of a quantity whose value is normally constant
c. an electromagnetic wave or modulation thereof of brief duration

Shot in Tokyo with Canon 350D and 5D DSLRs, processed with Lightroom (raw files color adjustment and resizing)/VirtualDub (deshaker/deflicker filters)/Sony Vegas (editing). Original rendered in 1080 HD@30p.

DESIGN FESTA 34 @BIG SIGHT 2011

2011-11-13T05:19:00.001-08:00

Design Festa Gallery that is located in Harajuku, organized twice a year, a big event in Odaiba, at Big Sight from 11am to 7pm.This event is called Design Festa.

Design Festa is a biannual (Spring & Fall) international art event, and everyone can exhibit as long as its original.
10,000 artists exhibit, buy and sell their works in a variety of mediums turning this two day event into artistic chaos!

Artworks filled with creative spirit, converge within a vast spider's web of innovative energy, theatrical art, culinary cuisine, and spur of the moment impromptu performances featuring cutting edge fashions, catwalk shows and so much more. Challenge yourself by walking through the Design Festa art world.

Advance ticket 800yen(A day ticket), 1500yen(Bothdays ticket)
At the door 1000yen(A day ticket), 1800yen(Both days ticket)

ONOMICHI

2011-11-09T14:19:00.000-08:00

Onomichi est une ville japonaise située sur le littoral de la mer intérieure de Seto entre Okayama et Hiroshima. Administrativement, la ville se trouve dans la préfecture de Hiroshima.

Onomichi est une ville où l'on trouve de nombreux temples (environ 25, car la ville n'a pas connue de destructions pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale) parmi lesquels le temple Senkōji, le temple Fukuzenji construit en 1573, le temple Saikokuji, fondé au IXe siècle, le temple Jōdōji fondé en 616 et le temple Kairyūji.

Outre les temples et sanctuaires, de nombreux bâtiments datant de l'ère Taishō témoignent de la prospérité des habitants de la ville au début du XXe siècle. On compte parmi eux le bâtiment qui abritait jadis la Onomichi Bank (Onomichi Ginkō, aujourd'hui le Onomichi Historical Museum) et celui où se trouvait l'ancienne Chambre de commerce (qui est aujourd'hui un musée).

Le parc Senkōji est le point de départ du chemin de la littérature en hommage aux nombreux écrivains qui ont séjourné dans la ville. Au sommet du parc se trouve le temple Senkōji qui offre un point de vue sur la mer intérieure.

E5 Series Shinkansen : new shinkansen

2011-11-06T18:54:00.000-08:00

The Shinkansen, also known as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,387.7 km (1,483.6 mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240–300 km/h (149–186 mph), 283.5 km (176.2 mi) of Mini-shinkansen with a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph) and 10.3 km (6.4 mi) of spur lines with Shinkansen services. The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido underway and plans to increase speeds on the Tōhoku Shinkansen up to 320 km/h (199 mph). Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record 581 km/h (361 mph) for maglev trainsets in 2003.

Shinkansen literally means new trunk line, referring to the tracks, but the name is widely used inside and outside Japan to refer to the trains as well as the system as a whole. The name Superexpress, initially used for Hikari trains, was retired in 1972 but is still used in English-language announcements and signage.

The Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the world's busiest high-speed rail line. Carrying 151 million passengers a year (March 2008), it has transported more passengers (over 4 billion, network over 6 billion) than any other high speed line in the world. Between Tokyo and Osaka, the two largest metropolises in Japan, up to thirteen trains per hour with sixteen cars each (1,323 seats capacity) run in each direction with a minimum headway of three minutes between trains. Though largely a long-distance transport system, the Shinkansen also serves commuters who travel to work in metropolitan areas from outlying cities.

The E5 series is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on Tōhoku Shinkansen services since 5 March 2011. A total of 59 10-car sets are on order, with three sets in service in time for the start of new Hayabusa services to Shin-Aomori in March 2011.

Technology incorporated in these trains is derived from the experimental Fastech 360S train tested by JR East. Maximum speed will be 320 km/h (199 mph), although services will initially run at a maximum speed of 300 km/h (186 mph) until 2013.

Gran Class

Car 10 is designated "Gran Class", featuring 18 power-reclining "shell" seats with leather seat covers arranged in 2+1 abreast configuration. Originally given the provisional name "Super Green Car", seat pitch in the Gran Class car is 1,300 mm (51.2 in).[13] Seats are 520 mm (20.5 in) wide and recline to a maximum angle of 45 degrees. The pre-production set, S11, does not however include Gran Class accommodation.

Green class

Car 9 is designated as "Green Class" (first class) accommodation with 48 seats arranged in 2+2 abreast configuration. Seat pitch is 1,160 mm (45.7 in). Seats are 475 mm (18.7 in) wide and recline to an angle of 31 degrees.

Standard class

Standard class cars (cars 1 to 8) have a seat pitch of 1,040 mm (40.9 in), which is 60 mm (2.4 in) larger than on the E2 series trains. Seating is arranged in 3+2 abreast configuration.

KAWS X SNOOPY + PIPO + MILO @HIROO - Tokyo

2011-10-30T15:49:00.000-07:00

Nos amis crees par Kaws : Snoopy, Milo et Pipo se baladent a Hiroo, quartier de l ambassade de France.

DJ S.A.Z.A : nEW SITE !!!!!

2011-10-29T16:58:00.000-07:00

Saza(jumpjump/tokyo) has been in the game for 10 years now. He has dj in the biggest clubs in Paris (Le Cabaret Sauvage, Le Rex Club, Le Batofar, Le Tryptique, La Java, Le Glazart, Le Nouveau Casino…) with the drum n bass headz (Andy C, Dj Fresh, General Levy, Elisa Do Brasil, Zen...). Saza
has also promote parties with the biggest électro promoters in France : the drum n bass shop Blacklabel. And the Neopopart crew that runs monthly parties in La Java.
Saza has now made Tokyo his new headquarter. He has already organized lots of parties and dj in numerous clubs (Womb, Le Baron, Velours, La Fabrique, Amrax…) with big électro names (John Lord Fonda, Myss, M.S.K, Dj Taar, Crystal, Keenhouse, Lenzman, Concord Dawn, Hiloco…). His music box contains lots of electro house, mashup and dubstep tracks. Besides that, Saza is the founder of the unfamous blog : JUMP JUMP that shows electro parties around Tokyo. Saza is spinning his time in parties, shooting all the best stuff and meeting nice peaps. The story begins !

On the new site you can find all the mixes !!!

DJ SAZA THE SITE
DJ SAZA THE SITE
DJ SAZA THE SITE
DJ SAZA THE SITE

MIYAJIMA

2011-10-28T05:15:00.000-07:00

Itsukushima appelée aussi Miyajima (littéralement île Sanctuaire) est une île se trouvant dans la mer intérieure de Seto.
L'île abrite principalement le bourg de Miyajima-cho.
Le parc de Momijidani, au-dessus de Miyajima, est constitué d'une épaisse forêt d'érables.
De nombreux chemins et sentiers sillonnent l'île.
Un téléphérique permet d'accéder sans effort au point culminant de l'île, le Misen, mont d'une altitude de 530 mètres.
De nombreux temples et sanctuaires sont construits sur l'île.
Le principal d'entre eux est le sanctuaire d'Itsukushima, avec son célèbre torii flottant. Il est l'une des « trois vues les plus célèbres du Japon » (avec Amanohashidate et Matsushima). Le sanctuaire d'Itsukushima construit en 593 est inscrit sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco depuis 1996.
Le temple de Senjokaku comprend une pagode de cinq étages construite en 1407.
Le Daigan-ji, dédié au dieu de la musique, date de 1201.

PURIKURA (photos japonaises)

2011-10-19T05:35:00.000-07:00

Les purikura font référence à un certain type de photos au Japon, en Chine et à Taïwan. Le mot en lui-même est la contraction de Print Club dans la prononciation japonaise, un exemple de wasei-eigo (de l'« anglais » qui n'existe qu'en japonais). Conjointement développé par Atlus et Sega, le premier purikura a été vendu en juillet 1995, et print club est une marque déposée.

Ces photomatons sont extrêmement populaires au Japon ainsi qu'à Taïwan ; beaucoup de salles d'arcade ont un niveau entièrement dédié à ces machines. Parfois, des perruques et autres outils de cosplay, à utiliser dans la machine, sont à louer par toute personne que cela pourrait intéresser. Ces machines sont plus grandes qu'un photomaton classique, et offrent de nombreuses options.

Une cabine typique est suffisamment grande pour accueillir huit personnes, et certaines sont encore plus grandes. Cela coûte habituellement entre 300 et 600 yen par tour. Quand de la monnaie est insérée, entre deux et dix images différentes peuvent être prises. La pose la plus commune est de faire le signe V. Quand les images sont prises, les occupants sélectionnent celles qu'ils veulent garder et les impriment via un écran tactile.

Les images peuvent être alors décorées sur l'écran avec un nombre considérable de tampons virtuels, bordures, textes... Durant ce temps, de la musique Jpop est souvent jouée et une voix suraiguë de femme dirige les occupants dans les différentes étapes via des ordres tels Uan, Tsu, Surii, Pouzu (la prononciation japonaise des mots anglais One, Two, Three, Pose).

Finalement, le nombre et la taille des images à imprimer sont choisies, et après quelques minutes, les photos sont imprimées, sur des feuilles de papiers colorées, à découper et partager au sein du groupe. Généralement, le côté face peut être enlevé, les photos devenant alors autocollantes.

Il existe de nombreuses variations de ces cabines. Certaines images peuvent être prises sous différents angles dans la cabine, d'autres font des impressions sur des papiers spéciaux, d'autres cabines encore ont des fonds différents interchangeables, sont décorées avec des faux décors, utilisant différents éclairages, ou permettant encore d'ajouter des logos de marques déposées tel Hello Kitty.

Une autre caractéristique des machines de Les purikura est d'avoir différents cadres (les images autour des photos), typiques de chaque machine réparties dans tout le Japon. Ainsi, des personnes suffisamment motivées se prennent en photo dans chacune d'elles, complétant ainsi leur collection. Le Purikura est généralement utilisé par les adolescents, et plus particulièrement les filles, mais pas exclusivement. Beaucoup de jeunes filles emportent partout avec elles leurs albums de photos purikura pour les montrer et les échanger avec leurs amies. Bien que ce soit avant tout un phénomène essentiellement japonais, il existe quelques cabines de Les purikura en Europe.Retrouvez la liste des purikura a Shibuya

MEDICOM TOY Presents FABRICK® Exhibition @TOKYO

2011-10-14T08:31:00.000-07:00

MEDICOM TOY hosted it’s FABRICK® Exhibition in Tokyo last week at the Public-Image.
3D. The exhibition included pieces printed by Erik Brunetti, Filip Pagowski, Genevieve Gauckler, Herchcovitch, Alexander, Kensei Yabuno Kim Songhe, Krooked and Matt Furie. Items showcased at the Medicom exhibition included a number of different bags, accessories, and all sorts of other items. The exhibition will run through May 26th.

Medicom is the brand !!!!

YOKO ONO : THE ROAD OF HOPE : EXHIBITION 2011

2011-10-14T08:02:00.000-07:00

The 8th Hiroshima Art Prize: THE ROAD OF HOPE - YOKO ONO 2011

The Hiroshima Art Prize: The ‘Spirit of Hiroshima’ from Hiroshima the A-bomb victim.
In 1989 the city of Hiroshima, first place in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, established the Hiroshima Art Prize with the object of promoting through art the “spirit of Hiroshima” that yearns for permanent world peace and prosperity for all humanity.
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is to stage an exhibition showcasing the work of the eighth Prize winner, Yoko Ono.

THE ROAD OF HOPE - YOKO ONO 2011Creating new, unfettered forms of artistic expressionSending messages of peace and love

In a creative avant-garde career spanning over half a century, , Yoko Ono born in Tokyo in 1933, has pushed the boundaries of art with her command of an abundance of media including visual arts, performance, music, film and poetry. Her works, which aim to stimulate the imagination and encourage viewers to take part in their actual production, have been highly acclaimed as pioneering examples of the conceptual art that has emerged as a current of contemporary art since the 1960s. Since then she has continued to create new forms of artistic expression unconfined to any specific genre.

In addition to her practice as an avant-garde artist, Yoko Ono became actively involved in the peace movement, staging numerous joint peace events and anti-war campaigns with John Lennon following their marriage in 1969, their message becoming symbolic of the international peace movement that spread across the globe in the 1970s. Ono has maintained her dedication to the cause of peace and love even after Lennon's death.

Repose for souls and hope for the future: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Tohoku earthquake.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki together constitute one of the greatest tragedies experienced in the history of mankind. Now we have the recent Tohoku earthquake that claimed the lives of so many.
This exhibition taking Yoko Ono's message to the world will center on repose for the souls of those who have experienced these tragedies, and a new installation setting out a path of hope for the future.

HIROSHIMA : JAPON

2011-10-14T05:14:00.000-07:00

Hiroshima est la capitale de la préfecture de Hiroshima et la ville la plus importante de la région de Chūgoku. Elle se situe sur la côte Nord de la mer intérieure de Seto, sur l'île de Honshū, à l'ouest du Japon. La ville est tristement célèbre pour avoir été la victime du premier bombardement atomique de l'Histoire, le 6 août 1945.

Les bombardements atomiques de Hiroshima et Nagasaki ont eu lieu les 6 et 9 août 1945 à l'initiative des États-Unis après que les dirigeants japonais eurent décidé d'ignorer l'ultimatum de Potsdam. La cessation des hostilités fut effective 6 jours après. La Seconde Guerre mondiale se conclut officiellement moins d'un mois plus tard par la signature de l'acte de capitulation du Japon le 2 septembre 1945. Ce sont les seuls bombardements nucléaires ayant eu lieu en temps de guerre.

Le nombre de décès est difficile à définir et seules des estimations sont disponibles. Le Département de l'Énergie des États-Unis (DOE) avance les chiffres de 70 000 personnes pour Hiroshima et de 40 000 personnes pour Nagasaki, tuées par l'explosion, la chaleur, et l'incendie consécutif. À ceci, s'ajoutent les décès apparus par la suite en raison de divers types de cancers (334 cancers et 231 leucémies observés)1 et de pathologies2. Pour sa part, le musée du mémorial pour la paix d'Hiroshima avance le chiffre de 140 000 morts, pour la seule ville d'Hiroshima3.

Les justifications des bombardements ont été le sujet de nombreux débats et controverses. Pour les opposants, ces bombardements, qui ont surtout tué des civils, ont été inutiles et sont des crimes de guerre, alors que pour les partisans de la décision, ils ont raccourci la guerre de plusieurs mois en provoquant la reddition du Japon et ont donc sauvé la vie de centaines de milliers de soldats américains, ainsi que de civils et de prisonniers sur le territoire de la Sphère de coprospérité de la grande Asie orientale.

Les survivants des explosions, les hibakusha, sont devenus le symbole d'une lutte contre la guerre et les armes atomiques à travers le monde. Mais au Japon ils n'étaient pas reconnus comme survivants et ont été laissés à leur sort, car les explosions d'Hiroshima et de Nagasaki ont longtemps été un sujet tabou.

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A visiter aux alentours :

LA ville dOnomichi a 2 heures de train.
L ile de Miyajima tres connue pour son Tori dans l eau.

SHUKKEKEIN GARDEN

LE CHATEAU D HIROSHIMA

LE PARC DU MEMORIAL / LE DOME

DIVERS

MEDICOM 15th ANNIVERSARY Exhibition @HIROSHIMA : japan

2011-10-08T18:05:00.000-07:00

Medicom Toy hosts a special exhibition and archive presentation featuring some of the products they have produced for the past 15 years, including a look at more recent and up-n-coming treats for fans. Launching July 30th @ Logos Gallery of Shibuya Parco Part 1·B1 F (Tokyo, Japan) and exhibits thru August 22nd. There is even a "BE@RBRICK Garden" made up of 10 x 3000% figures done up top commemorate the event. After Shibuya, Medicom s 15th year anniversary show was hold in Hiroshima.

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MAID CAFE : AKIHABARA

2011-09-30T19:28:00.000-07:00

Un maid café est un café où les serveuses portent un uniforme de domestique (maid, en anglais). Ces cafés se trouvent principalement dans le quartier d’Akihabara à Tōkyō et sont fréquentés par un public essentiellement otaku. Les services de base qui y sont offerts sont les mêmes que dans les cafés traditionnels, auxquels il faut ajouter diverses interactions avec les maids, telles que la prise de photo ou divers jeux et animations.

Suite au succès des maid cafés, différents types de services, commerces de détail et de restauration ont commencé à présenter des services offert par du personnel portant un uniforme de domestique ou de cosplay. Il n'existe pas d'appellation spécifique pour ces différents commerces et le terme maid café est parfois utilisé de façon générique pour parler de bar, izakaya, restaurants, cafés et autres commerces. Des expressions tel que Maid & Cosplay shop ou cosplay restaurant, Littéralement commerce servant à boire et à manger de type cosplay) sont parfois utilisées pour faire référence à ces commerces en général

Quelques bons maids cafes :

cure maid cafe Gee Store 6F, Soto-Kanda 3-15-5, Chiyoda-ku, tel. 03 3258 3161

Akihabara Culture Café Schatz Kiste Hasegawa Building 1F, Soto-Kanda 6-5-11, Chiyoda-ku

@home café Mitsuwa Building 4F-7F, Soto-Kanda 1-11-4, Chiyoda-ku, tel. 03 5846 1616

Café & Kitchen Cos-cha Soto-Kanda 3-7-12-2F, Chiyoda-ku, tel. 03 3253 4560

Pash Café Nagomi Zenitani 2F, Soto-Kanda 1-8-4, Chiyoda-ku, tel. 03 5256 8001

TOKYO SLO-MODE

2011-09-21T03:09:00.001-07:00

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SKYDECK : MORI TOWER : ROPPONGI TOKYO

2011-09-14T02:53:00.000-07:00

Amazing view from the MORI s TOWER SKYDECK,
in the day or at the beginning of the night. The Skydeck is in Roppongi s MORI TOWER.In that building, there are exhibitions all the time.

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TOKYO GIANTS : BASEBALL TEAM @TOKYO DOME

2011-09-10T21:33:00.000-07:00

Korakuen s TOKYO DOME is the baseball stadium of the Tokyo Giants team.
The Yomiuri Giants are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the team the "Tokyo Giants", but that name has not been in use in Japan for decades. Instead, the team is officially known by the name of its corporate owner just like the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes. The team's owner is the Yomiuri Group, a media conglomerate which includes two newspapers and a television network. The Yomiuri Giants are regarded as "The New York Yankees of Japan" due to their widespread popularity, past dominance of the league, and polarizing effect on fans. The Giants are the oldest team among the current Japanese professional teams

FUJI-Q HIGHLAND : AMUSEMENT PARC JAPAN

2011-09-03T23:17:00.000-07:00

FUJI Q HIGHLAND is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. It s around 2 hours from Tokyo by bus or train.The themepark is near the base of Mount Fuji. It has a number of roller coasters, as well as The Haunted Hospital, the world's largest haunted attraction,and Thomas Land, a children's area with a Thomas the Tank Engine theme.In 2006, on the 9th Season of The Amazing Race, the final 3 teams came here and rode Tonde Mia!! (Pizza-la), Dodonpa and Fujiyama looking for a clue to their next destination.
FUJI Q HIGHLAND s most famous roller coasters are the following:
Fujiyama, 79 metres tall, 130 km/h[1], opened in 1996 and was once the world's tallest roller coaster. As of 2007 it is the world's 8th tallest, 5th longest, and 10th fastest roller coaster. Dodonpa, 52 metres tall, 172 km/h[2], opened in 2001 and was once the world's fastest roller coaster. As of 2007 it is the 3rd fastest in the world but still has the highest acceleration at launch time. Eejanaika, 76 metres tall, 126 km/h[3], opened in 2006 and is only the second "4th Dimension roller coaster" ever built (the first being X² at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California). As a "4th dimension" roller coaster its seats can rotate 360 degrees forward or backward in a controlled spin, thus allowing Eejanaika to invert 14 different times, even though the actual track inverts only three times. It surpasses the first built "4th dimension" roller coaster, X², in both height and speed. Takabisha, opened on 16 July 2011, contains a 121° freefall (being the steepest on any attraction anywhere in the world), as well as seven major twists over 1000 metres of track, and a drop of 43 metres.[4][5]
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august 2011 : HELLO KITTY EXHIBITION @GINZA MATUYA DEPARTEMENT

2011-09-02T02:23:00.000-07:00

From 24th august to 5th september Hello Kitty s brand SAN RIO presents an exhibition introducing Hello Kitty designs as a contemporary art. It s in Ginza big departement MATUYA.
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Yamato Damashii Diaries : TOHOKU TRIP

2011-08-29T05:28:00.000-07:00

In the wake of the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, former Shooto heavyweight champion Enson Inoue has been on a one-man charity mission, repeatedly traveling to northeast Japan to directly help those in need.

MMA Fighting joined Inoue to document his journeys through the ruins of the coastal villages of Tohoku, his work at evacuations centers in the area and to bring new light to the ongoing crisis in Japan.

august 2011 : DORAEMON EXHIBITION @ROPPONGI

2011-08-29T03:54:00.000-07:00

Doraemon (ドラえもん?)[3] is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio (the pen name of Hiroshi Fujimoto) which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise. The series is about an earless robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a schoolboy, Nobita Nobi (野比のび太 Nobi Nobita?).

The series first appeared in December 1969, when it was published simultaneously in six different magazines. In total, 1,344 stories were created in the original series, which are published by Shogakukan under the Tentōmushi (てんとう虫?) manga brand, extending to forty-five volumes. The volumes are collected in the Takaoka Central Library in Toyama, Japan, where both Fujiko Fujio were born. Viz Media bought the license to the Doraemon manga in the 1990s for an English-language release, but canceled it without explanation before any volumes were released. However, Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (The 26th film in the franchise) got a private screening in Washington D.C. in November 2008.

A majority of Doraemon episodes are comedies with lessons regarding values such as integrity, perseverance, courage, family and respect for elders. Several noteworthy environmental issues are often visited, including homeless animals, global warming, endangered species, deforestation, and pollution. Miscellaneous educational topics such as dinosaurs, the flat Earth theory, wormhole traveling, Gulliver's Travels, and the history of Japan are often covered.

Doraemon was awarded the Japan Cartoonists Association Award for excellence in 1973. Doraemon was awarded the first Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1982,[4] and the first Osamu Tezuka Culture Award in 1997. In March 2008, Japan's Foreign Ministry appointed Doraemon as the nation's first "anime ambassador."[5] Ministry spokesman explained the novel decision as an attempt to help people in other countries to understand Japanese anime better and to deepen their interest in Japanese culture."[6] The Foreign Ministry action confirms that Doraemon has come to be considered a Japanese cultural icon. In 2002, the anime character was acclaimed as an Asian Hero in a special feature survey conducted by Time Asia magazine.[7]

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KAWAII GIRLS JAPAN : GAL ATTITUDE

2011-08-29T03:26:00.000-07:00

Gyaru (ギャル) is a Japanese transliteration of the English word gal, that of girl being gaaru (ガール). The name originated from a 1970s brand of jeans called "gals", with the advertising slogan: "I can't live without men", and was applied to fashion- and peer-conscious girls in their teens and early twenties. Its usage peaked in the 1980s and has gradually declined. The term gradually drifted to apply to a younger group, whose seeming lack of interest in work or marriage gained the word a "childish" image. It is now used almost interchangeably with kogyaru.

he kogal fashion involves wearing an outfit based on a Japanese school uniform, but with a shortened skirt, loose socks, and often dyed hair and a scarf as well. The phenomenon was prominent in the 1990s, but has since declined. The word "kogal" is anglicized from kogyaru, a contraction of kôkôsei gyaru (high school gal). The girls refer to themselves as gyaru (gals), although this word is applied to several other fashion looks as well.

Aside from the pinned-up skirt and the loose socks, or rusu sokusu, kogals favor platform boots, makeup, and Burberry scarves. They may also dye their hair brown and get artificial suntans. They have a distinctive slang peppered with English words. They are often, but not necessarily, enrolled students. Centers of kogal culture include the Harajuku and Shibuya districts of Tokyo, in particular Shibuya's 109 Building. Pop singer Namie Amuro promoted the style. Kogals are avid users of photo booths, with most visiting at least once a week, according to non-scientific polls.[1] While critics condemned the gyaru as shallow, materialistic, and devoted to conspicuous consumption, admirers describe them as, "kindhearted, active young women in exuberant health, the women of today."[2]

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TESHIMA ISLAND : JAPAN

2011-07-18T22:57:00.000-07:00

Uniting the creative visions of artist Rei Naito and architect Ryue Nishizawa, Teshima Art Museum stands on a hill on the island of Teshima overlooking the Inland Sea. Shaped like a drop of water, the museum lies in a corner of the spacious grounds surrounded by once-fallow rice terraces that have been restored with help from local residents.
Structurally, the building consists of a concrete shell, devoid of pillars, coving a space 40 by 60 meters. On the ceiling 4.5 meters above, two oval openings allow the air, sounds, and light of the world outside into this organic space where nature and architecture seem intimately interconnected. Inside one finds an ever-flowing fountains and an ambiance that changes from hour to hour and season to season, revealing countless appearances as time passes.

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INUJIMA ISLAND : JAPAN

2011-07-18T22:47:00.000-07:00

Inujima Art Project Seirensho is a museum that preserves and reuses the remains of a copper refinery on the island. Based on the concept of using the existing to create the yet-to-be, the project brings together architecture by Hiroshi Sambuichi, which makes use of the existing smokestacks and karami bricks from the refinery and uses solar, geothermal, and other natural energies to reduce the burden on the environment, and art by Yukinori Yanagi, which uses Yukio Mishima, who sounded warnings over aspects of Japan's modernization, as a motif. The building also employs a sophisticated water purification system that makes use of the power of plants. The project truly embraces the concept of a recycling-based society as a model for a new type of regional revitalization through industrial heritage, architecture, art, and the environment.

This project continues from the Seirensho project opened in April 2008, and is being undertaken in the residential areas of Inujima. Art director Yuko Hasegawa and architect Kazuyo Sejima are creating three galleries and the Nakanotani Gazebo, which will transform and revitalize the scenery of the island. The works of artist Yukinori Yanagi will also be exhibited.
By contrast with the Seirensho, which is presented against the backdrop of Inujima's historical landscape, the Inujima Art House Project will introduce art spaces into daily life, and will transform the scenery of the island's residential areas.

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NAOSHIMA ISLAND : JAPAN

2011-07-18T22:18:00.000-07:00

Benesse Art Site Naoshima is the collective name for art activities conducted by Benesse Holdings, Inc. and Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation on the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in the Seto Inland Sea.

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UENO ZOO PANDA

2011-06-04T22:43:00.000-07:00

Panda flags lined streets near the capital’s Ueno Zoo, which is to become the home of the pair of five-year-old giant pandas for the next decade, while television channels ran breathless coverage about the furry VIPs.
The pair, a male named Bili and female named Xiannu, left their sanctuary in China’s Sichuan province on Monday headed for Shanghai, from where they were to fly to Tokyo on an All Nippon Airlines jet painted white with black spots.
One broadcaster, in a report headlined the “Pandas are coming to Ueno!”, revealed titbits about the fluffy creatures, including that the male is shy and likes to do things at his own pace, while Xiannu is “friendly”.

The pandas are not a friendship gift from China. The Ueno Zoo will have to pay China almost a million dollars a year to “lease” the animals. However, the news media and people like Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara are still saying that the pandas could help improve Sino-Japanese relations:
“I hope the pandas will become popular and many Japanese people get to see them. In such a way, I expect Japanese people’s impression on China will improve,” the minister said.
Although Maehara said lease charges are relatively high, Tokyo will make various efforts to repair its ties with Beijing.
The giant pandas named Bili and Xiannu will arrive at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo on Monday. The Tokyo metropolitan government will pay $950,000 (around 90 million yen) each year to China in lease charges.

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KAMAKURA

2011-05-28T01:02:00.000-07:00

Kamakura, about one hour from Tokyo (in the south).
Very relaxing city with lots of temples and gardens, a big forest, the beach and surfers, Daibutsu : a big Buddha, nice small streets with many shops.
It s good to have a break there on the week end.

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GODZILLA X MOTHRA : old japanese monster movies

2011-05-28T00:53:00.000-07:00

Unfamous old japanese movies, Godzilla, Mothra, King Kong, Gamera...
I found an old theatre in Shibamata where they show trailers of old japanese monster movies. Very good time !!!

TORA SAN : japanese actor

2011-05-28T00:29:00.000-07:00

Kiyoshi Atsumi, born Yasuo Tadokoro, was a Japanese film actor. He started his career in 1951 as a comedian at a strip-show theater in Asakusa. After two years of fighting pulmonary tuberculosis, he made his debut on TV in 1956 and on film in 1957. His vivid performance of a lovable, innocent man in a film “Dear Mr. Emperor” (Haikei Tenno-Heika-Sama) in 1963 established his reputation as an actor.
Later he became the star of the highly popular Tora-san series of films, from the original Otoko wa tsurai yo in 1969 to the 48th film released in 1995, the year before his death.
The enduring success of the series made him synonymous with the Tora-san character, and many Japanese regarded his death as the death of Tora-san, not the death of Yasuo Tadokoro or Kiyoshi Atsumi.

You can visit his museum in Shibamata, an area close to Tokyo.

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SHIMABATA

2011-05-28T00:04:00.000-07:00

Shibamata, a nice small city at the east of Tokyo.
The city of the unfamous comedian TORA SAN, a small quiet area with many small food shops, a old toys museum with a free movie theatre that shows old horror japanese movies such as Godzilla or Mosula. There s also a nice temple with a zen garden where you can drink japanese green tea. After that, there a river behind the temple where you can take a small boat. To finish the day, you can visit TORA SAN museum, a funny museum.

JAPANESE OFFICER vs FRENCH OFFICER

2011-05-14T05:21:00.000-07:00

Japanese officers are hard workers.
What s up with french officers ?
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SHOPS IN JAPAN

2011-05-06T22:33:00.000-07:00

There are many many nice shops around Japan : toys, vinyls, clothes...
Mandarake for the toys. Disc Union for the Vinyls. Parco for the clothes.
Also there are many second hand shops (clothes, vinyls, toys, manga...).

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STREET ART IN TOKYO

2011-05-06T21:58:00.000-07:00

Street art is everywhere in Tokyo (stickers, tags...)
You can easily recognize japanese artists or worldwide artists such as Kaws, Monsieur A or Space Invader.

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CRAZY FUNNY JAPANESE MOVIES

2011-04-25T06:09:00.000-07:00

On Subwawa site, you can download japanese and asian movies with french subtitles.
There are many funny horror movies and crazy funny movies
(Neko Ramen,Aachi & Ssipak, Killer Pussy...)
The movies are ordered by months.

Aachi & Ssipak

Neko Ramen

Killer Pussy

Tokyo Zombie

OSAKA

2011-03-31T07:09:00.000-07:00

crazy wicked city

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TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE JAPON : 11 MARS 2011

2011-03-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

The big earthquake in Japan

TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE JAPON : 11 MARS 2011 : Temoignage

2011-03-13T01:33:00.000-08:00

Temoignage ecrit samedi 12 mars 2011 par Saza

Vendredi aux environs de 14h55, j etais assis au burger king avec une connaissance.
tout d un coup je sens que ca bouge dans mon dos.
mon ami ne reagit pas, je me dis que j ai reve,
oubien que ce n etait qu une petite secousse (on a tres souvent des petites secousses)
finalement au bout de 3 secondes ca recommence, et nous nous regardons.
On regard autour de nous, tout le monde est fige.
Rien d anormal, tout le monde est habitue.
Sauf, que ca dure 5 secondes (bizarre), 10 secondes, 15 secondes (tres bizarre).
Tout le monde commence a comprendre que ce n est pas normal.
Les gens commencent a courir vers la sortie.

On se retrouve dehors avec 100, 200 personnes.
Le sol bouge, comme sur un bateau.
Les immeubles tanguent, c est super impressionnant, on dirait que ca ne va jamais s arreter.
Sensation tres etrange.
Comme par hasard, la matinee etait belle, ensoleillee.
Et juste en debut d apres midi, le ciel s etait assombri, etait ce notre heure ?
excusez, je divague, mais je crois que j ai eu un peu peur quand meme.
Revenons aux evenements.
Apres une bonne minute (peut etre 2), la terre s arrete de bouger, ouf ! soulagement !
Je vois bien que les japonais sont surpris, et pour cause, c est la plus grosse amplitude (8.8) que Tokyo la belle, ait jamais connu.
Les gens restent dans la rue, peut etre par peur d une deuxieme secousse.
Je me dirige vers l ecole francaise ou je dois recuperer un petit garcon.
Tous les francais sur place sont regroupes, a discuter de ce qui vient de se passer.
On se dit que c etait impressionnant...
Et d un seul coup, vers 15h05 je crois. re secousse.
Ca bouge de plus belle.
Le sol, les immeubles, les fils electriques. C est encore une sensation bizarre, de ne pouvoir rien faire,
face a cette terre mouvante, si ce n est de s accrocher a une barriere.
Le tremblement dure cette fois moins longtemps, peut etre 20, 30 secondes, mais ca reste super long par rapport aux secousses habituelles.
C est un peu la panique avec les gamins, je passe...

je recupere le petit dans la cour de la recree, c est l alerte maximale.
on se dirige vers la gare, bien evidemment plus de trains.
Quand on sait que Tokyo petite couronne fait 10 millions d habitants, et Tokyo grande couronne 33 millions, je vous laisse imaginer le bazar pour les gens qui habitent a 1h, 1h30 de train.
Apres la 2e secousse, je crois que certaines compagnies ont cesse le travail, de meme pour les magasins.
Les rues sont envahies de gens, les taxis pris d assaut.
Tout le monde essaie de se rediriger vers chez lui, en devant parfois marcher 4 ou 5 heures.
Les communications telephoniques ne passent plus, tout le monde essaie de contacter ses proches.
seules les cabines publiques fonctionnent. Elles sont prises d assaut.

On me depose, plus pres de chez moi, du coffre de la voiture ou j etais installe, j observe les flux de gens, jamais vu ca!
je marche pendant une petite heure pour rejoindre mon domicile (rien n est casse chez moi, juste 2/3 trucs renverses)
Les gens sont presents partout, surtout sur les grosses arterres. Je vois juste une vitrine brisee.
Les gens font la queue (200 m) pour attendre les bus. Les taxis sont tous complets.
L atmosphere est particuliere, les gens ne savent pas vraiment si Tokyo seulement a connu cette terrible secousse.
J ignore (nous) pour le moment qu une vague de 10 metres a submerge les cotes de Sendai a 300 kilometres de chez nous.

J arrive enfin a bon port.
Ma copine va bien, le chat aussi mais il est un peu choque.
En 16 ans d existence, il n a connu de telle secousse, l obligeant a planter ses griffes dans notre canape.

Ce soir la j avais organise une repas a la maison, plus ou moins annule.
Les trains sont encore bloques jusqu a 22h. Le trafic reprend petit a petit.
Des amis sont encore au travail a minuit (ceux qui habitent loin, et dont les lignes de chemin de fer ne sont pas en remises en fonctionnement).
Avec quelques amis, nous avons regarde la tv japonaise pendant la soiree.

La nuit fut bonne, tres bonne, apres toutes ces emotions.
J ai ressenti des secousses dans mes reves.
On ma appris ce matin qu il y avait eu deux assez grosses secousses dans la nuit.

EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN : 11 MARCH 2011

2011-03-11T04:17:00.000-08:00

big big earthquake in this day, amazing !

TOQUE DE TOKYO par ANTOINE DE CAUNES

2011-02-11T23:05:00.000-08:00

Voici « Toqué de Tokyo« , un documentaire inédit de 90 minutes d’Antoine de Caunes et Peter Stuart, réalisé par Peter Stuart.

Après Londres, Los Angeles, et Berlin, c’est Tokyo qu’Antoine de Caunes a décidé d’explorer, comme toujours en immersion totale, avec option “costumes absurdes” si les situations l’exigent !

C’est donc en samouraï ou en “cosplay” qu’il va parcourir les rues clignotantes du quartier de Shibuya (qui inspira BLADE RUNNER), prendre des leçons de bonzaïs avec le maître Kunio Kobayasi, partir à la rencontre de AKB48 (girls-band strident en kilt qui énerve les vieux messieurs et les jeunes geeks), visiter le siège social des incomparables toilettes TOTO, se rendre dès l’aube au marché au poisson, ou encore braver la peur dans les studios spécialisés dans le film gore… bref, Antoine va nous faire découvrir un autre Tokyo, une ville tout en contradictions, attachante, drôle, passionnante…

PINK BOX : THE BOOK by JOAN SINCLAIR

2011-02-10T04:45:00.000-08:00

Joan Sinclair, a 22-year-old photographer, was working as an English teacher in Tokyo when a friend dragged her to the city's infamous Kabukicho red-light district, a neon-drenched enclave packed with 5,000 sex shops that cater to an impressively specific array of sexual fantasies and fetishes. She was hooked. Eight years later, she returned with a camera and set out to document Japan's $20 billion sex-services industry, befriending hundreds of budding sex workers and their businessman clients. The results of her project are collected in a lush, vinyl-wrapped new book, Pink Box, published this month by Abrams. It provides a vivid glimpse into a subculture rarely seen by Westerners.

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FUNNY CRAZY JAPANESE MOVIES

2011-02-10T03:56:00.000-08:00

On Subwawa site, you can download japanese and asian movies with french subtitles.
There are many funny horror movies and crazy funny movies
(Robogeisha, mutant girls, girl hell, Bio zombie...)
The movies are ordered by months.

mutant girls

robogeisha

Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl

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NAOSHIMA ISLAND

2011-02-05T22:52:00.000-08:00

Benesse Art Site Naoshima is the collective name for art activities conducted by Benesse Holdings, Inc. and Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation on the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in the Seto Inland Sea.

In addition to collecting art works, Benesse Art Site Naoshima provides artists and architects with opportunities to create and exhibit original works at various locations throughout the islands, thus enabling visitors to experience the very finest modern art. Our fundamental aim is to create special places by situating modern art and architecture within the nature and the unique culture of the Seto Inland Sea, a landscape with a powerful cultural and historical resonance.

Through contact with artworks and with the nature, scenery and people of the Seto Inland Sea region, we seek to inspire visitors to consider the meaning of Benesse - Living well. In continuing our activities, we are attempting to build a relationship of mutual growth between art and the region that provides it with a setting, in order to make a positive contribution to the local community.

In 1985, Tetsuhiko Fukutake, the founder of Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd. (now Benesse Corporation), who nurtured a dream of creating an area where children from around the world could gather on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, came together with Chikatsugu Miyake, then mayor of Naoshima, whose own dream was to develop the south side of Naoshima as a pristine and educational cultural area. These two men formed a mutual agreement to develop Naoshima. Activities commenced with a trial camp for children, operated by employees of Fukutake Publishing.

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DOs & DON Ts IN JAPAN TRAINS

2011-01-15T00:36:00.000-08:00

There are many rules to respect in the trains in Japan.
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TOYS SHOPS IN TOKYO : MANDARAKE

2011-01-04T02:01:00.000-08:00

The most famous toys shop in Japan : Mandarake.
It s second hand but in a very good condition.
The prices are very attractive.
In Tokyo, there are many Mandarake shops, but not all of them sell toys.
For toys, you have to go to SHIBUYA, NAKANO, AKIHABARA.

Nakano, there are many shops.
It s in NAKANO BROADWAY, 3 floors of toys shops.
Nakano station (Chuo Line), open from 12am to 8pm.

Akihabara, the biggest.
It s a building of 8 floors.
You can fins toys, manga, cosplay costumes...
Akihabara station (Yamanote line), open from 12am to 8pm.

Shibuya, in the center of Tokyo.
The place for shopping and clubs.
Shibuya station(Yamanote line), open from 12am to 8pm.

HOST CLUB : WHAT IS IT REALLY ? (FRENCH SUBTITLES)

2010-11-14T00:40:00.000-08:00

PART 1 : FRENCH

PART 2 : FRENCH

PART 3 : FRENCH

PART 4 : FRENCH

PART 5 : FRENCH

PART 6 : FRENCH

10/29 : SPACE INVADER EXIBITION @GALLERY TARGET harajuku

2010-10-21T21:52:00.000-07:00

THE PICTURES OF THE EXHIBITION !!!!! (CLIC ON THE PICTURE)

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FROM 29 OCTOBER TO 19 NOVEMBER

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SPACE INVADER S SITE

DESIGN FESTA VOL 32 : TOKYO : 6/7 NOVEMBER 2010

2010-10-18T05:59:00.000-07:00

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THE BLOG (CLIC ON THE PICTURE)

CRAZY TOKYO

2010-09-29T17:17:00.000-07:00

Crazy nice things around Tokyo !!!!

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SEXY HALLOWEEN GIRLS IN SHIBUYA : 2009

2010-09-29T16:40:00.001-07:00

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KAWASAKI STEEL PHALLUS FESTIVAL

2010-09-29T16:13:00.000-07:00

TOKYO BY NIGHT

2010-09-28T18:07:00.000-07:00

CRAZY MUSIC SHOP @NAGOYA

2010-09-28T17:56:00.000-07:00

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DESIGN FESTA 2010

2010-09-28T17:39:00.003-07:00

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KAWS (ARTIST)

2010-09-28T17:11:00.000-07:00

Kaws (de son vrai nom Brian Donelly) est un artiste new yorkais né en 1974 à Jersey City. Issu de la scène graffiti, KAWS a su concilier les références aux icônes de la culture pop (les Simpson, les Stroumpfs, Bob l'éponge), l'énergie frontale des peintres urbains (yeux en croix, crâne de pirate) et des moyens de production à grande échelle typiques du pop art. Ses personnages emblématiques (Chum, Accomplice, Companion) sont déclinés sous forme de jouets, de tee-shirts, de sérigraphies ou d'œuvres originales.Il a egalement une boutique a Tokyo (aoyama) Original Fake.

TRAIN STATIONS (SHIBUYA & SHINJUKU)

2010-09-28T17:04:00.000-07:00

YOYOGI KOEN

2010-09-28T16:50:00.000-07:00

Yoyogi Keon, le coin des danseurs de Rock, sosies d ELVIS !!!!a cote de la station Shinjuku. A ne pas louper le samedi et le dimanche.

MONSIEUR A : ANDRE IN TOKYO

2010-09-28T16:35:00.000-07:00

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André aka Monsieur André aka Monsieur A, born Andre Saraiva is a French graffiti artist. He paints a distinctive stick-figure character, usually with a top hat and an 'X' in place of one of the eyes. He started doing graffiti in 1985.

Born in Sweden, Andre became famous in the late 90's with Mr A, a cartoonish character with a round head, a cross and a circle for his eyes, a big smile and very long legs, which he used to draw all over the streets of Paris. He is part of the early parisian graffiti scene along with Invader and Zeus, and he appears in Banksy street art movie, Exit Through the Gift Shop. His distinctive style, poetic and joyful, and his use of pink color, made him quickly stand out. In the early 2000s, he developed the Love Graffiti series.

Andre was formerly married to French/American electro artist, Uffie.

While he is said to be very reclusive, he appears in the documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop. His appearance was shot by Thierry Guetta, a self-proclaimed French artist living in Los Angeles.

He has also open Le Baron de Paris - Tokyo in Aoyama - Tokyo. French classy club in the center of Tokyo.
He has also collaborated with the Vodka brand Belvedere by designing bottles and glasses.
Finally you can enjoy his funny designed of Mickey Viagra.

FISHEYE SESSION IN TOKYO

2010-09-27T19:04:00.001-07:00

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Fisheye Camera trip in the streetz of Aoyama, Ebisu, Nakameguro, Shibuya...