Archive for the ‘art in Tokyo’ Category
A large-scale concert of cornelius was held in Tokyo international forum after a long absence.
He continued music activity during about 20 years, and has been challenging the various latest technology and ideas recently.
by kool A mojo
In this concert, he shoed the performance that high-definition picture and music synchronized with HD screen. The DVD will be released. This is a pleasure, too.
The most used search engine service in Japan is of course, Google. But here in Japan, Yahoo! Japan has been ranked the top since late 90’s till now, and Google has always been the second.
However, since last year or so, Google has been fiercely catching up Yahoo! Japan. As a unique local strategy to win more market share, Google Japan is promoting itself using famous figures or artists.
This time of “Artist iGoogle” features architects, fashion designers or illustrators who provide the special editions of iGoogle headers or some gadgets. I guess someone like NIGO from A BATHING APE is known out side of Japan, too?
What is “ami-mation” ?
It is an “Amigurumi” animation video created by illustrator Yosuke Kihara.
“Amigurumi” is a knitted stuffed doll ( knitted is “ami” in Japanese). Using wools in various colors, thickness, patterns or gages, he can create his original amigurumis. It is amazing that a pretty doll is produced with a single string of wool.
Moving and talking amigurumis - check his great “ami-mation” here.
Transforming an ordinary landscape or an indoor snap shot to unique drawings; the “print-paint” was inspired by such an idea.
The lines of “print-paint” are drawn by scratching the surface of an original photo. After coloring in the lines, done!
All photo by Toshiyuki Fukuda
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We know that Japanese Manga is popular world-wide, but have you ever heard about a Japanese cartoon “Kyo no Nekomura-san (Today’s Mrs. Nekomura)”?
It is an outrageous setting that a cat is dispatched as a housekeeper. But she does the housework very well, sometimes kindly gives a good massage to her colleague or even amends a delinquent daughter of the house’s owner she works for. She has so much more common-sense than human do, and that makes her character so funny and popular.
The delinquent daughter : Get out of here !
Mrs. Nekomura (Housekeeper cat) : Don’t say that! If you won’t have the tonihgt dinner, I can’t leave hrer.
The cute drawing is of course a key reason of its popularity, but the story seems to reflect the modern Japanese society, which has been said deteriorated.
Kyo no Nekomura-san (Today’s Mrs. Nekomura) (in Japanese)
I looked in Shibuya Parco LOGOS gallary. The exhibition named “Piece of Peace - world heritage exhibit built with LEGO” is holding until 25th Feb. 2008.
You can see “Tower of Pisa”, “Shirakawago”, “Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen”, and “Tower of Effel”.
If you think you want to see more and it’s OK to pay for that, please go up to Parco Factory in 6th floor.
There are 26 world heritages built by LEGO.
This is a reprinted edition of Sumio Kawakami’s playing cards originally produced in1939.
Sumio Kawakami, born in1895, was an artist-printmaker. She had visited to Victoria in Canada, Seattle in the US and Alasaka for one year after graduating her high school, and then became an English teacher at her local high school when she returned in 1921 (Taisho 10).
While teaching, she played a key role in original woodblock printing, which was in its flourishing period in Japan at that time. She has created her own style with works of exotic themes.
I did not know she produced such a cute set of cards. You can get them from Amazon Japan.
Art Museum of Sumio Kawakami (in Japanese)
Sumio Kawakami’s Cards (Amazon japan)
The“Matsuya”Department Store in Ginza has been transformed to a Louis Vuitton Monogram suitcase!
They have applied the “monogram multi-colors” of the artist Takashi Murakami’s. The illuminations are changed every 30 min. and light up the monograms in blue, purple or other various colors.
There was the new Bvlgari building next to it, too.
So many giant tongues on the walls and columns at the Omotesando Station!
This is actually an ad by Johnson & Johnson for their “REACH” mouthwash product for bad breath.
There are lots of cool street ads in Omotesando, so I will show them to you in a future article.
I went to Ginza last weekend. The town getting ready for holidays:)
I’d like to show off you some of beautiful Illuminations in this town.
left;MIKIMOTO
Maybe the most famous Christmas tree in Japan
right;Yurakucho Marion
Latest buildings in Ginza
left;Yurakucho Marui
right;Marronnier gate
Sony Plaza B1F in front of subway station
Sweet Pop Christmas! I love this, make us happy in underpass.
Printemps-Ginza
My Best goes to … Printemps! ;)
Christmas flower cake & Knitted wine glasses, cakes, and champagne!!
