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Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 3 — Otherworldly

All this week we’re celebrating the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s…
Culture, Hotels, Japan 13th August 20143rd February 2022 Comments 14 8 min read

Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 2 — Jazz

All this week we’re celebrating the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s…
Culture, Japan 12th August 20143rd February 2022 Comments 3 7 min read

Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 1 — Beginnings

Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with…
Culture, Japan 11th August 20143rd February 2022 Comments 11 6 min read

Murakami is Coming

To celebrate the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, Colorless…
Culture, Japan 7th August 201418th August 2022 Comment 1

Haruki Murakami and the Japanese Mind

Walking home the other evening, a man passed me on a bicycle with a cat…
Culture, Japan 11th May 201418th August 2022 Comments 0 2 min read

Hidden Beauty

From The Avant/Garde Diaries comes a beautiful film about Japanese kendo swordsmanship and the…
Culture, Japan 6th March 201421st January 2022 Comments 0 1 min read

Everyday Usability in Japan (Part 3)

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we looked at some of…
Architecture, Culture, Design, Japan, Technology 1st March 201421st August 2022 Comment 1 2 min read

Coming of Age Day in Japan

Culture, Japan, Photography, Tokyo 19th January 201421st August 2022 Comments 0 1 min read

Everyday Usability in Japan (Part 2)

Last month I looked at some intriguing cases of the way common items in…
Culture, Design, Japan, Technology 1st December 201318th August 2022 Comments 6 2 min read

Why Japanese Web Design Is So… Different

In the mind’s eye of many people, Japan is a land of tranquil Zen…
Culture, Design, Japan, Technology 10th November 201311th December 2022 Comments 94 4 min read

Everyday Usability in Japan (Part 1)

While I design software for a living, it’s often the design of everyday physical…
Culture, Design, Japan, Technology 23rd October 201315th August 2022 Comments 13 2 min read

Japanese Architecture Influence & Origin

A friend recently recommended me a visual treat of a documentary, Kochuu, that looks…
Architecture, Culture, Film, Japan 21st June 201321st January 2022 Comments 0 2 min read

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