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The Japanese have always had a thing about masks, from the elaborate theatrical kabuki masks to the traditional  oni masks that keep away bad spirits (and also seem to end up as common tattoo designs in the west). More recently though – it’s all about face masks that keep away nasty germs and viruses. You [...]

Omurice (short for Omlette Rice) is as Japanese as you can get. It’s fairly simple food – basically tomato friend rice wrapped up in an omlette. Sometimes served with a side of meat or veggies. You usually find these in Japanese ‘family’ restaurants like Denny’s or Gusto’s. As a picky little child, when it came [...]

Okay I’m going to cop a lot of crap from my friends for this post. You see, I have a soft spot for rollerblading. And you kid’s who grew up in the 90′s on Airborne and Mighty Ducks would understand. Back then Rollerblading was the shit. It was fresh, it was stylish, it was aggressive. [...]

We aren’t the biggest fans of Onitsuka Tiger sneakers, usually a little overstyled for our liking. However I don’t mind these Sunotore 72s. They feature a detailed illustration of the Tokyo skyline which onitsuka used for a commercial earlier this year. Designed by koiklub member Seiji Yogo. Currently only available in the US, we’d expect [...]

This awesome looking house belongs to award winning designer and architect Yasuhiro Yamashita. When walking around the more affluent areas of Tokyo, its not unusual to see a few avant garde house designs amongst the otherwise uniform looking houses. This one is pretty special though. I’d love to see what it looks like inside. Design [...]

We came across this amazing photoshop/painter work by TokyoGenso which depicts famous Tokyo landmarks, post apocalypse and then beautifully taken over by nature. It’s every anime/scifi geeks wet dream. We have a few graphic artists in the office, and they seem to agree that this is some damn good work. Hayao Miyazaki‘s early animated films [...]