As we walked down one of the narrow side streets of the Times Square-ish entertainment district around the Shibuya train station, past swank rock clubs and “love hotels,” we came upon an unlit, grimy, highly decorative stone-and-stucco facade that looked to be from the first third of the 20th century – an anomaly in a city where [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Otaku’
Tokyo Confidential
Posted in Design, Japan, Music, tagged cafe, classical music, Otaku, shibuya, the lion, Tokyo on November 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Revenge of the nerds
Posted in Dance, Japan, Video, tagged Anime, Axxcis, Cosplay, Denpa, Manga, Otaku, Video on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Holy Geekdom! The DENPA party Sunday night was euphoric. Two floors full of happy nerds, dressed up as their favorite manga/anime/computer game characters, dancing to extremely loud computer game music, drinking, smoking and taking pictures of each other in studied poses. Takero Mimura, one of the producers of the night said that these parties [...]