Get your hand-printed limited edition TokyoMango t-shirt now (2 weeks only)

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My friend Ben and I made a test run of TokyoMango t-shirts on Saturday. They're really nice, do you want one? If so, you can buy one here. Below are the details:

- All shirts are 100% cotton.
- Each t-shirt will be hand-silk screened by me and Ben on his Yudu machine. The shirt logo was custom-designed by Ben. Mango design courtesy of my web designer James.
- The Women's tees come in a t-shirt style (pistacio and white) and a spaghetti strap ribbed tank (yellow).
- The Men's tees come in orange and white. In the pic above, Ben is actually accidentally wearing a girl's tee, but you get the idea... the sleeves will be more manly on the one you get.
- You can choose a custom colored tee for $25. Just shoot me an email with your preference after you place the order.
- The sizes tend to run a little big (except for the tanktops). They might shrink in the wash.
- Some of you will receive a free surprise Japanese toy or gadget with your t-shirt! I'm just gonna randomly stick them into bags, so keep an eye out.
- We're taking orders over the next two weeks only, at least for this first printing. They'll ship at the end of those two weeks, when Ben & I will silkscreen them by hand.
- Last day to order is Monday, October 5th.

UPDATE: T-shirts are no longer for sale. Maybe we'll do another round sometime!

November 13, 2009

Cookie cutters in Kappabashi

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My friend Garth went to Tokyo recently and took this photo at a baking supply store in Kappabashi. I have never seen so many cookie cutters!

My neighbor is a pastry chef and she fell in love with some pastry forms she saw in a Japanese book on the topic. I spent a lot of time trying to find something for her while I was there. I ended up meeting a woman at a store who, through half Japanese half English communication, helped me find a goldmine of baking supplies.

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November 10, 2009

Reader photo: The way to Pontocho

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I absolutely love this photo taken by TokyoMango reader Ian Nelson while traveling in Kyoto with his wife.

November 05, 2009

Reader photo: Gate at the top of Mt. Fuji

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Lovely photo of the gate at the top of Mt. Fuji taken by TokyoMango reader Kevin Menchavez.

October 30, 2009

Reader photo: Myodani Station, Kobe

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TokyoMango reader Kevin Menchavez took this lovely photo of Myodani Station in Kobe.

October 27, 2009

Reader photo: The Thunder Gate by night

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TokyoMango reader Gilles Losier took this photo that he describes as follows:

I was in Japan for 2 weeks in June. The second night of my visit in Japan when I was coming back from Akihabara going to my hostel located in Asakusa. When I walked threw Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate). Nakamise was so calm and peaceful, nothing like this during the day time.

October 26, 2009

Reader photo: Purple umbrella at Gojo City Temple

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Reader Jason Sedlaczek took this lovely photo of a purple umbrella sitting quietly at the foot of Gojo City Temple in Nara.

October 22, 2009

Reader photo: Somber Asakusa

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Love this slightly somber photo of Asakusa taken by TokyoMango reader Erik Katerborg.

Reader Photo: Hiroshima shrine ablaze in red lanterns

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TokyoMango reader Jay Horinouchi writes:


I made my aunt stop her car as we were driving by, because I thought a temple was on fire. But I soon realized it was a tiny shrine that had a bunch of red lanterns for lighting, which gave the surrounding sakura an awesome red diffused glow.

Beautiful!

October 03, 2009

Reader photo: Girl and her ice cream

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I believe this photo was also taken by reader Caiser, who submitted the pic of a Nara street that I posted last week.

October 01, 2009

Reader photo: Walking down a path in Nara

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Photo by CAISER

September 23, 2009

Reader photo: Boy reading a book at a shopping mall in Hokkaido

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TokyoMango reader Sam Koh writes:


Last year I spent 3 months in Sapporo, and here's a picture that I took while I was wondering through the shopping centres one night.

Its the picture of a child reading a book while his mother goes shopping.


I love it, especially that it's in black and white!

September 20, 2009

Reader photo: Fall foliage at Miyajima Park

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TokyoMango reader Miss Birdie says:


This is a photo I took in Miyajima Koen. It makes me want to return to Japan again every year.

September 17, 2009

Reader photo: Pornographic straw dummy in Ueno

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Photo by TokyoMango reader Morag Kewell

August 31, 2009

Photo of a boy pulling a rickshaw in 1980s Tokyo

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John O'Leary, a science teacher at my high school in Tokyo, took this amazing photograph of a boy running with a rickshaw at a school event circa 1980s.

August 10, 2009

Photo of spilled liquor after Shizuoka earthquake

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A lovely and somewhat sad photo showing the aftermath of the earthquake in Shizuoka today.

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July 23, 2009

Photos from Wednesday's lunar eclipse

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The Mainichi has a lovely photo gallery from the lunar eclipse seen in Japan on Wednesday.

July 15, 2009

Reader photo: pink-faced snow monkeys

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Reader Natalie Buxton took this photo of monkeys playing in the snow in Nagano. It's getting really hot in Tokyo and much of the rest of the world right about now &mdash hopefully this pic will help some of us cool off.

June 25, 2009

Colonel Sanders without his makeup

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Remember the story from a few months ago about the Colonel Sanders statue that came floating onto a riverbank after being stolen from a KFC in Osaka over 20 years ago and chucked overboard? Well, here's a picture of him next to a newer version of himself. I think he looks much more approachable without the glasses and the makeup and the white suit. The happy human behind them is the president of KFC Japan, who no doubt eats a lot of chicken... or does he?

via Mainichi

June 21, 2009

Reader photo: Commuter at Ochanomizu train station

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Reader Joel took this photo at Ochanomizu Station in Tokyo. He says:

Every time I think of Tokyo I think of riding the trains, so, for me, the best pics of Tokyo are all about commuting.


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June 11, 2009

Reader photo: The temple that Matsuo Basho wrote a poem about

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TokyoMango reader Martijn Kuik, who took this photo, writes:


In May last year I traveled through Tohoku together with my Japanese wife, at times in the footsteps of Matsuo Basho on a journey he took in the spring of 1689.
I visited a temple called Houjusan-Risshakuji, also known as "Yamadera", near Yamagata city. This temple was founded in 860 by Jikaku Daishi, a priest of the Tendai sect who founded many of the most important temples in Tohoku. After climbing 1100 stairs one reaches the main tempel building and one can't help but be overwhelmed by the magnificent view.

In "Oku no Hosomichi" Matsuo Basho writes:

How still it is here-
Stinging into the stones,
The locusts' trill.

I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of this temple and its surroundings.

Photo exhibit featuring Harajuku fashionistas starts next week

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There's a small photo exhibit at the Japan Information Center in San Francisco featuring the works of Andy Heffernan, who spent four Sundays in Harajuku snapping pics of interesting characters, like this girl in a red jumpsuit, pink Birkenstocks, a fake scar and mustache on her face, perfectly shaped eyebrows, and a Burberry shopping bag.

The exhibit is from June 18 to July 30. It's at 50 Fremont Street, Suite 2200, in SF. Link

May 28, 2009

Daikichi Amano's Japanese horror photography

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Daikichi Amano is a wonderfully talented photographer who takes horror portraits of Japanese people.

Daikichi Amano main page via Pink Tentacle

May 14, 2009

Reader photo: Hell's Valley, where the hot springs lie

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Photo by reader P. Lam, who says:

This picture was taken at Hell's Valley in Noboribetsu, a Hot Springs Paradise!

Beautiful nature exists in Japan, too.

May 07, 2009

Reader photo: Hiroshima Memorial at night

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Beautiful photo of the Hiroshima Memorial by reader Phil White in Cambridge, UK.

May 06, 2009

Reader photo: veggie-dyed fabrics drying in the sun

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Reader Katie Bechtold writes:

For me, this photo evokes the carefree feeling of a sunny day in the countryside. I took the photo outside Ōhara Kōbō, a vegetable-dye (kusaki-zome) workshop north of Kyoto. One of the happiest moments I remember from that trip was standing in the dyeing shed, stirring my fabric around in a warm pot of Pagoda Tree dye, inhaling the scent of woodsmoke, looking out the window at the countryside.

May 05, 2009

Reader photo: Cherry blossoms on the Meguro River

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Bartman905 says:


A canopy of cherry blossoms (sakura) forms a flowery roof over the Meguro River, Nakameguro, with the festival lanterns lit during the early evening. Taken during the cherry blossom season in 2009.

May 03, 2009

Reader photo: Lots and lots of cameras

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A great photo taken by Barry Silver, who happened to be standing next to Lindsay Lohan in the VIP area of a Roppongi nightclub when he took this photo.

May 01, 2009

Reader photo: Unique train-riding style

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John says:


I took this photo with my iPhone on the Hibiya line in Tokyo. I patted the guy on the back and said Naka-Meguro a few times (the station was coming up) but got absolutely no response.

Photo by John Kostiuk

April 30, 2009

Reader photo: Pants-eating dog statue in Kyoto

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Photo by Moogs

April 28, 2009

Reader photo: Mister Lost and Found

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What an amazing photo of a kooky bum.

Photo by Jordon Cheung

April 27, 2009

Reader photo: I am beer machine. And you?

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Ying Hao writes:

This is a vending machine in a hostel called J-Hopper's that I stayed in with my friends from college, when I was being a tour guide and showing them around Hiroshima.

Photo by Ying Hao Lai

Reader photo: Kabukicho Ichibangai entrance

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Kabukicho, famous for its hostess clubs, seedy night clubs, and the kabuki theater that was never built.

Photo by Erik Katerborg

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