Top Story: 23.October
What's POP? Three reports.
Yoko Kanno: Ask DNA
Everyone who is into Japanese anime, must have heard of composer Yoko Kanno. She is famous of her works for
Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell,
Card Captor Sakura,
Clamp School Detectives, Please Save my Earth and ESCAFLOWNE...
Knit POP!
As Asahi Shimbun wrote recently, knitting has became POP in Tokyo this autumn. People are forming knitting circles, and both men and women attend to those. Knitting is no more the way of killing time for lonely housewives, but is pleasurable art for everyone..
Slow life in Tokyo
"Slow life" expert Patrice Julien offers a wisdom: " "The question is enjoyment. That's why we're here on Earth." Julien is one of the famous lifestyle designers in Japan, and is the face of the slow-life movement. The busy schedule advertised straight out from 80's is getting not so cool. People are spending a lot of money now for having a quiet life, buying espresso machines...
