INTRO
In late 2001 I had the opportunity to visit Japan to research several
magazine articles, thanks to some funding from Asia 2000 Foundation. When
I returned, most of my energy went into getting the articles written and
published. Some of them are featured below. I took two cameras with me,
and took over 500 photos in 15 days ( I also shot some Super 8 film for
a music video for my musical project Dub Asylum). Its taken me a while
to figure out what to do with all these photos - if you're here, you've
probably seen the results in print.
The
above image, which features on the cover of Scratch, is a graffiti art
wall I found while wandering round the back streets of Shibuya, checking
out the gaudy exteriors of the love hotels in the area (no, I didn't go
inside!). It's by American artist Doze Green - he's created a small doll
figure that matches the figure in the painting. Google it and you'll find
it.
Acknowledgements.
Thanks to Asia 2000
Foundation, who helped fund my trip to Japan. Thanks to New
Zealand business magazines Computerworld, Unlimited, and pop culture magazines
Pavement, Pulp and Real Groove (some of which are linked below). Thanks
to Brad Tattersfield at the NZ Embassy in Tokyo, who helped me set up
interviews, loaned me his mapbook of Tokyo, and kept me company when I
got taken out for lunch by the New Zealand Ambassador. Thanks to everyone
who gave me advice on visiting Japan.
Next
issue of Scratch out sometime 2004. That's as specific as it's gonna get,
so live with it. Enjoy.
There
are 300 record shops in Shibuya
ELECTRIC
CITY
MARK
DE CLIVE LOWE interview
KYOTO
- Old School Japan
Opening
the Kimono - NZer's doing business in Japan.
From
Hashimoto Mouse to Japan Inc - expat Kiwis Terrie Lloyd and Jonathan
Hendriksen on business life in Japan.
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