long time no...

I have had a few people make contact to check if I was still on the planet - nice to know I am loved.

I guess it is no secret, Masao and I are deep in new business mud. Our mud is of the yummy, exciting and not so stinky variety at the moment but we certainly are stuck in it!

Our time is consumed with everything from lush dinners with groovy designers, drooling over Tokyo fashion in squished little Shibuya showrooms and sniffing new creations as they arrive at our office (teeny tiny office consisting of a desk, chair, cushions, about a million fashion magazines and every sleek looking gadget Masao has been able to get his hands on) to long drawn out hours trying to create things from scratch using photoshop with an operating system I can't understand, phone call after follow up after email to keep everything running on time and sleepless nights keeping to deadlines.

But one day very soon, early in the year 2007 (its gonna be a great year!), you will be able to type www.tokyomade.com into your little address bar thingie up the top there, press the return button and enter a world of tokyo shopping wonder.

tokyomade is our own special way to support japan-based designers by promoting them and their products via an online shop, blog and community.

KEEP WATCHING - MORE TO COME!


Oh and you can check us out at MYSPACE

girls aloud

Nothing like a spot of wild karaoke to warm the cockles on a frosty tokyo night!

new friends request

Not a common request
If I choose the send a message option, what would I say?

no music, no life

Found this on MySpace - my current playground and had to do it...for fun!

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.


What does next year have in store for me?
Trip Hop - Kruder and Dorfmeister

What's my love life like?
Ole ole - Ricky Martin (this one makes me giggle and no I am not ashamed that Ricky in on my itunes)

What do I say when life gets hard?
Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls

What do u think of on waking up?
Castles in the Sky - Gi Gi Agostino's

What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Kung Fu Fighting (probably true)

What do you want as a career?
Shake it up - The Cars

Your favourite saying?
Wouldn't it be nice - The Beach Boys

Favourite place?
Sexy boy - Air

What do you think of your parents?
Cotton Wool - Lamb

What's your Pornstar name?
Moondance - Kitaro

Where would you go on a first date?
Volverte a ver - Juanes

Drug of choice?
Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson

Describe yourself
Fire Dance - Armik

What is the thing i like doing most?
Moon Safari - Air

What is my state of mind like at the moment?
What do I have to do? - Kylie

How will I die?
Children of the Revolution - T-Rex

No cheating...I pass it to YOU!

Girl Holla

Another hit for sure!
A little Britneyish
Discovered last night on a karaoke date - Gwen's Hollaback Girl is the only song I can sing (because it involves no singing whatsoever)

the big C

please go here (oh but not if you are highly offended by the c word in a totally innocent situation)
i know the english translations here in tokyo are sometimes laughable but this, well this has got me feeling giddy.

from above

Send me an angel
Send me an angel
Right now
Right now
You'd be surprised how many songs there are about angels
Go on do a search
This angel had a birthday...sitting pretty at 28

tokyo design

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a productive, inspirational and very cool day out in tokyo