Patrick Macias

Episode 181 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast is live! This time, @mattalt.bsky.social and I go to Nakano, #Tokyo, for an incredible auction of #Godzilla goods, only to run afoul of #Japan’s beer cartel! Listen now at www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...

Japan's terrifying mannequin sitcom OH! Mikey is getting a screening and exhibition at SPACE PART 3 by PARCO in Shibuya starting November 3. Fan-favorite episodes will be shown, while the exhibit will feature actual mannequins from the series. Visitors also receive a Mikey mask!

In Japan, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi was best known for directing the hit TV drama School Wars. The opening is a must watch for all the right reasons. www.youtube.com/watch?v=30nr...

Is this the Singularity?

1990s sci-fi action pics ZEIRAM and ZEIRAM 2 are getting a special screening event on 11/29 at Shin Bungeiza in Ikebukuro, #Tokyo, celebrating the original film’s 35th anniversary. Organizers are promising new merch and other surprises.

The latest episode of the Pure Tokyoscope podcast is here! Join @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I for a preview of the upcoming Godzilla auction at Mandarake: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...

RIP Ryu Murakami

Read up on REX www.tokyoscope.blog/p/japans-rex...

Hot new looks for fall

when will things get back to normal?

Episode 180 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast is live! This time, @mattalt.bsky.social and I discuss Shibuya’s latest war on Halloween, Toys “R” Us’ unlikely partnership with Don Quijote, and my recent whirlwind trip to the UK! Listen to the full episode now at: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...

Goodbye "bad Halloween," hello the unholy fusion of Don Quixote and Toys R Us, on the latest episode of the Pure Tokyoscope podcast with @patrickmacias.bsky.social and myself! www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...

Episode 180 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast is live! This time, @mattalt.bsky.social and I discuss Shibuya’s latest war on Halloween, Toys “R” Us’ unlikely partnership with Don Quijote, and my recent whirlwind trip to the UK! Listen to the full episode now at: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...

BEAMS BOY is teaming up with Licca-chan for a special doll celebrating BEAMS’ 50th anniversary. The ¥19,800 set gives Licca-chan an American Casual look with a striped shirt and denim overalls, plus miniature pieces from assorted brands. Need @wdavidmarx.bsky.social to tell me if the fit is legit

A pop-up in Shibuya is using generative AI to turn visitors into “Heisei gyaru.” Created with fashion magazine egg, the ¥600 photo booth offers surf gal, ganguro, egg gal, and hime gal styles, then turns your photo into a decorated magazine-cover-style image. Open through October 19.

The FELISSIMO x Meiji collaboration is throwing down some hot (chocolate) new looks for Fall. www.felissimo.co.jp/collect/mcho...

Since there aren’t any curated lists of Japanese psychic videos and fake documentaries on letterboxd, I’ve decided to offer up my own (wip) catalog of recommendations. boxd.it/XMLrQ

Weird giant Tom Cruise memorial wall at a movie theater in #Japan. Did he die recently or something

@declouxj.bsky.social u got the hookup for this fan edit?

Do you think they'll ever be a proper psychological diagnosis for "people who think Digger is a masterpiece just because no one want to see it"?

Happy birthday to Hiroyuki Sanada of Message From Space fame! He's 66.

Fishbone meets #Godzilla (looks like 1984 based on the suit).

I remember liking Blade Runner as a kid but wishing it was about constipated looking people sleepwalking through various Instagram filters

There's a Ginga Legend Weed pop-up shop happening now in Shibuya

Happy birthday to Chiaki Kuriyama (she turned 42 today...)

No Graffiti... except

Hoping everyone stays safe out there

Hard new looks for fall

When is it gonna stop

Own This Look

The Noriyoshi Ohrai painted poster for the Japanese relase of Return of the Jedi recently sold for 50000JPY at Mandarake (about $315USD)

The dream always starts the same way

It time

Tag yourself. I'm Gorgo.

Shibuya is stepping up Halloween lockdown again this year under the catchy new slogan “GOODBYE BAD HALLOWEEN.” Measures include 185 private security staff, a request for 62 nearby stores to suspend alcohol sales, traffic controls, Hachiko being covered, and expanded anti-litter patrols.

We all need a little bit of Osamu Tezuka hawking strollers with a baby Astro Boy