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• New faces down on the farm

  Whether it’s in a country field or on a high-rise rooftop, the self-sufficiency benefits of farming are inspiring more Japanese to till the soil.

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• Moisturize me

  As face-drying winter winds approach, Bandai and Fancl come to the rescue with a portable skin analyzer.

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• Kidrobots on the block at Tokyo Designers Week

  For Tokyo Designers Week, customized Kidrobot figurines go up for auction, with proceeds going to CARE.

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• An artsy Octoberfest weekend in Tokyo

  This may be Tokyo Design Week, but there are a number of interesting art events worth your time as well.

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• A peek inside an otaku’s inner sanctum

  Imperial otaku Danny Choo invited geek homies to show off their inner sanctums and it all comes together for a worldwide room-viewing in “Otacool.”

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• Ka-ching and bling for Hello Kitty at 35

  The queen of kawaii, Hello Kitty, celebrates her 35th birthday this year with global events, new products and a bit of bling.

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• A mouthful of tech marketing

  All the big players in personal computing have landed in Japan to do battle, using conventional and unusual tactics. Who will come out on top?

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• Moving portraiture by Julian Opie

  If you see the influence of Japanese art, both traditional and contemporary, in the work of Julian Opie, showing at Scai Bathhouse till Nov. 14, you’ve got a good eye.

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• Transformers down to desktop proportions

  To coincide with the release of “Transformers Revenge” on DVD in December, we get mice and USB which, of course, are actually robots in disguise.

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• Bento packaged for the global spotlight

  Boxed lunches have been around for centuries in Japan, but now the rest of the world is seeing the beauty and economic good sense of bento.

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