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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...