World Runway Premiere Impressions

Last Sunday, the Singapore Indoor Stadium played host to the World Runway Premiere. The event, the first of its kind in here, was helmed by none other than the creator of the world famous Tokyo Girls Collection. Stylists from around the world were invited to take part in a fashion battle, with Singapore as their arena. We were there to cover this historic moment.
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World Runway Premiere

It has been in the whispers for almost 3 years that Tokyo Girl’s Collection (TGC), one of the world’s most acclaimed fashion events would be making its way to local shores.

After a long wait, the first ever World Runway, an original new festival created by TGC founder Jake F.R will be launched in Singapore this weekend. The folks at Supermerlion were invited yesterday for a sneak peak of what to expect for this premiere event, details inside.
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Bandung September 2011 Day 3 & 4

It’s was my third day in Indonesia and starting to make sense of this foreign land. While some things took longer to discover, others were definitely more apparent. Had kind of figured by yesterday that this was one of those countries that didn’t use toilet paper, since the only place that did have any was our hotel. Instead, a shower was provided in most cubicles, which arguably might even be better.
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Bandung September 2011 Day 2

Breakfast was provided by the hotel, so the second day in Bandung began with an intercontinental styled buffet meal at the restaurant in the hotel lobby. Today was going to be another day of meetings and business stuff.
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Bandung September 2011 Day 1

To explain the apparent lack of updates of late, the better part of this week was spent traveling over to Indonesia for a business trip in Bandung. While most of the days were spent bouncing between the hotel room and office, I had the chance to sample some of the local sights and cuisine of this small city.
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AKB48 Cafe Appearance

Members from AKB48 were back in town last weekend for their 4th Stage performance in Singapore on Saturday. The following day, three of the local fan favorites stayed around to to make another appearance at the AKB48 Cafe Singapore. New changes were made to the event to keep things exciting and fresh.
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Natsu Matsuri 2011 @ Singapore

Natsu Matsuri (夏まつり, Summer Festival) is a yearly festival celebrated by Japanese during the summer season. Thus every time this year, Changi Primary School, a Japanese based school, along with JCS  (Japan Cultural Society) organizes this Natsu Matsuri event in Singapore.
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Kipi Interview

Last weekend, members from the media got to sit down again with Kipi, for a short interview session at the 2011 Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention. We posed some (hopefully) interesting questions to the popular Japanese cosplayer, the full details, below.
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Kishida Mel Interview

One of the representatives this side of the globe for this years Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention was Japanese illustrator Kishida Mel. The artist is known for his soft pastel color drawings and is best known for his work on the Atelier series of video games by Gust. We had the chance last weekend to sit down with this talented artist at STGCC 2011.
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STGCC 2011 Impressions

The Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention returns again for its 4th year this weekend, bringing with it a wonderful clash of east and western sub-culture obsessions. The folks from Supermerlion visited the halls of Suntec City to experience what is probably this year’s most nostalgic convention.
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STGCC 2011 Media Preview

It’s that time of the year again where comic and designer toy enthusiasts can look forward to seeing their favorite obsessions in the spotlight. The Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention (STGCC) returns this weekend at the Suntec City Convention Center. Yesterday, members from the press and other media were invited to preview some of this year’s key highlights.
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AKB48 Cafe Special Visit

While Singapore will have to wait until the 27th of August for the next concert, AKB48 continue to keep fan spirits high with yet another special cafe visit last Sunday. Three members of the popular pop idol group, Kuramochi Asuka, Sato Sumire and Yamauchi Suzuran met and entertained fans, some of whom had flown in to especially for this event at the AKB48 Singapore Cafe.
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Osaka Shinsekai

Every bit of Shinsekai exudes nostalgia. But calling this old Osakan neighborhood preserved wouldn’t be quite appropriate. Most travel books would keep mum about this best forgotten town, as Shinsekai is particularly notable among locals for being Japan’s largest and seediest slum town.
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