The great "Potato-Octopus Battle" of the Meiji period. Some more info at No-Sword and this blog.

An interesting artist by the name of Itadani Ryu, who I came across in the gift shop of the New National Art Center, Tokyo. Particularly like the following piece called "Things That I Like, Hope You Like it Too."


A few of the things I even have in my apartment at the moment:

There's a new website called hitotoki (in English "a single moment") thats described as "a narrative map of Tokyo." Haven't looked at it much yet, but it seems interesting. Lots of personal stories concerning moments tied to specific places in Tokyo.