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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Danielle Demetriou</title>
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		<title>A welcome sign: Tantrums may be on the way out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baby signs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every parent is all too familiar with The Tantrum. The screaming, the flailing arms, the angry head butting — and the timing (normally in the most inconvenient public place possible). ]]></description>
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		<title>Closely knit friends in Daikanyama</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting at a low wooden table with a group of Japanese mothers discussing the pros and cons of different knitting stitches. In my hands are the embarrassingly uneven beginnings of a turquoise scarf that I am hoping will become the first-ever knitted item among the many I&#8217;ve started that I will actually manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let your babies get loud at karaoke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[karaoke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday evening in Shibuya. The sun is setting, the neon is flashing and the crowds are swelling. And so with beginning-of-the-weekend fever in the air, it is perhaps little surprise that Madonna is already blaring in one karaoke room on the second floor of a building near the station. It may not yet be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bubbles, music and paint as babies learn to create</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Creators]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For a moment, I wonder if I&#8217;ve accidentally strayed onto the set of a children&#8217;s TV programme. Center stage are three grown men in matching T-shirts singing at the top of their voices in a Technicolor-bright toy-filled room more dazzling than Joseph&#8217;s dreamcoat. Beneath a sparkly disco ball, one man is strumming a guitar, another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s lots of tasty, messy fun when babies bake</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The master chefs are hard at work: slicing bananas, whisking a sticky mixture in a bowl, squeezing piped cream across a cake.]]></description>
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		<title>Loewe goes punk with Junya Watanabe collaboration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 15:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comme des Garçon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Junya Watanabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loewe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[She is a textbook-perfect bad girl &#8212; from her raw-edged purple mullet, scarlet lips and snarling scowl to the black leather jacket, ripped leggings and studded boots. But the model stomping across the runway carries something in her hand that gives the game away. It may display an edgy patchwork motif, but its form and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watching moms get funky can get babies into the groove</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Together]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My baby is staring at me in shock. This may be something to do with the fact that I am hopping in a circle on one leg, shaking a ring of jingly bells in each hand and singing nonsensical sounds. This is admittedly not normal behavior for me. But I have a good excuse for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belly-dancing, the perfect way to tone that post-baby body</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[belly-dancing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One is an activity that conjures up images of exotic beauties, swishing silks, aromatic teas and balmy starlit skies. The other involves nursery rhymes, nappy changes and nocturnal awakenings of the most unglamorous variety. &#8220;Belly-dancing&#8221; and &#8220;motherhood&#8221; might at first sight seem as suitable a union as pneumatic drills and sleeping babies. Or so I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion that makes art more accessible</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[eachxother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is a sartorial surprise of the most poetic variety. Robert Montgomery — artist, writer, fashion collaborator — turns around, slips off his coat and flips up the collar of his crisp white shirt.]]></description>
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		<title>Yi Zhou: From the screen to the canvas of garments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shanghai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yi Zhou]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hollowness&#8221; is not a word that often springs to mind in the context of a luxury fashion item. For the Shanghai-based multimedia artist Yi Zhou, however, this was the starting point for her Each x Other fashion collection. Inspired by a 3-D animation she created highlighting the rise of the virtual over the tangible, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babies at the cinema need not be a recipe for disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/06/lifestyle/babies-at-the-cinema-need-not-be-a-recipe-for-disaster/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=babies-at-the-cinema-need-not-be-a-recipe-for-disaster</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theaters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kiko Blossom is sitting in a red velvet cinema seat next to a handsome young man. A box of popcorn lies between them and their eyes widen in anticipation as the opening credits of the latest James Bond movie begin to roll. Such a scene may bring to mind the start of a classic cinema [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kate Spade Saturday chooses Tokyo for its first flagship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Spade Saturday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New York label Kate Spade, long famous for its trademark high-end handbags and accessories, launches a new lifestyle brand in its biggest non-U.S. market.]]></description>
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		<title>Acne Studios opens house in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are two cities separated by more than 8,000 km. But despite the geographical distance, a little piece of Stockholm arrived last week in Tokyo &#8212; in the form of Asia&#8217;s first Acne store. The cult Swedish brand, famous for its high-quality jeans and edgy designs, unveiled its shiny new flagship in a two-story building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being in the doghouse is not always a bad thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mio Yamada  and Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Kosuth, an American artist famous for conceptual, text-centric works, just put one of his good friends &#8212; Joni Waka &#8212; in the doghouse. Joni didn&#8217;t do anything to upset Kosuth. Quite the contrary. &#8220;The Dog House&#8221; is Joni&#8217;s new home. It is also a public art installation, designed by Kosuth as a thank-you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signed, sealed and delivered: Paul Smith&#8217;s stamp collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[His creations are more commonly found paraded on fashion catwalks or on hangers in boutiques around the world. However, the British designer Sir Paul Smith is not a man to be confined by genre, as reflected in his latest creative endeavor &#8212; a collection of stamps. A series of seven stamps have been designed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dover Street Market Ginza: a bazaar concept</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Twisting white poles. Wooden tree sculptures. Metal cages. Giant insects. And yes, an elephant. This may not sound like the standard decor of a fashion shop, particularly in the upmarket Ginza district of Tokyo. But Dover Street Market, the concept store created by Comme des Garcons, has never been bound by convention. This month, Dover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tsutaya&#8217;s newest media center suits silver market to a T</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dressed to impress Tokyo&#8217;s art crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A life-size bucking brown horse, pieced together from old leather jackets. A loom operated by a Noah&#8217;s Ark collection of polar bears, birds and other beasts. A fashion boutique till that scans barcodes to create a cacophony of musical sounds. Hearing the words &#8220;fashion&#8221; and &#8220;exhibition&#8221; in the same sentence often conjures images of mannequins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PS: &#8216;I love Japan.&#8217; And Japan loves Paul Smith, it seems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Massage away the blues with sensory therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pot of tea brews next to a bowl of fruit on the kitchen table. Three flying porcelain ducks hang on the wall. A pile of books sits on the shelf. And somewhere in the distance, the sound of bird song mingles with the chime of church bells. Warm, rustic and welcoming, there are few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marc Jacobs&#8217; flagship sets Tokyo aglow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deftly dodging a stream of cars, taxis and bicycles, Stephan Jaklitsch stands in the middle of a narrow road in Tokyo&#8217;s Aoyama district. In less than 24 hours, the architect will &#8220;unwrap&#8221; the paper covering the glass walls of the building before him to reveal his latest creation &#8212; Tokyo&#8217;s new Marc Jacobs flagship store. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern design aesthetics enhance traditional Kyoto</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gray corridors, strip lighting, scratched desks and bland canteens: Schools are not generally renowned for the finesse of their decor. With a universal motto of &#8220;function over design&#8221; classrooms have never been renowned for their beauty and style. So it is perhaps a surprise to learn of a new venture in Kyoto &#8212; a boutique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good news for the blues: Tokyo Designers Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget green. Once the only color on the creative minds of the world &#8212; from fashion and product design to architecture and packaging &#8212; its dominance may soon be usurped. Today, Tokyo Designers Week, one of the biggest events in the capital&#8217;s creative calendar, kicks off with promises of not only a bigger, better fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immersed in epic visions of nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is as epic as it is arresting. With a gentle whirr, thousands of white feathers are blown into the air in a vast clear space where they proceed to toss and tumble like snowflakes. The man-made snowstorm is the opening work in a new exhibition that tackles a subject over which poets, philosophers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boltanski&#8217;s hearts don&#8217;t skip a beat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few places more remote. I wander along an overgrown path humming with birds and lined with rice fields before finding myself in front of a house on a small beach. As if on cue, a woman with a blank face and a clinical white coat appears at the door and leads me silently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Royal Ballet pictured in style</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ballerina stands lightly en pointe in a monochrome photograph, feet arched to perfection and a hand stretched toward the sky. Another dancer mid-arabesque raises her back leg gracefully. A third is frozen leaping through the air with legs stretched into a perfect straight line. But scattered among the tutus, pink ballet shoes, and classical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why cook food when it is better for you raw?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, the Boutenkos were a family in crisis. Mother Victoria was overweight and depressed. Her husband, Sergei, had arthritis. Their teenage son was battling diabetes, while their daughter suffered from asthma. Fast-forward to 2010, and the Boutenko family is virtually unrecognizable: All four have been cured of their ailments and their family portrait [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Taylor Deupree: Unseen&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NADiff ClosesApril 25 Forget a diary with words. Instead, picture a cloudless sky, an empty street and a snow-filled forest. A year in the life of American artist Taylor Deupree is displayed in a new exhibition at NADiff in Ebisu, with one Polaroid snap taken every day throughout 2008. Twelve rows of photographs captured with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The colorful visions of a perpetual tourist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beneath a hazy moon, a party is in full swing at a mountainside terrace overlooking the endless twinkling lights of a city that may or may not be Los Angeles. Barbecues are glowing, music is playing and bottles are emptying. But revelers are not clad in their usual hip attire: Instead, they have been transformed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motherly love, both romantic and vulgar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A naked mother radiates maternal happiness as she beams at the camera with her peachy-skinned wide-eyed baby clasped to her chest. Nearby, piercing blue eyes and oddly elongated ears frame a face attached to a wooden body with women&#8217;s breasts and a solitary truncated hand hovering by its side. The monochrome photography of Nobuyoshi Araki [...]]]></description>
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