+ You have just over a week to catch the Naoto Fukasawa-produced "Chocolate" exhibition at the 21_21 Design Sight in Roppongi (until July 29). See over 30 creatives get down and dirty with visions of chocolate.

+ The Japanese edition of Esquire magazine doesn't usually deal with design much, but the latest issue (Vol. 21, No. 8) features a look at how traditional crafts are being updated and renewed within the field of design.

+ In terms of stylish interiors, no one has probably contributed more to the city than designer Masamichi Katayama (Wonderwall), and now he's blogging, in English, for Hiroshi Fujiwara's Honeyee.com site. JS