KANAZAWA – part 2
Fortunately, my second day in Kanazawa was sunny. I visited the Arts and Crafts Museum, the Kanazawa Castle Park and the very well-groomed Kenrokuen park. In the afternoon, I left to Kyoto. My host’s English sucked so I was worried. When I arrived at the meeting point, he was not there. I waited for a...
KANAZAWA – part 1
The first day in Kanazawa was rainy. Really rainy and reaaaally depressing. The sakura, which had just peaked the previous weekend, was literally going down the drain. I bought the clear plastic umbrellas all the locals were using. Also, I visited the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art that brought me to town in the...
OTARU
i left sapporo and spent the day in otaru, a tiny coast town in hokkaido. i visited the aquarium where i made friends with a walrus bull. can’t explain it but we had an undeniably strong connection. he was coming to watch me through the glass just like i watched him. he had a wife...
SAPPORO
I arrived in Sapporo station at 6 am. I was still asleep but excitement got the best of me. I had talked to my host to meet up at a metro station next to his place, later on, so I visited Nijo, the tiny fish market. Hairy crab was in season. Yummy! After dropping off...
KONICHIWA, BITCHES! :)
ever since i was a kid, i’ve been meaning to see japan. in april 2010, i took a 22-day trip to japan. i spent the first two weeks visiting the country using the japan rail pass and the last 8 days in tokyo. i used couch surfing and also spent 5 nights in trains because...
DO YOU KEEP MOOD BOARDS?
my teenage room had a gas-formed concrete wall so all the pages torn from magazines and all the posters could be easily pinned to it. then, I had to cover the wall with furniture. when I moved to my own apartment, i realized i was missing the wallful of ideas and images and i recreated...
BOW DOWN TO THE RED-HAIRED PRIESTESS! :)
on july 22nd, i was in rome and i saw florence & the machine’s last concert from the european leg of the tour.
