KANAZAWA – THE COOL MUSEUM
as i was saying, today i’ll focus on the art in the 21st century contemporary art museum. the permanent collection includes a series of unexpected pieces: the swimming pool by leandro erlich, the green bridge by patrick blanc, the man who measures the clouds by jan fabre, the origin of the world by anish kapoor, etc. the temporary...
KANAZAWA – LUNCH AT THE MUSEUM
in kanazawa, my main target was the 21st century museum of contemporary art by sanaa. it was my second time, but the visit was much better, perhaps due to larger crowds and more exhibitions. but i will leave the art part for tomorrow and cover the food part today! fusion21 is the museum’s cafe-restaurant, introduced by...
SAKURA CRAZE
you must have heard about the utmost importance the japanese give to the cherry blossom season. there is an annual forecast. sakura viewing tours. the blue plastic sheets of the hanami parties littering the parks nation-wide are prepared. but there`s also an inflation of sakura-related products on sale: sakura jelly, sakura frappucino, sakura muffins and...
HOT CABBAGE
the newest japanese trend in street flowers is decorative cabbage. the name is habotan and there are two versions of it: green and violet. how do you like this cute vegetable? PS: on my way home from the airport i noticed that bucharest is totally up to date on this: the city center is planted...
GRILL YOUR OWN LAMB
in beautiful otaru, hokkaido, after having little to eat for the day, apart from steam cake (an amazing fluffy, moist cake i only found in sapporo) and a tiny boxed meal that came from a machine and included a square of chicken and about 7 fries, we were trailing the town for a place to have our dinner. we...
BACK HOME
a few days ago, we were on our way to tokyo via nagoya when a friend called and said that she was flying back from tokyo to romania, at least for a while, as it was no longer safe. we checked the internets and decided to try and change our finnair tickets. 2 minutes later,...
JAPAN UPDATE
these past days, we have been sticking to our plan: going south. we are in a nagasaki ryokan now. most likely, we`ll get back to tokyo in a couple of days. we`ve been trying to reach a conclusion regarding the rest of the trip but there`s a never ending flow of information, it`s quite difficult to consider...
SUSHI, SAKURA AND EARTHQUAKES
i got the full japan package! we were having lunch in nara when i felt the seat beneath me doing a rather slow and lasting zig zag. it felt like i was dizzy but it wasn’t over soon…nobody else in the restaurant seemed to mind or notice. we finished our meal and left. in the...
GOLD ICECREAM
kanazawa is famous for its gold leaf craft. but i wouldn`t have expected this: gold leaf soft serve have we have not been stuffed after lunch at the museum, i would have tried this royal treat… what do you think of this!?
LOVE AT FIRST RIDE – HAYABUSA SHINKANSEN
by chance, a few days ago, we got to be on the first ride of the new shinkansen, hayabusa.
MARGIELA STORE IN TOKYO
this is for all the mmm fans out there! i checked it out last year. it’s in omotesando, one of the hot spots of high fashion in tokyo. they had the tabi shoes, of course, as well as the wrinkled paper boots and the no name perfume. click here for more pix and info!
TRAVEL THE WORLD SURFING ONE COUCH AT THE TIME
lately, i have had an unusual high level of communication activity in my inbox: i’m trying to get couches (well, futons) for me and my two friends all over japan. it’s been no small feat since the japanese dwelling is famously small and since the japanese don’t really have the cultural thing of inviting people over. still,...
