MOOD BOARD 24
mood board 24 is the first mood board in my new apartment. i don’t know if you missed it, but i surely did! i moved to valencia at the beginning of spring. i was planning to get a new “wall” sooner but i’ve always found myself having something more urgent to do. but, 13 months...
TOP 10 KAMAKURA
top 10 kamakura is a useful tool in case you are trying to make the best of this very interesting japanese town. located at a mere 50 km away from tokyo, kamakura is one of japan’s former capitals. i believe you should allocate at least one full day to visit it. i love it and i’m certain...
TOP 10 HARAJUKU
top 10 harajuku is me giving you a personal tour of this unique tokyoite area. harajuku is geographically speaking part of shibuya. and aoyama is located in northern minato. but i believe that they deserve a post together with omotesando, as the fashion triangle of tokyo. 10. hair and nail salons. the area is known to have the highest...
TOP 10 SHIBUYA
top 10 shibuya is what i have managed to discover during my visits so far. shibuya is tokyo’s youth district, where you will find unusual street style and surprising retail outlets. go to be amazed! 10. 109 is not merely a department store but an institution in itself. there is even an 109 men. teens visit...
THRIFT SHOPPING IN TOKYO
thrift shopping in tokyo was not on my to do list but one can hardly refuse what the city has to offer when it comes to previously owned stuff. as in many other cases, the japanese have great taste and they offer exquisite service. so, even if you look down on second hand, i can...
AOMORI MUSEUM OF ART
aomori museum of art is very far away from my place. it’s nearly 10,000 kilometers away! but that didn’t really matter since i was going to japan with a japan rail pass anyway and i really, really like yoshitomo nara. the museum is a bit outside of the city but is easily reachable by bus. when...
JAPANESE SWEETS
japanese sweets is the first in a series of posts on japanese food. i will apologize for the quality of the pictures. most of them are taken in a hurry, regardless of the light. but i hope you will appreciate the documentary element of the post rather than the artistic impression. thank you for the...
JAPANESE WOOD
japanese wood is a selection of the best pictures i took of wood during my recent trip. this is going to be another one of those visual rather than text-based posts. i’ll start off with a few pieces from a little show in aomori. i was surprised to take many pictures of wood on...
JAPANESE FLOWERS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!
japanese flowers are famous around the globe for their beauty and variety. browsing through pictures of my recent trip to japan, i realized i have hundreds of pictures of flowers. it’s so easy: they are so beautiful and literally everywhere! i couldn’t choose favourites if i wanted! i have no idea if these rainbow-coloured roses...
TOWADA ART CENTER IS AMAZING!
towada art center is this unbelievable destination for the contemporary art lover. even though it’s so remote one could almost consider it a secret. but it could also be good for anybody interested in having a fun day out in the close vicinity of world class art and architecture. it was a huge, wonderful surprise for me!...
TOP 10 HIGHLIGHTS OF MY TRIP TO JAPAN
top 10 highlights of my trip include magical moments that have less to do with the what, when and where and more to do with a specific moment in time. these are the ten moments of grace that made my recent trip unforgettable.
IL VENTO IS THE COOLEST CAFE
il vento was an excellent surprise. imagine i was on a far away island in japan’s inland sea. imagine quaint burnt wood houses and lots of colourful flowers, a little marina and the quiet sea. and then imagine the least probable kind of place to have breakfast in.
