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Saturday, 14 January 2012

I love the winter light and shadows.

I had the pleasure of meeting up with lovely Maria who was in Tokyo last week (I will post about our wonderful day soon) and I could finally have the copy of frankie in my hand, the issue my interview is in, which Maria so kindly brought from Australia via Germany for me! I had seen what it looks like from the screen shots from Jannese and snap shots from Ebo-chan (who is largely featured in the same issue!) which two lovely ladies both so sweetly sent for me, but it is again really nice to actually see the copy :)

The 3 images that has me in them are taken by Aron from Make it Easy which he took from our bike riding adventure back in October. Thank you so much Aron for letting me use your photographs for this interview!!!

P.S. I didn't realise this was my first post in 2012!! oops! I hope you all had a wonderful start to the new year and wish you all the best for 2012! I really hope this year will be without fear and sorrow but so much more laughter and happiness for all of us around the globe.

xoxo

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arigatou 2011

Friday, 30 December 2011

Getting ready for welcoming the New Year to arrive, which is the most important event in Japan, I feel so grateful that I can do all these things like I have always done (even the crazy part like doing the exhausting last minute New Year shopping!). 2011 has been the most difficult year for us in Japan, and when looking back the past year it can never be done without thinking about what happened in and since March 11. I can not say how grateful I am for many of you who kindly sent me the warmest wishes and words of encouragements through this blog and emails which meant A LOT to me, and for all the tremendous support we received from all over the world for Japan. I thank you so very much and hope that you will all have a wonderful start to the 2012, that happy warm light will keep coming through the window of each of your heart and to the world :)

みなさま今年も本当にありがとう。
どうぞよいお年をお迎えください。

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Casa Gilardi

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Another house, the last house Luis Barragán designed "Casa Gilardi" is also in Mexico City and although the Gilardi family are actually living in this house they let you see inside (partially) by appointments. The famous dining room with an indoor pool was quite amazing finally seeing in real life. There is a huge jacaranda tree in the courtyard where one of the walls is painted in the exact same colour of the jacaranda flowers. I imagined how beautiful it would be when jacaranda is all in full bloom. I must go back to see this city for the jacaranda season, all the streets lined with jacaranda trees must be so dreamy just like our sakura!

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Casa Luis Barragán

Monday, 26 December 2011

I'm continuing posts from my trip to Mexico wanting to finish up soon but I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas if you celebrate it. Here in Japan it's not really what it must be like in the rest of the world, generally it's not so important but just very commercial once you have grown up....

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Well, the biggest reason I had always wanted to go to Mexico is Luis Barragán, a Pritzker-prize winning architect and one of my very favourite architects in the world. Casa Barragán, designated a world heritage site by UNESCO, was designed by Barragán for himself in Mexico City in 1948 and is where he spent the last part of his life. I had seen so many photos of his house from a couple of exhibitions held in Tokyo and from books that I knew what each room would look like, it had long been my dream to go visit his house to see and feel the space, light and what is all there, so when I stepped into this house, into each room, my heart went fast with excitements! I would highly recommend visiting Casa Luis Barragán if you ever go to Mexico City. Seriously, I do.

Unfortunately no photographs were allowed inside so I could only take of the exterior which is kept very simple that it is hard to imagine what is like inside, so here are the images of the interior all cortesey of Luis Barragan Foundation via Casa Luis Barragán.