Wish I were here now!

Friday, 11 December 2009
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Some old photos from my past trips. All nice and sunny, beachy! It's been raining all day in Tokyo it's freezing, I really wish I were somewhere nice and warm right now :(
Well I'm going to have a hot umeshu now, it should make me warm. Remember the homemade umeshu I posted about in June? I'm having it now, almost everynight ;)

Oh and the Paper balloon giveaway will end tomorrow, so if you haven't entered yet please do!
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Love books.

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Top: One of my favourite bookstores in Tokyo -TSUTAYA TOKYO ROPPONGI, on Keyakizaka St in Roppongi Hills, one of not-so-many bookstores where you can browse around while having a cup of coffee. Good selection of books on art/design/arichitecture/children's/magazines (japanese and foreign).

Bottom: The library at the Great Britain Museum in London. (I think that's where I took this photo, I may be wrong.)

And this is where I want to go! The Stockholm City Library by Erik Gunnar Asplund. Seen in plus81 Voyage Scandinavian issue which I have been reading over and over! Has anyone been there?
Image from plus81

P.S. The Paper Balloon Giveaway ends tomorrow (Friday)!!
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Japan seen through Wim Wenders eyes.

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Wim Wenders is one of my favourite film directors. He's German and apparently he loves Japan, he loves Yasujiro Ozu. "Journey to Onomichi" was the title of a photography exhibition Wenders had in Tokyo back in 2006 showing what he and his wife photographed in and around Onomichi in 2005.

Onomichi is a small fishing town in west Japan where "Tokyo Story" was filmed - a masterpiece of Ozu from 1953. (Yes if you've seen the film, that is where the parents lived.) Ozu admirer Wenders took a journey from Tokyo to Onomichi and took all the photographs while staying there for one week. And this book "Journey to Onomichi" just came out recently and it's super! You feel a little bit of Ozu and quite bit of Wenders' world in this whole book I never seem to get bored looking at it over and over!

Now this makes me want to see "Tokyo Story" again (I first saw it when I was about 21 and my friends made faces, he's not pupular among young Japanese people I think he's more appreciated outside Japan), must find where I put the dvd. Also do check out "Tokyo-Ga" filmed by Wenders in 1985 as a tribute to Ozu if you're interested.

　
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Kami-Fusen/Paper Balloon GIVEAWAY!

Saturday, 5 December 2009
A box full of Kami-Fusen arrived last night and I got so excited! Kami-Fusen is the Japanese Paper Balloon which has been a popular playing stuff for children in Japan (or maybe not so these days) and the traditonal balloons have been around for almost 90 years. There aren't so many manufacturers left in Japan today but I hope they will keep making them.

Anyway, yes as it says "GIVEAWAY" in the title I am going to have a "Paper Balloon Giveaway" to thank my lovely blog readers for all this time I've been around here since I started this blog in March. Many people have mentioned my blog and also my shop I started in July in their blogs and that has been super wonderful. I actually started both my blog and shop from a very sudden impulse but without your help and heartful comments I don't think I could've kept them going until now!

So I am going to give out one balloon (or one set of balloons) of your choice plus some surprise gift picked from my shop. There will be three winners and they will be picked randomely. To enter this giveaway please leave a comment and say which balloon you would like AND Follow my store blog OR mention about this giveaway in your blog! If you don't have a link to your email address in the blogger profile, please also leave your email address.

Available balloons are:
1. Temari Fun Set (3 balloons and a paper whistle, seen in the second picture)
2. Strawberry
3. Star&Bell Set (3 small balloons, picture #4)
4. Sakura Set (2 balloons, picture#5)
5. Ladybird Pair (2 balloons with an envelope, picture #6)
6. White Bird (left in the last picture)
7. Hanabi/Fireworks (set of 3 balloons, middle in the last picture)
8. Fugu/balloonfish (it's a big one, right in the last picture)

I will add all of these to my shop too, hopefully soon and you will be able to see the details of each balloon. (All added now!!)

GIVEAWAY ENDS 12PM (tokyo time) ON FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER!
NOW GOING TILL SATURDAY EVENING!! (22pm tokyo time!)


well, i hope more than 3 people will enter, fingers crossed! ;p
have a fun weekend!
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Hello December.

Wednesday, 2 December 2009
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I can't believe it's already December, I've been complaining that it's so cold but actually it has been strangely warm for December days in Tokyo. Tokyo's symbol tree ginkgo are now all golden yellow and the leaves are starting to fall it's really beautiful. I took some photos of them today but it will be a while before I finish the roll of film so I picked these photos I took some winters back for the start of a new month. I hope you are all having a great start of December!
Osanbashi International Passenger Terminal, Yokohama.

P.S. Alice has just returned from Japan. Check out Quaint Living for gorgeous Japan photographs!
　
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