by joostay
Takao-san is the world’s busiest mountain. 2.6 million people climbed its slopes in 2011 alone, and last weekend it felt like every single one of them was there – shuffling along, taking pictures and eating carefully prepared bentos under the fall…
Categories: Travel: Inside Japan
by joostay
Okay, Okay… I’m sorry you had to see that picture. But what’s done is done and you can’t unsee it so dry your eyes. I guess I should explain what it is. Basically it’s a mouse whose stomach has exploded as a result of a flesh eating parasite. Fe…
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Bizarre/Unique, Uncategorized
by joostay
Japanese people love their seasons. The whole country goes absolutely batshit over the cherry blossoms in spring, and there’s almost the same intensity when it comes to Autumn. News channels painstakingly chart the changing of the leaves, while vi…
Categories: Tokyo Days, Uncategorized
by joostay
The Art Scene in Tokyo is absolutely incredible. This month alone sees both David Lynch and Makoto Aida getting their own mind-blowing retrospectives, while Edvard Munch’s Scream goes on display at the MoMA. To top it all off, Trans Arts Tokyo has…
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Uncategorized
by joostay
I remember the Saturdays I used to spend back home in N. Ireland. It would involve quiet afternoon ciders in the pub, maybe a frame of snooker and pretty much that was it. ‘Low key’ doesn’t even begin to describe it, and I wasn’t happy. Of course …
Categories: Tokyo Days, Uncategorized
by joostay
“This ain’t no glitzy Tokyo Halloween party. This will be an experience unlike any other. An abandoned hospital on the edge of Shinjuku. Prepare to be locked in ’til dawn.” An all-night rave in an abandoned hospital in Tokyo? Shit the bed, what a …
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Bizarre/Unique, Uncategorized
