texture / テクスチャー
by joostay
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: art, blog, ikimasho, japan, photography, space, tokyo, urban
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Tsuyoshi Hisakado / Quantize
by joostay
“The flowing river never stops and yet the water never stays the same.” – Kamo no Chomei (12th Century Buddhist Poet) Born in Kyoto in 1981, Tsuyoshi Hisakado completed an M.F.A. at the Department of Sculpture of Kyoto University of Arts in 2007. He formed the artist group SHINCHICA in 2002 while he was in university, taking charge of sound and installation. From this background, the two elements ‘sound’ and ‘sculpture’ are the main features in Hisakado’s art creation. I was recently invited […]
Categories: Art Music & Culture • Tags: art, blog, culture, ikimasho, japan, ota fine arts, quantize, sonic, sound, sound installation, tokyo, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, wako fine arts
IKIMASHO! x MAXIM WOLZYN: MUSIC TO WATCH TRAINS BY
by joostay
Exploring the connection between music and train travel Living and working in Tokyo, I spend an ungodly amount of time on the train. For me, music and train travel go hand in hand – and like thousands of others, my headphones are an almost permanent extension of my body. Put simply, listening to music is an enjoyable way to pass the time. But at times it can go far beyond this. Sometimes a track you are listening to fits so […]
Categories: Art Music & Culture, YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: acid, asia, beats, blog, ceephax, dub techno, electronica, garage, grime, ikimasho, intercity express, japan, japanese, MAXIM WOLZYN, squarepusher, submerse, svs records, techno, tokyo, tunes
Becoming a kindergarten teacher in Japan
by joostay
Love it or hate it. Please read this before applying for a kindergarten job in Japan. Between monitoring stats, comments and emails, one of the most popular topics it seems for people who stumble across this site is information on how to become a kindergarten teacher in Japan and what it entails. So I thought I’d write a bunch of stuff here to give people an idea of what my life’s like on a daily basis. I really like my […]
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: asia, backpacking, blog, career, culture, english, ikimasho, japan, japanese, job, kindergarten, se asia, teaching, tefl, tokyo
Fiona Tan / Photo Works
by joostay
The mundane is beautiful. See Tokyo in a new light through the private lives of others. Fiona Tan was born in 1966 in Pekan Baru, Indonesia, to a Chinese-Indonesian father and an Australian mother. Now living in Holland having studied in both Amsterdam and Hamburg, her works are known for contesting and underlining cultural identity. With such a rich cultural history herself, it’s no surprise that an in-depth exploration of identity has always been at the forefront of her artistic career. The main focus […]
Categories: Art Music & Culture • Tags: art, children, exhibition, fiona tan, japan, life, new, nostalgia, old, photography, tokyo, wako works art
VENETIAN SNARES IN TOKYO
by joostay
Traditional temples & modular synths. Venetian Snares in Tokyo. Way back in February I had Venetian Snares guest on Ikimasho! – picking some of his favourite YouTube videos for me. I took the chance to hang out with Aaron last time he was here in Tokyo – checking out a couple of shrines, as well as the Five G synth shop my mate Haru works at in Harajuku. Arigato. Ikimasho! If you’re in Tokyo – and are into synths or electronic music […]
Categories: Art Music & Culture, YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: Aaron Funk, breakcore, electronica, Five G, Five G Music Technology, harajuku, japan, modular synths, synths, taico club, tokyo, venetian snares
Please adore me
by joostay
Wanna be famous? Then get up there and sing for the men who want you. You may or may not remember a post I did about a year ago about AKB48 – the Japanese idol girl group that made international headlines when one of its members, Minami Minegishi, shaved her head and apologised to fans in a video posted online. What horrific crime had she committed? Well, she had been caught spending a night with her boyfriend. The incident sparked […]
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Bizarre/Unique, Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: akb48, alleyways, asia, bizarre, blog, culture, fame, gotokuji, japan, otaku, tokyo
IKIMASHO! YOUTUBE SESSIONS: JOSHUA EUSTIS (TELEFON TEL AVIV)
by joostay
Joshua Eustis shares the dark secrets of his new album – as well as his love for Japan. Joshua Eustis – continuing half of Telefon Tel Aviv and recent member of Nine Inch Nails – is back: this time, releasing his most personal work to date under a new moniker, Sons of Magdalene. Started in 2007, this is a project unquestionably influenced by death, pain, suffering – but with a subtle beauty that ultimately prevails. I asked him about his new album, what he thinks about Japan – […]
Categories: Art Music & Culture, YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: blog, can't won't don't want to, drone, electro, electronica, ikimasho, japan, JOSHUA EUSTIS, move to pain, music, nin, nine inch nails, sons of magdalene, synth, synth pop, telefon tel aviv, tokyo
A soundtrack to Mitake
by joostay
I went to Mitake with a camera and some music. This is what I saw and heard. Ikimasho! Mitake-san is a sacred mountain in the far reaches of western Tokyo. From Shinjuku catch the JR Chuo line Tachikawa and change to the JR Ome line towards Okutama. (90 minutes / 920yen). From Mitake Station catch the Nishi Tokyo Bus to Cable Shita (ケーブル下) bus stop. Buses leave at least once or twice an hour and cost 270yen for the 10 minute […]
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: beauty, blog, Chichibu Tama National Park, hiking, ikimasho, japan, mitake, nature, okutama, tamagawa, tokyo, Zen
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