by joostay
Yeeooow! Want a copy of FRUiTS for free? I’ll send you it for a laugh.
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Bizarre/Unique, Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: competition, design, fashion, harajuku, ikimasho, japan, japanese, photography, street culture, tokyo
by joostay
セントパトリックスデイ・パレード Sunday was the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Tokyo featuring the usual oddball mish-mash of Japanese-Irish flute bands; cute dogs in clothes; terrifying leprechauns; bizarre Brazilian dancers; and green tea promoted simply because it is green. Throw in some samurai, gymnasts and a guy dressed as a Guinness can, and you have one of the world’s more curious St. Patrick’s Day Parades. Slideshow and video below.
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Bizarre/Unique, Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: blog, culture, design, dublin, ikimasho, ireland, irish, japan, japanese, justin egli, photography, saint patricks day parade 2016, st paddys, street, tokyo, urban, video
by joostay
This was the last week of the school year in Japan. One of my four-year old kids drew me this. I had previously told her mum I was from Northern Ireland, and religious/political flag squabbles aside, fair play to her for even knowing what part of the world it is in. Coming from Northern Ireland, it’s always very difficult to explain to people about my country – some don’t even know it exists. And I’m not just talking about Japanese […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: asia, blog, japan, justin egli, kindergarten, photography, TEACHER, teaching, tokyo, travel
by joostay
34,998… 34,999 … 35,000 plum blossom trees in bloom at Soga Bessho Bairin. Last Saturday I woke up early and by 8.30am was already heading west out of Tokyo towards Shimosoga – a station in northeast Odawara, Kanagawa prefecture. I was on my way to get lost in Soga Bessho Bairin, a grove of 35,000 plum trees in the inaka, Japan’s countryside. There was a small festival being held to celebrate the plum bossoms. After about an hour on the Odakyu line the […]
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo, Travel: Inside Japan • Tags: blog, design, food, ikimasho, japan, japanese, justin egli, nature, photo essay, photography, tokyo, travel, writing, Zen
by joostay
Exploring a new area with an old tradition… ❤ For the last 3-4 years I have been living in Setagaya-ku – one of the 23 wards of Tokyo. After spending a good deal of time here, I’ve become somewhat of a Setagaya snob, in that I genuinely think it’s the best place to live – my station of Shimokitazawa being low-key enough yet offering access to both Shibuya and Shinjuku in under ten minutes. The area around Shinjuku station is massive, and […]
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: asia, blog, design, fashion, festival, ikimasho, japan, justin egli, kimons, photography, tokyo, tradition, traditional, travel, writing
IKIMASHO!