by joostay
Walking the streets: remembering the red light district of the old Edo era.
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: asia, beautiful, beauty, blog, dancing, design, festival, geisha, ikimasho, japan, japanese, justin egli, matsuri, photography, street, tokyo, travel, village
by joostay
In Japanese, hana (花) means flower and fubuki (吹雪) means snow storm. So, hanafubuki literally means ‘flower snow storm’ – or more commonly, ‘cherry blossom blizzard’. It happens once a year when the sakura petals begin to fall. Right now, hanafubuki has begun in Tokyo. I walked from my house in Shimokitazawa down to the river at Naka-meguro and the trees were snowing sakura all the way. ❤ Like IKIMASHO! on Facebook
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: animals, beautiful, blog, cherry blossoms, cute, festival, ikimasho, japan, justin egli, photography, pink, rabbit, sakura, spring, tokyo
by joostay
Beneath a sacred volcano lies a simpler way of life soaked in tradition The Balinese believe that Mount Agung is a replica of Mount Meru – the sacred Hindu mountain considered to be the central axis of the universe. Mythical tales tell of it being 672,000 miles high – with the sun and the all planets of the Solar System revolving around it as one single unit. It’s the be-all and end-all of everything. The centre of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes. In short, a […]
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: backpacking, bali, beautiful, coast, indonesia, nusa lembongan, nusa penida, se asia, seaweed farming, south east asia, sunset
