Tag: photography
Portrait of a Matsuri
by joostay
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: 2014, asia, awa odori, dancing, festival, ikimasho, japan, matsuri, nakameguro, photography, streets, tokyo, travel, urban
DAVID LYNCH / TOKYO 2014
by joostay
David Lynch returns to Tokyo to showcase his most recent body of work. I’ve always been a huge David Lynch fan so I was happy to be asked to review his current exhibition here in Tokyo. A total of 22 of his recent works are now on show at the Tomio Koyoma Gallery in Shibuya, following past exhibitions in Tokyo in 2012 and 2013. You can read my full review for Tokyo Art Beat here, as well as check out some […]
Categories: Art, Music & Culture • Tags: 2014, david lynch, exhibition, hikarie, japan, japanese, lithographs, photography, shibuya, tokyo, Tomio Koyoma Gallery, woodcuts
texture / テクスチャー
by joostay
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: art, blog, ikimasho, japan, photography, space, tokyo, urban
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
Cats & Dogs: A lucky walk around Gotokuji, Tokyo
by joostay
Visiting Tokyo? The smaller suburbs are where it’s at… Despite being only four minutes by train from my neighbourhood of Shimokitazawa, I had never been to Gotokuji before. I hadn’t even heard of it – as many stations going away from Shinjuku simply aren’t on my radar. I am, however, so glad I found it. I ventured out there with my camera and was rewarded with quaint shopfronts, as well as peace, quiet – and hundreds of cats wishing me luck. […]
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: asia, blog, cats, charms, gotokuji, gotokuji temple, ikimasho, inaka, japan, lucky, odakyu, old, photography, quaint, suburbia, suburbs, tokyo, trains, urban, Zen
MONOCHROME TOKYO
by joostay
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: b&w, black and white, blog, CREATIVE, CREATIVITY, japan, monochrome, photographer, photography, photos, teaching, tokyo
Shimmer / 瞬く
by joostay
As the sun came down on Tokyo this evening the buildings turned to water. Squint and the city looks like the sea.
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: diamond fuji, japan, mount fuji, photography, sunset, tokyo, travel
IKIMASHO! 