There are very few things in life I enjoy more than going to an art store. And Tokyo is *the* place for amazing art stores — each one distinct with its own personality. Not gonna lie. I want to visit all of them but it would take days so before arriving in Japan, I whittled…
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21_21 design sight (tokyo)
I didn’t really know about 21_21 Design Sight before visiting it. I learnt that the building was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando and the museum was created by Ando and fashion designer, Issey Miyaki. The building is at the edge of a quiet park where families stroll and children play on the grass. The…
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japan – day 28
Like so many others, I love Haruki Murakami’s writing. One of his books I read this year was The Wind Up Bird Chronicles (1997) . Murakami has this way of drawing the reader in – and before you know it, you’re 93 pages into his characters’ lives. He describes simple things – a man boiling…
japan – day 27
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo is an amazing space. A huge structure of metal and glass – it’s beautifully bright and airy on the inside. I’d like to share some of the pieces I saw which resonated with me. From the MOT Collection, “Walking, Traveling, Moving―From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present”….
japan – day 26
This time around, we’re staying in a Muji Hotel in Tokyo. Muji started as a simple brand. According to my friend, Mujirushi means “no brand”. It initially started as a way to offer products to customers at affordable prices. Over the years, the “no brand” brand became just that. A brand. And now there’s Muji…
japan – day 25
Our Airbnb in Takamatsu is not within walking distance to any restaurant or supermarket. We drive to a supermarket about 6 miles away and buy whatever pre-cooked food we could find. Nothing is printed in English so we wander around with the aid of Google Translate trying to figure out what was in each package….
japan – day 4
Tokyo has a significant number of museums. Today we’re off to the Nezu Museum which I later discover is listed by Condé Nast and a few others as one of the top museums to see in Tokyo. Luckily, one of us has had the foresight (not me) to get tickets in advance because not only…
japan – day 3
I’m an early riser and I always wake up ravenous. I don’t love going out to look for food especially when cafes here seem to come alive long after I’m awake so we had breakfast downstairs. Not a traditional Japanese breakfast – I know. A rainy day today. My first order of business is to…