japan

The Stories of Kanto

  At Kawaguchiko, Mt Fuji In Spring of this year, when I went to the foot of Mt Fuji, I stayed in a hotel run by the keeper of a Shinto shrine. We had no real common language, and had to use Google Translate to help us communicate. While I was there the weather shifted back…

Blossom again, Come spring

 “Blossom again, come spring” From my opinion, Berlin has one of the most beautiful cherry blossom views globally. Of course Berlinerisch Kirschblüten  won’t be as famous as Nippon Sakura, however,  they have a kind of vague connection between each other. The East Berlin side cherry…

Blue Stars in Tokyo

Sixteen hours of being up in the Air, with strange Airplane food, free drinks and much broken sleep at regular intervals and finally you land in Japan (Tokyo). The entire city if a forest made up of tall building where the concrete is so imposing…

Life is a Journey without a Destination – Japan (Kyoto & Nara)

When I was a teenager, I used to be influenced by Japanese pop and traditional culture a lot. Then I use this summer vacation to experience Japan properly this time, to experience those places which I dreamt about before, such as Tokyo,Shinagawa,Osaka, Kyoto and Nara…the…

From Paris to Tokyo.

   Although this humid and intense period somehow drove me insane, there are always some great things occurred to encourage me to keep going, such as the Nancy X MarcCain themed t-shirt design issued during Berlin Fashion Week this month. The theme of this shirt…

Taketori Monogatari-The tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

  Somehow the stories about the moon are always related to the female in oriental cultures, such as Chang E fly to the moon with her rabbit in Chinese culture,  the moon princess from “The tale of the bamboo cutter” in Japanese literatures. These stories inspired…

The beginning of a dream.

  During Tokyo fashion week, Smart X Jeremy Scott special wing’s car mode is displaying at Shibuya Hikarie from 17th to 23th.  Also I visualized the lovely car’s cooperation story as a manga story between Smart and Jeremy. It is a quite an interesting challenge for…

The east is Red.

   Red in the eastern culture has many different kinds of meanings. As you feel, it could be happiness, love, anger, or evil. In the horror stories, many demons in wear red to attract humans; in the sword movies, many classic roles in red to…

Dynamic and static.

   Japan has always been a country of extremes. in terms of fashion and culture this is no different. Cold and warm, dynamic and static, neat and decorated, ethnic and international, traditional and modern, eastern inner peace and western open minded . These elements mixed together became…

Mamecha and Makoto.

 Was inspired by japanese comic book “Shinya Shokudo”, I decide to write something about Japanese food. I still remember when I was walking down the road at midnight in Tokyo few years ago, the smell of ramen was warming my heart. Actually you know, Sushi…