The Adachi Museum of Art in the Snow
The garden at the Adachi Museum of Art, which an American garden magazine picks as the best garden in the world every year, is said to look its finest after a snowfall, so this winter I made up my mind and wen…
The garden at the Adachi Museum of Art, which an American garden magazine picks as the best garden in the world every year, is said to look its finest after a snowfall, so this winter I made up my mind and wen…
In Japan, lots of shops sell something called fukubukuro at the start of the year, which you could translate as “lucky bags.” They stuff a paper bag with all kinds of things and sell it for around …
Todaiji I was dying to know what the Great Buddha inside would look like. The walk in… The Nio guardian at the entrance It’s one of those giant guardian figures I’d seen so often in manga…
Even though it isn’t far from Osaka, for some reason I’d never been to Nara until now. I wasn’t all that interested, to be honest. This time I got the chance to look around. Seeing it in pers…
Kotoin’s garden isn’t big, but it shows off everything that makes a cozy little Japanese garden what it is. The study and the rooms are lovely too, but I didn’t take separate photos of them. …
Just like last year, I went to autumn Kyoto again this year. This time I was with a friend who’d come to visit Osaka, and I wasn’t feeling great either, so there wasn’t time to get around to …
I’d been waiting years for the unibody MacBook -_- It finally came out on the 15th, but money was tight, so in a desperate bid to save a few coins I waited for it to go on sale at Bic Camera, where you g…
Katsunuma in Yamanashi Prefecture is famous as the home of a cluster of well-known wineries that show up in Oishinbo and The Drops of God. I’d been waiting since spring for October, when the grape harves…
I heard there was a Vermeer exhibition in Ueno, so I went. I’d been laid up with a high fever for a few days and was in terrible shape, the sky was overcast like it might rain any minute, and on top of t…
Meiji Jingu in Harajuku is a famous tourist spot – and it’s not even far from the station – but I only got around to visiting today. It takes less than an hour to walk around, and I’ve …
I went to Karuizawa to catch autumn a little early. I had a feeling this autumn would slip by before I had a chance to enjoy it. It took exactly an hour from home. I had no idea the Shinkansen was this fast. T…
Nezu is a neighborhood behind Ueno Park. I’d heard there was a great udon place there, so I went on a Monday, only to find that every single shop in the area closes on Mondays. Just like how all the shop…