Jizo Bosatsu
Wall of Jizō Bosatsu statues, in Kamakura Buddhist temple Kaikōzan Jishōin Hase-dera. Jizō, or Ojizō-sama as he is respectfully known, is one of the most loved of all Japanese divinities....
View ArticleProject Diva 2
Recently I got myself a copy of Project Diva 2, SEGA psp music game featuring Vocaloid software super star idol Hatsune Miku. The game has been released in Japan few weeks ago, at the end of July. I...
View ArticleMisaka Biri Biri
Breaking a bit the chain of Japan articles from my trip in July, even if I still got a lot to share, with some figure shots! Been a while tehee~ ^^; So here is Misaka Mikoto, one of the series’...
View ArticleLonely Prayer
While visiting 上野公園 (Ueno Kōen), a spacious public park located in the Ueno district of Taito-ku, in Tokyo, I spotted this sanctuary, a bit isolated from the main path. I don’t really know its purpose,...
View ArticleRow of Torii
A torii (鳥居 lit. bird perch) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the sacred to the profane....
View ArticleA Day in Tokyo 4
Here is the continuation of our trip in Japan, with this time a day spent in Taito-ku, one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo. This was certainly one of the most exhausting day, as it was terribly hot...
View ArticleReflection
While walking along the Sumidagawa, near Asakusa district, we happened to spot this funny and completely unexpected view of the Tokyo Sky Tree reflection in the golden building of Asahi breweries...
View ArticleSeena Kanon
Last weekend I visited friends in Provence, another beautiful region in France, but a bit far from my home town. And since summer is at its height, we decided to go and enjoy the Mediterranean coast....
View ArticleKamakura
While sorting the photos I took during my trip in Japan, and especially those from Kyoto, I realized I still had a bunch of pictures of Tokyo’s region waiting to be uploaded. So before switching to...
View ArticleMascot
I have been dreaming up of a mascot for my beloved blog for a while now, but never took the time to properly think about it, until recently. Few weeks ago, I brought up this idea to great artist and...
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