Tanabata is a popular celebration in Japan which is, in modern times, held on the the first weekend of July. Also known as wish festival, Tanabata is derived from the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi (七夕 “The Night of Sevens”)．
It celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). According to legend, the Milky Way, [...]
Categories: Asia, Festival, Japan
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- July 6, 2010 – 7:34 pm
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- By jesslee
Last Sunday, April 18th, Soleil Provence, together with 260 volunteers, celebrated Earth Day with it’s 2nd Beach Clean-up in Kugenuma Beach, Fujisawa. The clean-up started at 11:00am and ended at 1:30pm.
The volunteers were formed into groups and were scattered along Kugenuma beach. In this photo, Enoshima is seen in the background.
Categories: Japan, Project, Volunteering
Tagged: beach, clean-up, environment, fujisawa, green, kaigan, kanagawa, kugenuma
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- April 22, 2010 – 2:09 pm
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- By jesslee
Last week, I spent an hour shooting around Shinagawa station after getting my engineer visa renewed for another year in Japan. The station was not too crowded (well, it wasn’t in the rush hours), but still, you can see a lot of people mostly in suits, rushing towards to, and away from the station.
This is [...]
Categories: Japan, Streets
Tagged: black-and-white, Japan, shinagawa, street, tokyo
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- April 15, 2010 – 1:37 am
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- By jesslee
Hanami is a Japanese tradition of enjoying the view of flowers especially the sakura or cherry blossoms during spring season. The word ‘hanami’ is almost synonymous to outdoor picnicking or partying.
(Hanami was first used as a term analogous to cherry blossom viewing in the Heian era novel Tale of Genji. Whilst a wisteria viewing party [...]
Categories: Feature, Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: flower, hanami, Japan, sakura, season, spring, tokyo
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- April 13, 2010 – 1:36 am
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- By jesslee
“The parade of the white balloon people!”
Last weekend at the Roppongi Art Night, I’ve witnessed an amazing dream-like street performance by Compagnie des Quidams. The whole act is called “Rêve d’Herbert“, which means “Herbert’s Dream“.
“The slim, human-like shadow-beings, wander around the streets seeking out light. In the quiet of night, these figures gesture to [...]
Categories: Exhibition, Feature, Japan
Tagged: art, Japan, reve d'herbert, roppongi, tokyo
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- March 30, 2010 – 12:32 am
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- By jesslee
