Friday, March 13, 2009

Rambles in Japan, in a thousand words...

It happened in the middle of the night, at the end of November last year. I was checking a photography book about Tokyo, from Jacob Aue Sobol and decide that it is a right time to start the project Japan 3.0.

It went perfectly, so this is an excerpt…


Garden at the Nishiyama Ryokan, Kyoto...


Along the way, Kyoto....


Picnic with crab sushi, beer and a pretty sake bottle :) and of course, rent a bike!


This was ridiculously tasteful. Zoom in...


Zoom in...


It is time for a Japanese tea ceremony…


For which… obviously, I’m expert, so, no help is needed :-)


The infamous Kyoto street...


Full with restaurants…


Okonomiyaki & Teppanyaki restaurant "Tanto"; It says "Okoshiyasu (Welcome)"


Beautiful curtain - it means "Fortune"


It says "Okoshiyasu", means "Welcome" in Kyoto dialect.


And amazing surrounding...


Maya Maxx exhibition in Kyoto museum of contemporary art...


Small Japanese garden on 5th floor...


When night is falling...


At an "Oden house" (Oden is a Japanese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku, and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth. Ingredients vary according to region and between each household. Karashi (Japanese mustard) is often used as a condiment.)

This is my first day and I’m suffering of jet lack… so rumors goes that I’ve almost falling asleep and the mistress is watching me carefully, but that’s not true ;-) Anyway, my company forgot to mark the place where the bikes were parked...


And ending up with spending a couple of hours until finding them on the next day... Happily cycling around the town :)


Infamous Japanese orchids…


Osaka kitchen utensils market selling some seriously big knifes!


Some of my best buddies are Japanese… kanojyo tachi wa shinyuu no Emi & Itsuki desu…


Japanese Izakaya in Kobe, a type of Japanese drinking establishment


Who says there is an economical crunch in Japan? Every shop is full on Sunday…

Eating some delicious sushi, the evening before the flight back to Copenhagen...


Shrimp - Flatfish - Scallop
Fulvia mutica - Brougton's arc shell - Yellowtail


Mantis Shrimp - Salmon roe - Thon gras
Crab - Squid & sour plum paste

That's All Folks.

3 comments:

jokke said...

I am seriously getting hungry now, watching all those food pics!

ana said...

great photos
I love Japan

The Idea said...

Thanks ana! Please stay tuned...