Tokyo
Legend has it that in Tokyo always snows at least once every year, and since weather data began being collected in 1876 this has been confirmed true. Three years ago it almost didn’t snow but eventually it snowed during 20 minutes at the end of March. Today, starting at 9:00 pm, snow has started to [...]
Three weeks ago we moved into a brand new building. I was lucky and was placed in the 11th floor where we have some fabulous views of Mount Fuji, making dusks a joyful experience. This is the time of the year with the best visibility to see Mount Fuji from Tokyo (October, November, December, January [...]
A couple of months ago I had to wait for a while at the entrance of Yoyogi park and had the opportunity to take some pictures and videos of the Tokyo Rockabilly Club in action. They have been gathering at the entrance of Yoyogi since the 70′s practically every Sunday and they spend the day [...]
Yebisu Garden Place is a “micro-city” like Roppongi Hills or Tokyo Midtown but much smaller. Ebisu is a neighbourhood in Tokyo that emerged around the first big beer factory of the manufacturer Japan Beer (known today as Sapporo). In 1890 Japan Beer launched a beer that was called Yebisu (archaic written form of Ebisu), which [...]
Stopping by at the Sony building is something usual if you visit Ginza. Some years ago it was more fun because you could play with some Aibos that were on display. Anyway the visit is still interesting, the coolest thing you can find now are XEL-1 screens. In the first floor you can usually find [...]
I love this video arranged and with original music by Joan Jiménez showing images from last summer in Tokyo. Reality is the contrast between what we have inside and what exists outside. I invite you to a shared trip to Tokyo where I put eyes and music and you all put the sensations… Switch off [...]
My friend Ignacio is forced to go back to Spain after almost one year living here in Tokyo. He is leaving because of the crisis, he had a place here in Tokyo but he does not have it anymore. One of the things I don’t like about living in Tokyo is that most of the [...]
Hanami means in Japanese “to see flowers”, “to enjoy flower viewing”. It is a very important tradition celebrated when trees blossom. The most important hanami of the year starts this week in Tokyo with the blossom of sakura trees (Japanese cherry trees). The first time I saw sakura blossomed trees it was four years ago [...]
