Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
My plans for Thursday fell through so I was left looking for something to do…The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum? Tokyo National Museum? Assorted shrines and temples? But then something in this week’s Metropolis Magazine events listing caught my eye: the Museum of Modern Art’s National Film Center is showing showing classic monster films! Sure enough, the…
“I’m pretty good at staying entertained. Mostly, I like to hang out at a bar I know conveniently located in my backyard.” — Under the Tuscan Sun So Chris is deployed, for anyone who didn’t know. I, like many others before me, am practicing a specific skill set in his absence: bartending! When we were…
For some reason Tokyo’s Kabuki-za Theater is advertising this month as the last time to see kabuki in Japan’s “largest and most important” kabuki theater. Why this is the case is unclear. “Do you think it’s open on a Monday?” I asked Chris when he had the good idea to go. Many museums and Ueno…
The Legend of Enoshima Once upon a time, a bad dragon with five heads settled in the bottomless swamp among the mountains of Fukasawa, Kamakura and tormented the people. They called this place ‘Koshigoe’ and feared the dragon because he would steal their children. For many days, dense clouds enveloped on the sea in front…
I (this is Chris) flew to the Sea of Japan (or the East China Sea, depending on your nationality) in honor of my first guest post….but not really. Above Photo: Mount Fuji from five or six thousand feet up. Above Photo: Our first glimpse of the Sea of Japan as we fly through the mountains….
Or be whoever else you want! Hello Kitty, Ompanwan (bottom left—Japanese kids LOVE him), Thomas the Train…all fair game! Part of the mame maki fun was getting to wear a scary mask, so I’m not sure if these are a holiday-specific derivative of that, or if they’re just part of general festivity. Either way, so…
Ah, the Japanese fine art of flower arranging. There are Ikebana classes nearby a couple times a month and I went for the first time this week. These cherry blossom stalks just appeared at local florists and featured in our lovely arrangements. The teacher encouraged us to return because each class is different, using whatever…
