Saturday 18 March 2017

Snow mountain (Nozawa Onsen), Hattifnatt and beginning of spring

Today felt like spring. But I wont be surprise if tomorrow it goes back to freezing cold. It's the perfect time for a quick update in picture











Over the snow covered rooftops

Oldest Bathhouse in town

The ceiling was very interesting

since there was no one I manage to take a picture

  
Travelling by Shinkansen brought back good memories

Back in Tokyo discovered this cute place in Kichijoji

All the doors were super small

Love the Moomins, the Hattifnatt not so much

Saturday 14 January 2017

If you ever go to Jiufen ...

I was really looking forward to visit Jiufen during my trip to Taiwan. I have seen so many pictures of the place and of course I wanted to see the place that was used in Spirited Away.

But I have to say the highlight of my trip to Jiufen and to Taiwan in general was stumbling on the small and cozy photography gallery of PACO.

It was still early for the lights to come on, so a little detour woudnt hurt, and thats how I came across the gallery. It was like stepping into another world, a place I read a lot about, music playing in the background, black and white framed pictures on the wall - it was the perfect setting.

Paco is not only a photographer but also an illustrator. His works have a lot of life to them, actually the whole gallery is a living and breathing place.

If you are ever in Jiufen, drop by Paco's photograhy gallery and go through his amazing work.




Sunday 8 January 2017

Happy New Year 2017

Beautiful view of Fuji san from the plane

Taipei 101

Longshan Temple


The public library



Elite bookstore

Spirited Away

Teapot Mountain  the ying yang sea

Jifuen

Jifuen - Spirited Away

Night view of Taipei from Elephant Mountain