Monthly Archives: November 2009

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shinto (in the rain)

26 Nov Filed under japan, kyoto, places. No comments.
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kyoto, its station, and the mighty atom

24 Nov Filed under architecture, japan, kyoto, places. No comments.
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claska

24 Nov Filed under architecture, design, japan, kyoto. No comments.

the claska is newly refur­bished but pre­serves the vaguely 60s — 70s retro pas­tiche of its orig­i­nal con­cep­tion. it’s a lot of fun to stay here. a very quirky place, with ‘Mr Dog’ the dog salon on the ground floor. a dj play­ing elec­tro funk mixes in … Read More →

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shinjuku, tokyo

22 Nov Filed under architecture, japan, places, tokyo. No comments.

 

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kyoto

18 Nov Filed under architecture, design, japan, kyoto, places. No comments.

the screen is a delight­ful place to stay in kyoto. the staff are beau­ti­ful in every sense, very for­eigner user-friendly, and sit­u­ated in a quirky lit­tle shi-shi antique shop street. nearby is bikkuri donki — sur­prise don­key. is the don­key sur­prised? is the don­key a sur­prise? do … Read More →

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kyoto

18 Nov Filed under japan, kyoto, places. No comments.
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kyoto: koke dera

18 Nov Filed under japan, kyoto, places. No comments.
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tokyo days:one

1 Nov Filed under architecture, japan, places, tokyo. No comments.

the road to hell is paved with good inten­tions as my mum used to say. the inten­tion here was to upload a selec­tion of pic­tures from tokyo day by day. well, i didn’t. ok? but look for news on the front page