My last day in Tokyo and I realised I’d almost forgotten about this place! I would have hated myself if I’d missed it because not only is 21_21 Design Sight an incredibly beautiful building, but the exhibition that’s currently running, KOME The Art of Rice, is truly one of the …
Japan 2014
What a day, what a park. Seemed as if everyone was out in the spring sunshine today. I took advantage of the good weather, got myself a pain au chocolate, tea and a tub of yoghurt and did breakfast under a cherry blossom tree…the Sakura are looking magnificent at Gyoen. …
Tadao Ando is a legendary Japanese architect, someone Lateral Paul has spoken to me about for years, literally. So to see the International Children’s Library (and thanks to Shingo for taking me there) was a major design and creative moment for me. Located within Ueno Park in Tokyo, the International …
If you’re going to do a spot of serious shopping, parting with your precious plastic to score top end brands you feel you cannot live without, then do it properly and lose yourself somewhere where your surroundings are so beautiful that you won’t feel the pain. These places exist in …
Our good friend Shingo took me to see breathtaking buildings today, designed by some of Japan’s foremost architects. St Mary’s Cathedral in Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (Metro stop is Edogawabashi), was our first stop, and it’s all I expected- spectacular. Before it was flattened in a WWll air raid in 1945, …
I had such limited time but simply knew I had to do Hiroshima – firstly I realised it was something I could not omit from my trip to JP, without a doubt it would be an exceptional memorable experience; secondly, via Kyoto the journey via bullet train is 1 hour …