I've decided to move my posts over to tumblr from blogger. It's a much more streamlined process and seems to reach a wider audience, so here goes nothin! Thank you to everyone who has been a ...
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Goldfish are a popular theme throughout summer in Japan. I've had fun collecting adorable goldfish fans, fabrics, and even foods like this beautiful summertime wagashi. It's a traditional Jap...
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Oh my dreamy dreamy dreams! I have been dying to come to Kibune and do the nagashi somen right on the river experience for years now, and we went last month for our anniversary. They buil...
The first time we lived in Japan in 2012, it was my first time spending summertime in Japan, and it was nothing short of magic. There was always something to do and somewhere to be and I ...
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On July 7th, Japan starts celebrating the Star Festival, and festivities last for around a month. The lunar calendar's August 7th is also considered a celebratory date because the Japanese ...
To celebrate our 5 years of love and marriage we decided to visit Kyoto a few weeks ago. We rode through the night on an expressbus filled with curtains like a cramped hospi...
The end of May/ beginning of June marks the start of Rainy Season in Japan. Humidity levels rise, thunderstorms become quite frequent, downpours are expected several times a week and...
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How can there be any words to describe this scenery? My first sight of the forest actually did catch my breath in my chest. Like stepping into someone else's dreamscape. So m...
A little bit ago when the weather was cooler, and it was a particularly breezy spring evening, Ryan and I went walking around our neighborhood to see new sights and get a bi...
On our last day in China, we visited the Great Wall. We were on the trip as part of a group of Ryan's coworkers, and one girl who had lived in Beijing before, planned all the itinerary deta...
A few weekends ago, Daria and her boi were visiting from Romania and we took them on a day trip to Kamakura and Enoshima. I still can't believe we didn't end up getting any ...
Still catching up on posts from China, but better late than never, and honestly my concern about my posts being 'timely' or 'current' has flown out the window, probably never...
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Sometimes (more often than not lately) I just want to let the images speak for themselves and not write anything. We spent a golden afternoon basking in blooming azelia bushes, ...
The Forbidden City was kind of just indescribable. Photos can't do it justice- the sheer scale of the place is insane and impossible to capture, and there is a labyrinth of beautiful vibran...
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Some final shots from the latest-blooming type of sakura in Tokyo. Aren't they amazing? So many balls of fluff- so many good, delicate colours. This is also my new favourite dress,...
We spent 4 days in Beijing a little bit ago- so here is the first installment of travel photos. It was such a beautiful city- So many rich colors ...
About an hour out of Tokyo, in Chiba, an area known for both farmland and industrial productivity, there are some well- known tulip fields accompanied by a windmill. You ...
I spent a whole day a little bit ago wandering around spots in Tokyo with lots of sakura trees while the first bloomers flew and fell like snow in the wind and later bloo...
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Ah Sakura Season. What a dream! It may be crowded everywhere, but the sheer amount of trees blooming around the city, and the size of some of them has been spectacular. So m...
This was a totally unexpected shoot that wasn't planned or supposed to happen, but when you're out with your camera and the light is perfect and you see the most amazing tree of you...
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Last weekend it was rainy and gloomy and a bit windy, BUT the first wave of yoshino sakura peaked. Ryan and I spent the day at Yoyogi park, first at the farmer's market, the...
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This past week the sakura has been in full bloom all throughout Tokyo and it's been both glorious and exhausting. I've had several family portraits at the buttcrack of dawn, and before...
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I've been longing for spring lately, and am feeling especially nostalgic for spring in Central Park, which was glorious. I've compiled some of my favourite images from springs spent...
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There's a shrine near my neighborhood that is tucked away in some side streets and up some stairs, and it's famous for plum blossoms. Many plum blossom trees were planted around...