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22 décembre 2014

Two days before Christmas

In the mood for some winter magic? Caretta Shiodome is always a good address for  Christmas illuminations. This year, I found it particularly beautiful. Welcome to a blue frozen landscape you can enjoy for free - just make sure to come during weekdays if you don't especially appreciate crowd movements, it can packed as morning subway during weekends. 

 Enchanting, isn't it?

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11 décembre 2014

Blue Christmas

Blue Cave in Nakameguro : the must-see illumination this winter.There are posters about it, everybody talks about it ; so I had to go and see by myself. Welcome to a place out of time.

Meguro river

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7 décembre 2014

Merry Christmas from Disneyland Tokyo

When in Rome, do as the Romans do; when in Japan, go to Disneyland for Christmas. For some reason, Christmas in Japan has a romantic aura and for some other reason, Disneyland is THE romantic place to be for Christmas. Following this logic, Christmas is the perfect time to go to Disneyland Tokyo. And if you go by a rainy weekday after 6pm, it's even not crowdy. So let it snow !

In the mood for Christmas

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Have a little green man for dessert

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Admire Cinderella's castle... again and again

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There's no age limit for bedtime stories.

3 décembre 2014

December on

Can you imagine the milky way so close you could touch it ? This is the concept of this fascinating free exhibition set in Spiral Hall Aoyama and sponsored by a watch brand. Hundreds of golden coins glittering in the night. What could be better to start December ?

Christmas in the air

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30 novembre 2014

Pure gold made trees

Gingkos are back this autumn, blonder and brighter than ever ! I love them even more than the red momiji. I can't imagine anything more joyful than their yellow leaves on pure blue sky. They warm up the city, bringing light at every corner.

Icho-namiki, Gaienmae

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November in Japan is the best season ever.

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29 novembre 2014

Dye and die

When you stay for a long time in Japan, you understand why the philosophy of this country can be summarized as "let it die in all its glory". This is a civilization of paper, not stone. Joy, relationship, love, life : let it die in all its glory. Something difficult for a Westerner raised in the thinking of "don't ever let it die, whatever it takes". But when you have seen the fall of sakura in April, and the flaming red leaves in November, so you start to understand. All things die eventually. You can try to stop it but you will fail. Or you could stop trying and contemplate the glorious end of things, too.

New contemplation - at Yoyogi Park

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24 novembre 2014

THE GLORIOUS THIRTIES

Thirty years old in the best age.

When you were twenty, you were ignorant and insecure. You didn't know the first thing about yourself and what could possibly make you happy. You were stuck in wrong relationship, spending way too much energy on unimportant things, and forbidding yourself to dream big. You were pennyless and lost, but pretending to be strong. Youth is not this golden age the media massively say it is.

So you made your way through the tricky 20's and here you stand, in your glorious 30's. You're achieving your dreams. Or you just realized that some dreams were not worth coming true. You gave up the funny idea to try to make people around happy; now you prefer thinking that you need to make yourself happy first, and that people who really care about you will be happy to see you happy. You still cry sometimes but now you know that there's no need to pretend : you are strong and victorious, whatever it seems to be.

Growing old is a privilege many people couldn't and still can't afford. It's not given to everyone to learn about yourself, to finally appreciate yourself, to be thanksful to live a real life. There is no better reason to celebrate.

We are the 30's (just a few pictures)

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The birthday girls

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Our amazing guests in black-and-white

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Let's be passionately 30 years old. Let's make the next 30 years the most extraordinary. Let's be 30 years old for all the people who couldn't.

1 novembre 2014

The Last Queen - Halloween 2014

Rentrée de Paris trop tard dans la journée, pas de temps pour aller me promener dans Tokyo... et c'est dommage car la capitale japinoise se donne à fond le soir d'Halloween, et il y a du spectacle. Enfin, j'ai quand même pu m'adooner à un de mes passe-temps favoris - le déguisement - en me grimant à l'image de Marie-Antoinette pleurant des larmes de sang. Not easy to be a queen these days...

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25 octobre 2014

Have a break in Lisbon

Sometimes your friends get married. And sometimes you decide that the best way to celebrate a bachelorett party is to fly to Lisbon. Mid-october and it felt like summer on the beach at Cascais. People were smiling, the old town was elegant, food was delicious, and three days were definitely not enough. Lisbon, the new place to go!

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Rossio Square

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Lisbon tramways

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Jeronimo Monastery

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Belem Tower

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Fernando Pessoa statue

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Cascais beach

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Lisbon from the highs

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Lisbon from Baixa

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Must-try food: Portuguese Cod

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Sardines

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Fresh fruits

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And the most reputated treat in town: pasteis de Belem

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Now you know where to spend your next european holidays !

6 octobre 2014

Don't trust your eyes

Sometimes typhoon strikes Tokyo and all you can do is staying at home, or trying to make your way to the Museum. This one, located in Odaiba, is the "Trick Art Meikyukan", dedicated to visual illusion in general and trompe l'oeil in particular. The point is to play with the background to get the more realistic picture - and it's not so easy, actually, but very funny.

Big kid playing in the Edo village

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Ninja attack !

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Japanese ghost stories

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Jaws

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King-kong

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And finally, more friendly animals

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There's no age to have fun with trick art!

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