If the Japanese calendar is dominated by meaningful celebrations, old graceful rituals and respected traditions, there are also a few moments in the year when heavily marketed events take the power. Typically: Valentine day, Christmas, and Halloween....

August in Tokyo : wet, steaming hot, buzzing with insects, exhausting. Let's try to forget all this by hitting a matsuri : a Japanese local festival boasting bright colors, yukata, and - oh surprise - tons of food. There are firework matsuri, omikoshi...

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...