weekend - Noemi Noemi

13 septembre 2016

Shikinejima perfection

Pure shores and transparent waters, only three hours from Tokyo by speed boat... Welcome to Shikinejima! So beautiful and clean... The perfect week-end spot! Blue, blue and blue Open-air onsen

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Tags: japanese, colors, tokyo, holidays, sea, green, nature, weekend, beach, beautiful, bliss, blue sky

16 mai 2015

Art of Green - Nezu Museum Garden

There is nothing like Japanese gardens to make you worship the beauty of nature. "You know, it is a beautiful Japanese dream" said Vincent van Gogh to his brother, talking about his project of painting purple irises. At Nezu Museum, irises are blooming,...

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Tags: japanese, colors, garden, tokyo, holidays, Omotesando, light, spring, beauty, green, nature, weekend, Nezu Museum, iris

6 mai 2015

What does the fox says ? - Nezu Jinja

Welcome to Nezu jinja, a peaceful shrine located in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo - peaceful except when azaleas are blossoming ! Like Nezu, many shrines in Japan are dedicated to Inari, a deity of harvest and prosperity. In most of them, you will find stone foxes...

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Tags: japan, tokyo, holidays, spring, beauty, weekend, flowers, shrine, nezu, azaleas, greens, tsutsuji

6 mars 2015

Spring is back

Every year, before the sakura decadence, elegant plum tree flowers blossom at every street corner in various shades of pink. You even don't need to go to the park, for the plum trees are everywhere in private gardens and small local yards. Let me introduce...

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Tags: japan, tokyo, spring, street, sky, pink, weekend, sun, flowers, suginamiku

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...

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Tags: art, japan, tokyo, fun, museum, weekend, odaiba, trick, trick art, illusion, reality, trompe l'oeil

4 octobre 2014

Another day in DisneySea Tokyo

It's not the first time, and it won't be the last. DisneySea Tokyo is the "mature", "elegant" and "romantic" twin park of DisneyLand Tokyo (according to Japanese criteria). Difficult for me to agree with the "mature" atmosphere when Mickey Mouse and Donald...

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Tags: japanese, tokyo, holidays, fun, disney, friends, weekend, tourism, bigkid, disneysea, kid

11 mars 2014

My Little Weekend Box

YES. Exactly. We're in March, sweet sunshine and fresh rain clouds are competing for the sky, and this girl wants to enjoy her WEEK-ENDS at the park in Tokyo. With pure strings, swallows, daffodils and these cute leopard print glasses by My Little Box...

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Tags: Paris, holidays, fun, beauty, surprise, weekend, box, shopping, my little box, parisienne

23 septembre 2013

Climbing Mount Mitake

After the sea, the mountain! Mount Mitake is a 929 meters high mountain located 90 minutes away by train from Tokyo, and a great playground for the city rats. The perfect week-end deal when you are looking for fresh air and green landscape. Take your...

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Tags: japan, tokyo, holidays, friends, green, mountain, nature, weekend, walk, fresh, hiking, mitake-san, mount mitake, oxygen

5 août 2013

Eastern Great Blue - Sky Tree

In Tokyo, I am a Western girl in two different ways : as a European, and as a Shinagawa-ku resident. Meguro, Ebisu, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Den-en-chofu, Ookayama, Futago-Tamagawa, Jiyugaoka, Asagaya, Ogikubo, Eifukucho are my usual playgrounds. Tokyo East...

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Tags: tokyo, yummy, sea, asakusa, summer, penfriend, peace, river, sky, weekend, blue, east, sky tree, unagi

30 juin 2013

Sunday in Yokohama

Living in Tokyo is far better than many people think : no, there is not only concrete and glass everywhere around; yes, Tokyo is full of trees, parks, garden, and even woods. No, the whole city is not noisy with roaring cars and crying trains ; business...

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Tags: colors, tokyo, Yokohama, light, love, peace, weekend, space, chinatown, freedom