Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 28

北野天満宮 - Kitano Tenmangu shrine in full bloom, 14/03/2012

Can you see these hands with cameras? Of course you can. Welcome to flower-viewing in Japan...
Every time I'm taking a picture against the sun and achieve wonderful effects by complete accident and sheer luck, I hear my father's voice: never directly in the sun, you'll overexpose the film...



The white flowers smell the most delightfully, in my opinion!
This 狛犬, komainu, shrine guardian dog, looks very content indeed!
The dusk, as usual falling far too quickly here, compared to Europe...

Wednesday, September 21

What is it? これはなに?

Ever bought something and had no idea what it was? Never? Welcome to Japan, where even the knowledge of kana, kanji and grammar can still left you wondering what the heck is that thing you bought today :-) 

I would describe it as totally phenomenological experience (for the first time ever in my life using my Philosophy degree for something :-) ). The point of this game, kore-wa nani (what is it) is to simply erase your mind and try to embrace the object itself. You know nothing of it, but try to figure out what it can be :-) If you know - please don't spoil the fun for others.The answers will be posted in the same post every Sunday :-)


Can it be:

a/ Halloween inspired rose incense sticks;
b/ Japanese Halloween pick-a-stick game;
c/ pink Halloween chopsticks for kids;
d/ strawberry-flavoured Halloween sweets;
e/ berry-flavoured mosquito-killing incense sticks;
f/ Japanese pink crayons;
g/ girls hair ornaments for Halloween.

Good luck with guessing!
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d/ strawberry-flavoured Halloween sweets.
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