Category: architecture
T-Site, Daikanyama 代官山, Tokyo
We spent almost half a day in Daikanyama 代官山, most of the time in the Tsutaya bookstore蔦屋書店. For Chris who has been photographing bookstores (for example, Livraria Cultura in Sao Paulo, Alexandra in Budapest etc.), this Tsutaya branch is a temple for worshipping. In a perfect world, all bookshops near me would be like this. Opened in…
Sengan-en 仙巌園, Kagoshima 鹿児島
After visiting Lake Fudoika, we came down the Kirishima mountains by taxi and came to this garden in the afternoon. Sengan-en 仙巌園, is a Japanese garden attached to a former Shimazu 島津氏 clan residence in Kagoshima 鹿児島. Together with the adjacent Shōko Shūseikan, it forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site that focus on Meiji’s industrial…
Cafeteria at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Venice
A short break at the La Biennale Giardini site (56th International Art Exhibition), near the shop, we found this cafeteria. We were, by that time in late afternoon, quite tired from all the walking and gawking. It was a welcoming sight even it looked totally chaotic at first. While the patrons and their snacks and coffees were discernible,…
Grand Canal, Venice, part 2
This is part 2 of 5 of the Grand Canal series where we share photos taken on our vaporetto rides on the canal. For Part 1, click here. Music … One end of the canal starts near Piazza San Marco and the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (one with the domes, see photo below). The photo…