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Category Archives: Tourism
Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower
Les Trente-Six Vues de la Tour Eiffel is a book that contains 36 lithographs by Henri Rivière printed in 1902. These lithographs reflect the social, political, and artistic changes that had occurred in Paris by the end of the nineteenth … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Europe, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Hokusai, Japaonisme, lithography, Paris, woodblock prints
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Whitey’s on the Moon (almost)
The possibly legit startup Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU), which may or may not have any relationship to the Russian intelligence agency GRU, has launched a website to take reservations for a hotel on the moon. Take a beat though because the … Continue reading
Sounds like Japan
The Sound of Japan transported me directly to my happy place. Captured in the mountains and cities of Japan, this film blends immersive visuals with an original soundtrack, composed of sounds recorded on location by musician Jackson Fester. An audio-visual exploration … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Film, Photography, Tourism
Tagged Japan, Japan tourism, travel video
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sentimental souvenirs of the past
“I remembered once, in Japan, having been to see the Gold Pavilion Temple in Kyoto and being mildly surprised at quite how well it had weathered the passage of time since it was first built in the fourteenth century. I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Asia, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Douglas Adams, Japan, Kyoto
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Paris 1970
I recently learned about an amateur photography contest called ‘C’était Paris en 1970’ (‘This Was Paris in 1970’), whose roughly fourteen thousand participants produced seventy thousand black-and-white prints and thirty thousand color slides of the capital in the midst of … Continue reading
So you’re going to New York City
Book lovers and bibliophiles who are heading to New York City this year will have an embarrassment of choices when it comes to special exhibitions at some of the city’s premier institutions. The Morgan Library & Museum‘s Come Together: 3,000 Years … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Grolier Club, Morgan Library & Museum, New York City, New York Historical
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Definitely not, but actually maybe
It has been suggested to me that the frequency of my posts about Japan is somehow indicative of a recently identified syndrome called 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗣𝗝𝗗). To be honest, I’ve had a history of similar responses over the years to … Continue reading
Where in the world
I recently spotted the photo above on a random book blog. There was no attribution nor indication where or when the photograph was taken. However, I had the uncanny notion that at some unknown point in time I had actually … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Photography, Tourism
Tagged Amersfoort, Netherlands, Photography
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Book Making
If you are a regular visitor to Travel Between The Pages, you will be well aware that I am enamored with books. I have been a bibliophile since I picked up my first book. By this I mean that I … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Film, Photography, Restaurants, Tourism, Writing
Tagged coffee house, Japan, kissa, Publishing and Printing
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“If you don’t like a place, maybe you don’t know enough about it”
As I have previously mentioned, the always popular American travel writer is one of my personal heroes. Many years ago I had the good luck to have run into Rick when our paths crossed in Italy and we got to … Continue reading
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