Tag Archives: Japan

“Now a narrative is a story, not logic, nor ethics, nor philosophy.”

“Now a narrative is a story, not logic, nor ethics, nor philosophy. It is a dream you keep having, whether you realize it or not. Just as surely as you breathe, you go on ceaselessly dreaming your story. And in … Continue reading

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Are you guilty of tsundoku

The Japanese word tsundoku means buying books and letting them pile up unread. The word dates back to the very beginning of modern Japan, the Meiji era (1868–1912) and has its origins in a pun. Tsundoku, which literally means reading pile, is … Continue reading

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アリスに聞いてみよう

In our never ending quest to bring you all known editions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland here’s アリスに聞いてみよう. Here’s  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, a Japanese edition illustrated by Maki Sasaki / text in Japanese, 205-page hardback with jacket, 5.25 … Continue reading

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Tokyo Night Light

I am absolutely fascinated by projection mapping technology. So, of course, I need to share this new project where Panasonic illuminates the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku, Japan using the world’s largest permanent projection mapping display and a series live animations. … Continue reading

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Coffee Stories

Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages know that I am passionate about both travel and coffee. So, I fell bigtime for the wonderful blog project called Coffee Receipt Stories. Four years ago, Japan-based Odding Wang was sitting in a cafe, … Continue reading

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Tokyo Midnight

I know very little about manga culture, but I was suitably impressed by this 19-minute live-action masterpiece, titled Midnight, which is based on a 1986 manga series by Osamu Tezuka, affectionately known as the Godfather of Manga. The entire project was … Continue reading

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How it was done

Regular visitors to this blog will be well aware that the entire crew here at Travel Between The Pages world HQ have great admiration for Japanese woodblock printing. We especially enjoy the well known style called ukiyo-e. I recently stumbled … Continue reading

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Paris Syndrome

This weekend my wife and I watched a very disappointing film which was primary set in Paris at Christmas time. The only thing that it had going for it was the romance of Paris all aglow with holiday lights. And … Continue reading

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omnium-gatherum

Using survey data, responses from community boards & city council members, and over 37,000 responses from NYC residents, a team at the NY Times has made a detailed map of the 350+ distinct neighborhoods in NYC. This map shows the 50 … Continue reading

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Further Beyond the Great Wave

After completing yesterday’s post on Japanese Edo period artist Katsushika Hokusai, I learned that the ukiyo-e woodblock print that I featured from the Museum of Fine Art Boston exhibition was part of a series of artworks based on a long … Continue reading

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