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Posted in culture on Sep 9th, 2010
I visited Tokyo DisneySea few weeks ago. It is one the best Disney theme park in the world, mainly because of the level of details and invested money. Disney in general is omnipresent in Japan. They successfully responded to the compulsive attractiveness that Japanese people have for cuteness. They even did a better job than [...]
Posted in art on Aug 31st, 2010
Here are two pictures from the “Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?” exhibition in Tokyo. The “Delay_2007.5.26″ video from the artist duo “Rogues’ Gallery”, the same video is displayed on a big grid with a slight lag, which creates an interesting visual effect. A shopping bag very delicately cut by Yuken Teruya.
Posted in culture on Aug 26th, 2010
The Hermitage is a massive residential property under construction in Kowloon (Hong Kong). I was living just next to its location, so I could see the progress of its development and I was very intrigued by the inside. Few weeks ago, I was walking in the adjacent Olympian shopping mall and I discovered that The [...]
Posted in culture on Aug 24th, 2010
New and shiny buildings are the ones that attract most of the attention in Hong Kong. But older buildings are also remarkable. The new towns in the Hong Kong New Territories (such as Fo Tan and Sha Tin) and some residential lots in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon are worthwhile a visit. They are usually from [...]
Posted in art on Aug 19th, 2010
I was not so keen to visit the monastery, knowing it is a relatively recent building dating from the 50s, and is not actually a real monastery. But I was in Sha Tin anyway so I gave it a try. As its name indicates, it has more than ten thousands Buddhas statues, all different. The [...]
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