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暑假就要帶小小狸回到日本了。這幾天我都在問她,隔了三年半沒有去,妳想要去日本做什麼?列出20件事,把拔帶妳去! 完整名單公布! 1.吃冰淇淋,在一個我們去過好幾次的大商場,馬麻進去血拚,然後我們三個在外面吃的那間。 齁齁齁,原來小小狸對永旺夢樂城沖繩來客夢的Blue Seal冰淇淋印象這麼深刻呀! 2.去Uniqlo買衣服。 3.去吃烏龍麵。 妹妹在旁邊附和:要吃"很多"烏龍麵! 4.去Tokyu Hands逛文具。 5.去吃拉麵(其實沒有特別指定店家,都可以,豚骨的或是去吃銀座篝也可以) (我還滿驚訝小小狸可以說出銀座篝三個字) 6.去環球影城或迪士尼都可以。去《哈利波特的魔法世界》喝奶油啤酒Butterbeer。 7.去逛便利商店,吃寶可夢三款期間限定包裝爽冰淇淋,還有優格和乳製品。 (寶可夢這個連我都不知道,他們是聽在日本的同學回報的) 8.搭JR搭地鐵。(我問那你是要搭山手線嗎?她說:那是什麼?) (不過她可以說出淺草線和丸之內線) 9.去東京車站一番街回味童年。(這是之前我們最常分開放生去逛的地方) 10.去溫泉旅館洗溫泉,洗完要喝牛奶,吃到飽的晚餐和早餐。 11.去販賣機投飲料。 12.去大阪的話想去吃千房。 13.去道頓堀跑跑人前拍照。 14.想吃鯛魚燒,或是外殼較硬的章魚燒。 15.馬麻逛藥妝店時在旁邊晃。(這也是小時候做過的事情) 剩下五件繼續想... 歡迎追蹤林氏璧孔醫師的發聲管道,了解最新的日本旅遊訊息! 我的電子名片 https://lit.link/linshibi 日本優惠券大平台和近期活動資訊 https://linshibi.com/?p=20443 歡迎贊助04b喝咖啡 https://pay.firstory.me/user/linshibi
This week's YHS on Monster Island is a free-form discussion on a litany of topics - from the MonsterVerse to Marusan, Crazy Tsunami to crazy combining robot toys. Nothing is off limits as Jake and Jay go through what they've been watching, what they've been buying, and what they think on recent news items.
Taran Casey is very committed to the craft of mokuhanga. Taran is an apprentice carver in Tokyo, Japan. Following his progress on social media over the past year or so, I have found his work fascinating as well as educating. In this episode of The Unfinished Print, I speak with Taran regarding the apprenticeship process under a Japanese teacher, what he has learned in technique the last two years, as well his opinions on the future of mokuhanga in a modern world. Please follow The Unfinished Print and my print work on Instagram @popular_wheatprints, Twitter @unfinishedprint, or email me at theunfinishedprint@gmail.com Notes: notes may contain a hyperlink. Simply click on the highlighted word or phrase. Taran Casey (Gingko Hanga) - Instagram, website, Patreon Motuharu Asaka - Taran's teacher. Class and workshop information can be found on his website and Instagram. Kodaira - is a city in western Tokyo with many colleges and universities. It also has an abundance of museums, parks and temples and shrines. Mokuhankan (David Bull) - Canadian carver and printer located in Asakusa, Tokyo. If you are interested in watching Dave work, he has a Twitch stream updated regularly. Wood-like Matsumura - is a brick and mortar woodblock print supply shop in Nerima City, Tokyo. They also have an online shop where overseas printmakers can purchase equipment for their work. Ozu Washi - is a handmade paper shop located in Nihonbashi, Chuo ward, Tokyo. They sell from their shop as well as online. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 國芳 - 1798-1861) - was a print designer and painter known for his triptychs, yoko-e (horizontal landscape prints), Yokohama-e (prints about the port city of Yokohama), and yakusha-e (actor prints). Considered one of the last of the golden age print designers of ukiyo-e. The Last Samurai (film) - is a 2003 feature-length film starring Tom Cruise, and Ken Watanabe. Rife with historical inaccuracies it attempts to tell the story of Saigō Takamori (1828-1877) one of the leaders of what would be considered the Meiji Restoration. The film describes the attempt at restoring power to the Emperor and Takamori's death for this cause. The David Bull carving Taran is speaking about is the very popular YouTube full stream woodblock carving from start to finish, of a lithographic print originally by Ichijō Narumi (1877-1911), called At The Hotspring (1906). It can be seen in its entirety on YouTube here and can be purchased, here. Komura Settai (1887-1940) - an artist who painted, and illustrated many things from books to woodblock prints, to kabuki stage sets. Taran carved and printed Settai's Osen Kasa. Shodō - is Japanese calligraphy tamari (溜まり) - is the pooling of ink between the carved lines of your woodblock. This is exposed when testing your carving but can be fixed by either recarving the part of the block causing tamari or altering the amount of ink or water being used. Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, 1760-1849) - was an artist and woodblock designer made famous for The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1829-1832) His career was long and exemplary. One of the most famous Japanese artists of all time. bijin-ga (美人じん画) - woodblock prints associated with the depiction of women using elements from nature, fashion, and culture to depict the female image in many interesting ways. Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806 -喜多川 歌麿) - artist and woodblock print designer made famous for his ōkubi-e (大首絵), or large head prints. His influence has stretched all over the world. Adachi woodblock print company - located in Shinjuku-ward Tokyo is a company based on reproducing old prints. You can purchase prints directly from them, here. yamazakura is wood traditionally used for making Japanese woodblock prints. An interesting conversation from 2016 on David Bull's Mokuhankan Conversations discusses yamazakura. Tokyu Hands is a large chain of department style stores throughout Japan. They carry absolutely everything. Check out their website for a better understanding of what they do. opening and closing credit background music: Donald Byrd "Love's So Far Away" from his 1973 album Blackbyrd © Popular Wheat Productions Disclaimer: Please do not reproduce or use anything from this podcast without shooting me an email and getting my express written or verbal consent. I'm friendly :)
On this episode of RISE Offstage our guests are Mark Wang, Head of East Asia for Shopify who heads up the e-commerce platforms growth in Japan and he invited one his e-commerce success stories Kaz from kiko & gg to provide insight from a local Japanese entrepreneurs perspective and how her e-commerce business is operating, and not only during a pandemic, but more importantly internationally and with Japanese retail culture intact.SHOW NOTESShopify: https://www.shopify.comShopify Japan https://www.shopify.jpSelling in Japan https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/intro-to-shopify/initial-setup/sell-in-japan===kiko & gg English website https://www.kikoandgg.comJapanese website https://www.kukkia.jpEnglish Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kikoandgg/Japanese Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kikoandgg_jp/===Stores.jp https://www.stores.jpCommerce Cloud https://www.salesforce.com/ca/products/commerce-cloud/overview/Rakuten https://www.rakuten.co.jpAmazon Japan https://www.amazon.co.jpYahoo Japan https://shopping.yahoo.co.jp/Don Quixote https://www.donki.com/en/Tokyu Hands https://www.tokyu-hands.co.jp/en/Mercari https://www.mercari.com/jp/===Japan E-commerce Stats https://ecommercedb.com/en/markets/jp/all===What is Kodawari? https://exploringkodawari.blog/what-is-kodawari/===RISE https://www.riseconf.comWeb Summit https://www.websummit.comCasey Lau on Twitter https://twitter.com/casey_lau===RISE Offstage on Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-offstage-with-casey-lau/id1532312429===RISE Offstage on Spotify Podcastshttps://open.spotify.com/show/0zniLKC4MapdE7VmhZUDC2?si=77ubUkw7RPKpTNW_Kcew7A
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Day 29 - Le Japon, le pays du shopping
Ever wonder what its like to sit in someone’s pocket as they walk around Tokyo?? Now is your chance to find out! In this episode, I take a commute to Tokyu Hands leaving the recorder on for the full monty. I also talk about two fairly interesting topics. If you’re into sound tours, you’ll enjoy … Continue reading "Episode 58 – Let’s Tokyu Hands"
This is the 4th travel in 10 podcast, a look at shopping and dinning in one of the most exciting districts in Tokyo, Japan. Come and discover Shibuya! We will go to Shibuya 109, Don Quiote for bagains and Tokyu Hands for a bizzare mix of shopping. Next it's off for a tour of the neighborhood and to visit some restaurants.