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  • JUJUMARU 樹々丸
  • JUJUMARU 樹々丸

JUJUMARU 樹々丸

Jujumaru is a hidden little gem in a small street east of Ogawa Street off of Imadegawa Street. It’s a café and plant shop in one, which mix together very well. Although the main focus of Jujumaru is the café, the owners have brought a modern freshness in the old machiya by their love for plants. As one of them is a gardener (or more an garden artist – if such a word exists), the interior is filled with pots and plants of different sizes and colours in a very ‘clean’ way. Some of them earn their rightful place in the alclove,…

  • hinemos exhibition in Anewal gallery
  • hinemos exhibition in Anewal gallery

hinemos exhibition in Anewal gallery

Anewal gallery hosts the himenos exhibition this week with music, photographs, wooden crafts work and objets trouves. Don’t forget to try the coffee by Bunkyu. The exhibition runs untill June 1st. Visit Isjah’s main blog: http://isjah.com/hinemos-exhibition-in-anewal-gallery/#more-1017

A warm welcome in Kyoto

A warm welcome in Kyoto

  The 京町家AIR2014 (kyo-machiya Artist in Residence 2014) kicked off on May 23rd with a welcome party at the Anewal Gallery. ‘t Japans Cultureel Centrum (JCC) and the Kyoto Center for Community Collaboration (KCCC), with support of Tozai travel, organise this programme to promote cultural exchange between Japan and the Netherlands. This summer Cesi Nolten and I are invited to stay in a kyo-machiya (an old townhouse) in Kyoto to experience Japanese life, the ‘machiya way’. Cesi is a visual and sound artist and will be collecting sounds to make a sound scape on Kyoto. I will be doing research on the preservation of the machiya way of life….

GETTING IN THE MOOD

GETTING IN THE MOOD

Don’t you ever get that feeling your trip abroad happened in a flash? Before travelling you felt too stressed to enjoy the anticipation of going abroad. And, when back again, you have this feeling it was over too soon, and everything went back to business as usual? How can you change that? While planning my trip to Kyoto I figured I should try to elongate this experience of travelling. I love to travel and experience other cultures, but I did not find a way (yet) to make a living out of it. So, unfortunately, I have to do with a…

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