How to play  Shamisen was something I wanted to learn even before I start to live in Japan. Well, it actually took some time, but today I had my first lesson! Yeah !!I am a guitar player (well, I mean like everyone~) and always had interest in strings instruments. When I visited Istanbul in 2004 I bought a baglama (pronounced balama) and had fun with it at home even if I never properly learne... Read more

I just realized that the last episode of "Everyday Life in Japan" was as far as December! As Homer Simpson would say : "D'oh!" Yep, time is flying!!So it is much time for my random mix of snapshots in Tokyo and around.Most were taken with the Nikon D5000, and the bad looking ones were taken with the iPhone 3G.This lion is at the entrance of an old imperial building now used as an exhibition place.... Read more

[*] He he In September 2006 I decided to come to live in Japan... Well let's say, to try it. It was my third time to come to Japan. I was over 30 years old so had no possibility to apply for a working holiday visa, my only chance was to find a job and an employer willing to support me for a visa and that during the 3 months of my tourist visa's length. To make it more difficult, my Japanese... Read more

Wow wow wow... Already the 14th of January. Veeeery slow start for the blog this year, sorry for that, as an excuse I will use the famous one : "I was busy" if you don't mind. So, well, it is kind of late for that but I wish you all an Happy New Year and thank you for stopping by! [Ice skating park in Yokohama, no ,no snow here for now, anyway it is quite unexpected] 2009 has been quite... Read more

No, I did not give up on this series of "Everyday Life in Japan". Last one was quite a while though, so the following is a collection of photos taken the last 2 months. As usual here, no real common theme but just random shots I took from my day to day life... Minato Mirai by Night. I am never bored of this place. And I guess I am not the only one. Many groups of photo... Read more