Gemma Rasmussen

  • My favourite English bookstores in Tokyo
    February 12th, 2012By Category: Shopping
    Visiting bookstores has always felt like a somewhat sacred experience. The perfect bookstore requires the ticking of many boxes and few seem to fall into this niche as stores get bigger and bigger, with escalators, uniformed staff and glossy "buy now mega-sale one tim ... » Continue Reading
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    Making it Easy
    January 17th, 2012By Category: Photography
      For frequent doses of inspiration I often visit Arons blog 'You Can Make it Easy'. Based in Hawaii, Aron has a love for Japanese culture and his site reflects this. It's a veritable treasure trove of amazing music, photos, art and thoughts that are make life a litt ... » Continue Reading
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    The end of summer
    October 14th, 2011By Category: Uncategorized
    The swift Japanese change of seasons always leaves me rather surprised and clutching at my autumn coats. I'm a summer kid, so I always feel a pang of sadness as the days grow shorter. Below are some photos taken around Japan, from Sado Island to Nara and Kyoto, en ... » Continue Reading
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    A peek at Japanese family life
    September 15th, 2011By Category: Uncategorized
      Sometimes getting a peek into intimate Japanese family life can be difficult.  These photographs by Nagano Toyokazu provide a refreshing glance, breaking down some of those barriers of privacy. The day to day life of his Ishikawa family is captured candidly ... » Continue Reading
  • Vintage shopping in Shimokitazawa
    August 30th, 2011By Category: Shopping
    Shimokitazawa is your new heaven:  This suburb is the stuff of thrift wet dreams. It's very charming with cute winding lanes, bars, cafes and friendly, trendy (ugh I hate that word, sorry) well dressed people. It's a small suburb so take your time wandering around and ... » Continue Reading
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    Antique shopping in Japan
    August 22nd, 2011By Category: Uncategorized
    The first time I went shopping for Japanese vintage was traumatic. I was in the changing room, trying desperately to get my body into the dress of my dreams, the dress I had been waiting my whole life for, fantasised about, and finally encountered. It wouldn't fit, an ... » Continue Reading

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