go go Japan

I’m never a fan of Japan, but people all around me are mostly in deep love of various field in this country. Their music, comic, fashion, living style… well, of course they are good in all the detail but somehow too much for me.

After spending a week in Japan for a leisure visit, I changed my mind. Indeed it IS an utopia.
We are supposed to visit some friends in Japan, the Art triennial and by any chance the onsen.
It’s actually a place for me to spend the rest of ‘Europe budget’, so even the yen rate to HKD is rising like crazy (100Y to $8.4!!), I still feel ok.

I must say the art triennial is the catalysis for the trip. Though I am quite sure I was totally fed up with installation some 10 years before, it was fun to check out the ‘art’ pieces in the countryside from point to point, or it’s enjoyable to walk. I shouldn’t say any artistic comment, instead those look fun and pretty will satisfy me.

Of course we didn’t visit them all (some of them are ridiculous*O*) among those we saw, this is the one most impressive

The origami paper balls floating like snow in the narrow backyard. That’s a real incredible scene.
We were lucky to run into a helpful old lady, she brought us all the way to look for the hidden piece and some more major pieces. That’s the kind of Japanese whose responsible for every single request which they are capable to provide help with. I believe she’s not the only one who’s willing to help in Japan. Since I was back from the discouraging Paris, here I find the heaven.

We stepped into another local hotel ran by an old but energetic couple. They bought us to a firework festival and can’t believe we can enjoy the festival like the local Japanese.

That’s a completed day with Japanese festival, food, sake, firework and life.

Other then the people, the food also completely satisfy my curiosity. The meal are filled with surprise, those pickled vegetable compose new menu everyday.



The little pumpkin block at the back is the just like the vegetarian’s salty egg yolk. Much better then those French cuisine~~

this soggy seaweed soup taste strange at first but I just can’t stop to finish it.

Once everything is compare to France, Japan seems more reasonable for me. Everything is well-organized with logic. Food is not cheap but you can spend less to buy less portion, which make sense!
Like one of my friends in Paris said, French are polite, but never nice to you until they have business with you. In Japan, I’d dare to say they are polite and indeed, nice.