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  • Sound Retrospective: 2024

    Sound Retrospective: 2024

    A look back at the year in music with statistics from Deezer.

  • Momijis in Kameoka

    Momijis in Kameoka

    The momiji season has arrived later than usual. First outing in the countryside of Kameoka, West of Kyoto.

  • Loose pictures: Summer 2024

    Loose pictures: Summer 2024

    Views which did not ended in a post of their own.

  • Sunrise on mount Fuji

    Sunrise on mount Fuji

    +1400m / -1400m / 11km Departure by shinkansen a little after 6:30am from Kyoto Station, arriving at Mishima at 9:20. Then we take a bus to Mizugatsuka Park. There’s a large parking lot, already fairly full, a souvenir shop that also serves as a cafeteria, and, most importantly, the station for the shuttle buses that…

  • Road-trip in Hokkaido

    Road-trip in Hokkaido

    Day 1 We pick up a rental car at Kushiro Airport in the late afternoon and head towards Lake Akan. We follow straight roads through fields and forests, spotting local deers. It’s drizzling. It’s dark by the time we reach the hotel in Akancho. Day 2 We drive 30 minutes east to the Yamanoyado Nonaka…

  • Gion Matsuri

    Gion Matsuri

    This festival is one of the most popular in Japan. Every year around mid-July, people come from all over the country to attend the festivities, which are centered around two parades held one week apart. Twenty-three wooden floats are assembled a few days before the first procession. The construction sites are scattered across the city…