Starting the year with a (virtual) change of address
Travelogue, street photography, a bit of poetry, and the simple pleasure of telling stories... A very large shoebox on the Web, filled with images and memories of places and people around the world. Europe where I grew up, Asia and Japan where I lived for many years – and left my heart in Tokyo –, and North America where life led me so often that I eventually settled there. For now…
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Accidents of Memory - Accidents of Architecture
You told me “we have to remember”, and that images would help
(12 photos)
January 2009: Tokyo as a tourist
In January of 2009, under the pretense of vague administrative needs, I dropped by Tokyo, as a tourist this time: staying in a Ryokan, not cooking a single meal, and a week of re-discovering some of my favorite neighbourhoods under a different perspective.
(18 photos)
Cold Streets and the Kindness of Others
I know of the spring coming but it does not exist in this world stuck in winter, frozen by the gusts of wind. Like a November newborn, I only know the cold, the wool, the rosy cheeks and the craving for hot soups.
(12 photos)
Last Update: 2010-02-07
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Vous m'excuserez, je vais vomir
Les lecteurs assidus de ces chroniques savent déjà que parmi les aspects de la société japonaise, la condition des femmes est un sujet qui me tient particulièrement à coeur. Il faut dire que mon lieu de travail, outre son microclimat, a pour principal attrait le fait de m'avoir permis de rencontrer et cotoyer des jeunes femmes intelligentes, brillantes, cultivées, souvent…






