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I try reminding myself to enjoy the little things in the ordinarily. One of them is preparing and drinking tea. 💚 Loving this Yaeyama Matcha from a local tea store in Helsinki.

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Hauru no ugoku shiro

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Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

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Howl’s Moving Castle

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h: go away. s: no. i’m not going away. i’m going to help you break this spell that you’re under. h: you? you can’t even break your own spell. s: but you don’t understand. I LOVE YOU.

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Vintage Beauty

Maiko Girls from Ponto-cho, October 1961

Photo by Burt Glinn,

For the Japanese issue of “Holiday” magazine,

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Patron of nightclub Uruwashi having his cigarette lit by geisha, Tokyo, Japan, 1962

Ph. Eliot Elisofon

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Japan, c. 1960

by John Launois for National Geographic

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Springtime in Japan, Eliot Elisofon, 1957

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Osaka Maiko Chiyoha 1911. Teruha debuted in the Shinbashi geisha district of Tokyo in 1911, but prior to that she was a maiko (apprentice geisha) by the name of Chiyoha in the Sōemon-chō geisha district of Osaka. She debuted in Osaka in 1909, after several months training as a minarai (watching apprentice), having been sold into the flower and willow world aged 12 years. To increase her commercial value, Chiyoha was dressed in the Kyoto style with a Kyōfu hairstyle and a darari obi. Text and image via Blue Ruin 1 on Flickr

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Picking Warabi 1905. A geigi (geisha) picking warabi (bracken), a wild mountain vegetable similar to asparagus, used in making warabi mochi (bracken rice cakes) or roasted as a side dish or in salads. Sansai (mountain vegetables) are are in season during late spring, at higher altitudes. Text and image via Blue Ruin 1 on Flickr