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Feeling like casting few spells...🧙🏻♀️🍃🕯️ Credits for the photos to the dearest @_ephemeraluna_ #japan #blog #story #experience #photoshooting #modeling #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #russian #flowerstagram #blue #witchcraft #magic https://www.instagram.com/p/CPLadLojHZi/?utm_medium=tumblr
Most wonderful day of my Golden Week 2021. Went straight into summer skipping the typhoon season! ☀️🧡☘️ Thank you @_ephemeraluna_ #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #culture #russian #photooftheday #photography #model #flower #field (at 森林公園西口) https://www.instagram.com/p/COfWaQqDdSj/?igshid=7coj6xbeq93u
Continuing to be inspired by nature together with my friend @_ephemeraluna_ 🧡 credits to her for the photos, credits to tulips to be the most wonderful🌷 and I also played a bit with the Lightroom ✌🏼 #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #flowers #photography #photo #tulip #portrait #mood (at 宝物殿前広場) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyz4gBjbvb/?igshid=15n4llh1dudsl
Thank you, sweet Mayu for this beautiful day 🌸💌 💗 #cherryblossom #cherry #sakura #spring #tokyo #japan #photooftheday #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese (at Shinjuku Gyoen) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNP3fVDDxW5/?igshid=h05p6trjogee
🏔️❄️🚠 One of the most unforgettable adventures since I'm in Japan - Toyama trip. North prefecture welcomed us with absolutely perfect weather. It took many hours to get there, but I cannot put in words how happy I am that I did it. Hotel on 2400 meters height, crispy snow, stinky sulfur springs 🤧...we could even see a wild ptarmigan (куропатка) in it's winter white coat 🐤 It was too early for the famous "snow corridor" road, but after all, this is just another reason to come back! #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #culture #russian #toyama #tateyama #立山 #富山 (at 立山の麓、室堂平) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLG6miH0UL/?igshid=1dr9ro0bwxeci
🐙 One more note about colour is here! *I'm finally going to buy a proper drawing pad, cause making things with laptop touchpad only (no mouse in this house) is tiring and sloppy 🙃... I am impressed by how sophisticated and sometimes plainly weird are colours named in Japanese. Shades of browns will be "something-tea", green: "something-leaves". Many shades get their names from nature - animals, fruits, flowers and dye which is used to get it. You can find romantic and elegant names such as "Ibis wing colour" (鴇羽色: tokihairo), "Thousand-year-old green" (千歳緑: sensaimidori). And rather... peculiar ones like "Shrimp tea" (海老茶: ebicha) or "Cherry blossom mouse" (桜鼠: sakuranezumi). By the way, you will also find "Grape mouse" (葡萄鼠: budo:nezumi) and plenty of other mice where shade has a grey in the mix. Oh, and I found a colour which is literally translated as "mysterious" (玄: gen). #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #culture #russian #art #photoshop #photoshoot #digitalart #sketch https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnaINanf98/?igshid=11x2hlb10bp8a
👀🎨🌈 (January flashback, because we gonna speak colour) Imagine this picture: you are strolling down the street, minding your own business. It is a beautiful day outside, all nice and well. And then...BOOM: you are stopped by the police: "Stay right there! You will have to come with us because you are not allowed to wear this!". "Wear what exactly? What is even happening?" - you would exclaim. "This colour. Now please follow us." Rather an unusual situation, isn't it? Well, it could very much happen in Japan not so long ago! Before Meidzi Era there was a set of "forbidden colours" which could only be worn by government officials or, in some case, by Emperor only. I could not find any definite information if waring certain shades can get you into jail in the year 2020, but it seems that ban was cancelled (maaaybe not for #1, 4 and 6). Apart from "Yellow dust", there were 7 more of such special colours (I simply could not find exact English equivalents for some colours, please forgive me for that: 黄櫨染 (ko:rodzen) or Sumac colour. Or if we take a poetic Google translate version Jp/En - "Yellow dust". This is the one which can only be worn by the Emperor. And which His Majesty Naruhito wore for the ascension ceremony, surrounded by other traditional colours. 青白橡 (Green-White oak/aosiro tsurubami) - Emperor's outerwear. Sometimes concubines and secretaries could also wear it. 赤白橡 (Red-White oak/akasiro tsurubami)- ex Emperor's outerwear. 黄丹 (Pale vermilion?/o:dan) - worn by the crown prince of Japan. 深紫 (Deep purple/fukamurasaki) - outerwear of 1st rang aristocrats. 6. and 7. are substitutes and needed imperial rescript to be able to wear those. 支子 (Gardenia colour/kuchinasi) - permission to wear could be granted by the imperial rescript. 深緋 (Deep scarlet/fukahi). 蘇芳 (Dark sappan wood dye/fukasuo:). #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #culture #russian #color #art #teamlab #history (at teamLab Borderless / チームラボボーダレス) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdFMU5jQHB/?igshid=ktk9yiygrcb0
Solitude skyies.☁️⛅🌧️ This October is going to mark 5 years of me living in Japan. Sounds serious, isn't it? I feel I overcame usual 3-4 year crisis and can see myself staying a bit longer for sure. Surprisingly, there are so many things I still haven't done, that it's almost shameful! So here we go: 1. Places yet to visit: Kyoto, Osaka, Okinawa. 2. Things yet to see: fish market auction, sumo, no or kabuki performance, oiran (highest rank geisha) parade, baseball game. 3. Things to DO: stop being shy and participate in Obon dance, wear yukata outside (never had a beautiful one and courage to do this for summer hanabi (fireworks), evening boat ride. 4. Things yet to eat: fugu fish. 5. Things I haven't done and don't really want to: * Tasting natto (yes yes I 've been purposely avoiding it, it's like eating a snot come ooon! I am a very visual person - it neither looks or smells appealing! * Going on top of Fuji. A lot of tired people going very close to each other 1by1. Hardly relaxing time-spending, if you ask me. Worth to see the sunrise though, so I'm hesitant about it. * Kanamara penis festival. Most likely funny and giggly, but all the time ultra-overcrowded. Virus, please go away, so I can start doing all above. 😘 #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #culture #russian #sky #空 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAPwBepDsnI/?igshid=1kybr221pu4tm
Pandemic in Japan. Part 2. 🇯🇵🦠🤔 3. How does it look in reality? Shops and convenience stores have thick plastic screen separating cashier and customers. Amount of people coming inside the stores has limitation. There was a very short period of panic when someone’s rumor on twitter left us all without toilet paper, but it is back to normal now (1 pack per person. Same goes with rice, noodles, sanitary pads. Still no masks, of course.) 99% or people are wearing masks (haven't spotted plastic gloves yet). Sanitizer and paper towels are on every corner. Major big streets and business districts are less crowded, trains are 60-70% empty. Now, on the other side...people are walking freely, kids are playing in the park, granddads are gathering on the benches to enjoy their drinks. Dog owners are also gathering in groups to chat “how quarantine is going?” Some people simply have to go to work because they need to post some documents or seal it with official stamps. Sakura in bloom was a bit of a disaster, as people would come in crowds to watch pretty pink flowers. Next one is coming pretty soon - Golden Week of holidays, when usually families use this time to travel. 4. Forecast. Prime minister is supposed to discuss whether to extend emergency measures or not around April 30th. Right now officially it must end on May 8th. I wish more people would try to avoid going out without a serious reason and moreover - go to crowded closed spaces like cafes or trains. I think I am doing what I can to help our true heroes - doctors and scientists, to win some time and give us a solution. 5. Time to be patient and time to be kind to each other, people.♥️☮️ #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #russian #pandemic #coronavirus #covid_19 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fJ1TbjYq0/?igshid=jyw91jmfg1zw
Pandemic in Japan. Part 1. 🇯🇵🦠🤔 I guess only the mega-ultra-super lazy person is not writing about the pandemic right now. I am only on the super-lazy level, so allow me to describe the situation in Japan below. Disclaimer: views expressed❗(I am not doing any research, but simply putting out my observations). 1. Numbers and dates. At the moment of writing Japan has around 13.500 confirmed cases with highest numbers in Tokyo, Osaka and Kanagawa (as most developed and densely populated). *Japan has 126.5 millions of people. State of emergency was finally announced on April 7th. First for 7 main prefectures (total count is 47), later, as far as I understood, each local government is deciding whether to declare it or not depending upon the situation. Many would angrily agree with me, that decision was postponed not solely by it’s impact on economy, but also by so much awaited Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Yes, everyone is upset, but come on...we all saw it coming. 2. What does emergency state in Japan mean? No matter how long it is discussed, Japanese constitution is made in a way that government cannot legally limit citizens transportation or movements. Instead it promotes “Stay at home” message on various platforms (several times per day it is announced via megaphone in 3 languages). Abe-san and his colleagues gave speeches about importance of social distancing, and even Japanese influencers and TV-starts joined in. From what I know: major part of all companies are teleworking, many clubs/pubs are completely closed or work until 8:00 pm. Grocery stores, police, firefighters, banks, hospitals and (!) barbers? are working. Because... it is critical to have good hair? Part 2. about reality of "lockdown" and forecasts in the next post! #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #russian #pandemic #coronavirus #covid_19 (at Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fHpZ-D_D-/?igshid=3oueg9flvaua
♥️⚡🖌️ There are thousands of posts like this already, I am sure. About the virus, about quarantine and about not giving up and using this unwillingly granted to us time to do something. Something different! Outside of your daily routine. It was not easy from the beginning to suddenly have a freedom to get your morning coffee not in the office but near the river, surrounded by hungry birds, who misunderstood my intentions and thought I would share my muffin (and maybe I would, but today they were incredibly rude and scarily demanding, proper Hitchcock vibes). Do not get me wrong, I loved my drink in the cozy office, chatting with people, but this all new way of life in quarantine is... refreshing (yes, that is the perfect word to describe it). I remembered how I love to draw, to write, to wander around to get struck by the lightning of inspiration. I found magical small parks around my house. I remembered that life is FULL of things! Undiscovered or forgotten. And when everything goes back to normal, I promise myself to remember this feeling. And keep listening to myself and do more things, fighting back against an all-devouring circle of adult life. Let me make it into a spiral ;) (yes, this is a lame Gurren Lagann reference, high five yourself if you got it, weirdo). 🤖 #blog #story #experience #instagram #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #inspiration #russian https://www.instagram.com/p/B-wwrUOjRlc/?igshid=1acazm5514yua
My 1st jump! 🤪🦸♀️💫 Yes, ladies and gentlemen! I did it. Took me around 1 whole year, starting from my friend's excited pitch to the moment I volunteerely threw my body from 4000 km in the sky. First, I was saving money, then sick, then weather was bad, then I went to Russia, then sick and weather factors 5 more times. No, I was not afraid, I swear. Just the day before the jump, my brain went like: "Omg, no. I mean YES! Or no...ah it's happening...for real!" There was absolutely no reason to be worried thought: I'm not afraid of heights, was jumping with my friend (who does it nearly 20 years) and another friend was beside me, doing it for the 2nd time! Jumping base is located in Saitama (NW from Tokyo around 1h40m with some walking and bus ride). Day we chose (Oct 5th, exactly 4 years since I'm in Japan hihi) gave us fantastic sunny weather right after typhoon the day before. Instructions are super easy, and if you're not freaking out, instructor will do everything for you, including landing and gently pushing you from the plane. After putting on a cute pink overalls, it's finally happening. We board a plane and start ascending. When I thought to myself "That's pretty high", I found out we're only half way up. Then its getting real: door opens and ppl go, fast, 1 by 1, which was rather disturbing to witness. This, was the only time my brain "noped" actually. Single sec and I'm on the edge, my legs hanging out of the plain, my brain is in indescribable condition, I hear behind me "Ready? Ok GO." And I go. I mean, fall. Feels like when airplane roughly goes down, your stomach goes up to your throat (I secretly like it)... multiplied by 100. You feel the resistance of air with your entire body, first 10 secs - fear of unfamiliar is overwhelming. But then, suddenly it's gone. Entirely! And you notice you have broad smile plastered on your face. Poof - parachute opens. And you don't fall anymore, you float, and everything is so breathtakingly beautiful... #japan #blog #story #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #tokyoskydivingclub #東京スカイダイビングクラブ (at 東京スカイダイビングクラブ "Tokyo skydiving club") https://www.instagram.com/p/B34OVWMHynx/?igshid=15omntl5u1g9w
Please observe unrelated selfie and check notes about Tokyo life: How snow or typhoon stops public transport. 🚌⛔🚞 (and also how at 1st it was funny, but suddenly not at all)... Japan is famously punctual country. With transportation system rated one of the best in entire world. Delays, caused by passengers dropping their stuff on the rail ways (or, khm, suicide) are usually quickly resolved and arrivals/departures timetable gets back to normal. However...if something gets really broken (electrical problems of flooding), it feels like a national disaster/apocalypse for central Tokyo inhabitants. In my 4 years living here I was amused how regular snowfall stops all Tokyo's public transport. But on Sep 9th of 2019, when typhoon #15 hit us (they count them starting from Jan), oh how not amused was I... How could I know that my disturbed sleep in a shaking from the wind house, was only a start of all troubles? Morning surprises: all lines around me - not operating. Buses - full. Lines to simply enter subway stations - hundreds of people (they were outside not all over stairs, but literally on the street!) Temperature +35! Marvelous. But there's more. Wait until you actually get to the platform (1.5 later) and have to squeeze yourself into the train. And on every station there're more passengers to join your jolly ride! I'm thankful that most of Japanese people simply accept this extreme inconvenience and do not get too aggravated, because, ultimately, nobody wanted to be squished together that close on Monday morning (on any morning!), but there's no other way. My problems hardly can be compared with overall damage from typhoon Faxai: almost 1 million houses left without electricity, over 100 flights cancelled, 14.000 passengers stuck at airports and for what is known - 3 people are dead. Yes, Japan has typhoons, and approximately 100 of small earthquakes every day (impressive, right?). But I love this place and proud to be soon celebrating my 4 years of living here! ❤️ #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #culture #russian https://www.instagram.com/p/B2wPeVYnJ90/?igshid=q53yye3vfudf
"The epic saga of the lost backpack". Or "how almost anything can be found in Japan".💸🎒😳 Except umbrellas, if some sick freak snitched it from you while you were at cafe of pub...it's a forever goodbye (yes, from personal experience, yes still angry and traumatized). Imagine great Sunday shopping, I was full of expectations about my first trip to Hawaii. Was on my way back home with few paper bags and backpack, feeling tired, but blessed. Suddenly I see one elderly lady giving me rather unfriendly look for no apparent reason. I was so surprised, lost and confused that almost missed my station. And I should have missed it really... Because when I jumped out of the cart with paper bags in my hands, my heart froze. I left my backpack with all money, cards, documents and keys to my house in the train. Fantastic. It was Yamanote line, which goes in circles and each train has different final stop. Double fantastic. And here I run with abandoned puppy eyes to the station security. In addition to everything, this was Akihabara with multiple lost foreigners, who were trying to explain their troubles using body language. As for me, in stressful situations my Jap skill suddenly increase, so I managed to do slightly better job. A cherry on the cake detail: I have 3% of my phone battery. (no cash, no cards, right). Of course I cannot answer clearly what was the time of my train's departure. I needed to make decisions. Fast. Quick message to my friend who we parted ways just minutes ago. "I'm at Akihabara, big trouble, please come to the lost and found." Boom. Phone died. Was adviced to go and search myself in certain train according to the timetable. Nothing. Level of hope - decreasing. Instagram format is not enough to describe the level of my despair. So I will let you know, that my friend found me and station security - my bag, in Shinagawa, where I had a dramatic reunion with it earliest next day! 💙 The End. #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #japanese #culture #russian #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #ブログ (at Koiwa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0iUmNvH1Xi/?igshid=x1cntz428cwo
New linguistic discoveries: "katyusha" and "bledine". 🇯🇵🇫🇷🇷🇺 Lately majority of foreign speech I hear is either Japanese of French. And I keep noticing that some words have surprisingly Russian sounding. It is overall known that Japanese "ikura" (n) - red caviar, came from Russian "ikra" (икра). As it is debated that it was originally imported from Russia. (Surprise surprise, but many ingredients, which are traditionally Japanese in our mind, were actually introduced to Japan by other countries! Eel is a great example.) Someone also told me that Japanese "wata" 綿 - cotton, comes directly from Russian word for cotton, which is: "wata" (вата). I have no backstory for this one... One which was (still is) hard to believe is Jap "katyusha" (カチューシャ). Yes, you heard it right my fellow Russian speaker. Diminutive of my name in here represents a hair band. I was full of doubts, but if you ask at the shop "Excuse me, do you have katyusha?", this is exactly what they bring you - a hair band! History behind all this goes something like this: some Russian actors were performing on stage in Japan, leading actress had a hair band, her name was Ekaterina (Katyusha). Japanese folk never saw such a thing before and named it after the girl. The End. Second discovery is based upon my periodic French mini-lessons. Obviously I sometimes provide knowledge of Russian language in return. It appears many words are similar in both meaning and sounding. Due to Latin base and active borrowings in 18th century. But sometimes meaning and sound is different and rather... inappropriate. That's how I was told about French kids food product named Bledine. In Russian it sounds unpredictably like "blyadina" (блядина - next level super-whore or simply extremely unpleasant to be dealt with lady). Hard to say if this could lead to incredible success or failure, if they ever attempted to present the product to Russian market... #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ #japanese #culture #language #french #russian https://www.instagram.com/p/BzADMcWnFKS/?igshid=1ny7bqz4h7n7z
Unique things in Japan. Part 2: all-you-can-eat/drink, kombini, fashion choices. 🍙🤔👡 1). "All you can eat/drink". Despite of being very common practice in Japan, never ever encountered it in Russia... The idea is: you pay fixed price and for an hour or two and you can eat/drink whatever your stomach/soul desires in a chosen restaurant. Cool concept I must admit, but it's hard to control yourself... 2). "Kombini" aka convenience stores. A 24/7 life saver for every hungry/drunk/lost creature. Located almost every 200 meters, with lesser concentration in "sleeping" areas of the neighborhood. I realized their importance one weird February night, when I missed my last train and had to walk 12 km (yes, I checked on Google maps) to get my stupid ass home. Not only you can get food and directions from there, but also basic clothing, bathroom (not everywhere) and special heating pads during winter. Needless to say that was an adventurous night! Even though around 3 am I gave up and took a cab (they are really expensive here). In Russia we do have similar concept, called kiosk, but it's pretty much gone as far as I know. That was a scary metal booth with equally scary grumpy lady inside. Not even close to be a "life saving" if you ask me. 3). Wearing tights (any tone from skin to black) with open toe shoes. Nothing much to describe here. Never seen it. Think it is a weird thing to do. The END. #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ #japanese #culture (at Harajuku, Tokyo（原宿）) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bypq6l9HjsN/?igshid=jb80w0g9t4pl
Unique things in Japan. Part 1: laundry, love hotels and ovens. I realized that for many foreigners (I specifically take into consideration my fellow countrymen from Russia) Japan is full of curious and "never seen before" thingies. Some, certainly, can still be found in other countries, but are not so common or widely spread/often used. 1) 24 hours laundry. In Russia it is normal to have a fully functioning automatic washing machine inside your bathroom. Where do you find a washing machine in Japan? Could be kitchen, could be your balcony or even downstairs in a communal zone, depending upon the type of your apartment. Oh yes, and it is not going to use hot water for proper cleaning...for some reason Japanese washing machines only have cold water pipe to connect to. Many people don't have any machine at all, so public 24 hours laundry is the most popular solution. It's somewhat curious to spot people staffing their bicycle baskets with damp clothes in the dark of night. 2) Love hotels. For those, who don't know, these are hotels, where you go to have sexy times. No doubt you can find them in South Korea, but no such specialized places in Russia. Need privacy? Go to any hotel. It gets really funny when you spot literally queues of couples waiting to f*ck on the Valentine's Day. I understand they might not have a better place, but sorry, this was amusing for me. 3) No ovens! Every European or Russian would agree with me: oven is the most important device in the kitchen. Period. you cut everything, marinate it and just shove it in to have the healthiest and the most delicious meal for the entire family in 40 or 45 minutes! Instead, Japanese houses traditionally come with one or two gas circles. You may say that instead of complaining you can simply stfu and buy an oven, but that would really cost a fortune... #japan #blog #story #experience #instagram #follow #instatravel #instagood #япония #日本 #インスタ映え #food #japanese #culture #bbq (at Nagano Prefecture, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByRlc0FnNIU/?igshid=e53vlo8l6u3v