All Blog Posts Tagged 'japanese' (15)

Boy's Day - from RCBz

This is my favorite so far from RCBz. I love the retro atmosphere, cosy and velvety with an underlying feeling of uneasiness (cf the ghostly figure of death in the background).

The original card is picturing Boy's Day, nowadays Children's Day, celebrated May 5th. Families honor their boys on that day with all kinds of treats. Carp-like streamers made of paper or cloth are flown a bit everywhere. Taking an iris leaf hot bath… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on November 3, 2010 at 9:21am — 2 Comments

209 Strolling the Back Streets 209 The Cabaret World - for Ruud Janssen

Added by Marie Wintzer on October 19, 2010 at 11:37am — No Comments

If you can go only one place and do only one thing - for Karen Champlin

Added by Marie Wintzer on October 12, 2010 at 11:09am — No Comments

So where does this leave the hungry traveler? - for my brother's B day

Added by Marie Wintzer on October 12, 2010 at 12:07am — No Comments

Motto yukkuri hanashite kudasai - for RCBz

Added by Marie Wintzer on October 4, 2010 at 1:41pm — No Comments

A person's a person, no matter how small - from Deborah Davidson

A great piece of etegami arrived from Hokkaido yesterday. "A person's a person" is part of the oil spill series and pictures plankton swimming amongst blotches of oil. I'm very fond of Deborah's work, and I will proudly add this card to my growing collection, thanks dosankodebbie!

Added by Marie Wintzer on September 27, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

220 Never Say Wonderful Until... - for De Villo Sloan

Ain't Misbehaving is a movie from 1955. It's amazing how many American movies were aired in Japanese movie theaters at that time, if I believe the number of ads in those small Tokyo magazines from the 50's. Japan was still occupied by the United…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on September 25, 2010 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

Chapter 1: Smelling the chrysanthemums - for Jennie Hinchcliff

Added by Marie Wintzer on September 25, 2010 at 2:45am — No Comments

Fuji-Yoshida (Mt Fuji) 1.1/2 - Nara 3.3/4 - for Arttower

Vintage DeLuxe Mayonnaise. Just because they're fishermen doesn't mean I can't add my goldfish...
Or...?

Added by Marie Wintzer on September 21, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

It helps if the foreign hitchhiker knows enough Japanese to engage - for Arthur Huang

A very local mail today. Let's see how long it takes for a japanese snail to go from one lab bench to the next one.

Added by Marie Wintzer on September 19, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Tanuki Mail Think Pink Postage Stamp

Postage stamp with a photo I took last month in a shrine on Enoshima Island.
"Ema" are small wooden tablets on which people can write a wish and hang them up on the premises of the shrine.

Added by Marie Wintzer on September 18, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Given the quality of streets in Japan it it amazing that the number of - for Ahmet Demir

Added by Marie Wintzer on September 18, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Look at my shoes - for Crystel

This one is for my friend Crystel. I see her only twice a year when I go back to Europe and I miss her. This summer we both bought a very similar pair of red shoes and it became a sort of an in-joke between us. When I saw this add for shoes in one of the vintage magazines I bought in Jinbocho I immediately felt like sending it to her.

The envelope is made from a very cheep print of a famous japanese woodblock print.

There are not so many price tags around these days, everything seems… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on August 30, 2010 at 2:49pm — 2 Comments

Mt Fuji, Good Luck and Goldfish Rubber Stamps

My first rubber stamps, Japanese style. I feel like I'm back at nursery school really, but making rubber stamps is so rewarding, totally worth that like bit of effort.

Added by Marie Wintzer on August 27, 2010 at 7:50am — 2 Comments

Trip to Jimbocho

The other day I came back from the "second hand books district" of Tokyo with a stack of vintage books and magazines for less than 20$. I could easily have spend my day in the shops. Of course not all the books were as cheep as those I have bought (and that are going to be teared apart for mail). Some of them are collectables that I can't afford and would never give a cut with scissors. But, oh my, what a gorgeous place it was!…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on August 27, 2010 at 7:42am — No Comments

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