Memories of Japan #03 Nagano

Step 2 of our travel was Nagano, in Karuizawa.

My uncle took me a really mysterious shrine in the top of a montain, 

a place full of souls. It was very cold and windy this day....

Then my auntie took us to a game center (that illustrates so well the contrasts you can see in Japan!). 

She's almost a professional pachinko player, and showed us how it works...

And the magic happened: my mom and Sylvain won about 5'000 yen that we spent on drinks...!

 

Memories of Japan #02 Nakano, back to the roots

I went for the last time in the house where my mom grew up...

The house is now too old and they have to rebuild it...

There's even some marks of my father there. He drew on the house's walls before I was born.

That was a quick but sweet good bye to this house full of memories and soul.

  

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Memories of Japan #01 Ume

I have to admit that I had too many pictures on my SD card when I came back to Switzerland.

I was too lazy to choose only some of them to post them here. 

Actually I was too lazy of everything when I came back home...

I was so happy to be with my family, to breathe the air of my roots... 

I really wanted to stay in Japan. I cried in the plane....

At least my "planephobia" was almost nothing this time.

Well It took me very long this time to land,

and to accept that our wonderful dream in Japan was over.

But now that I finally am in a good mood I can share some pics with you here :)

 When we arrived in Tokyo, cherry blossoms were still not blooming.

We went to a shrine called Jindai-ji. There the ume trees (plum) were all red, pink and white...

That was like a starter before all the cherry blossoms we were going to see then...

Only one was blooming...

first cherry blossom

 

 

吉祥寺 kichijoji 

 

curry rice addiction

 royal milk tea time addiction

 

Let's find a beautiful place to get lost...

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京都

Night dream in 京都

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