VanillaSeven Photography » japan http://vanillaseven.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 I Will Write Peace On Your Wings and You Will Fly All Over the World http://vanillaseven.com/2009/08/13/i-will-write-peace-on-your-wings-and-you-will-fly-all-over-the-world/ http://vanillaseven.com/2009/08/13/i-will-write-peace-on-your-wings-and-you-will-fly-all-over-the-world/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:11 +0000 alexa http://vanillaseven.com/?p=3037 birdpapercrane

Japanese tradition said, if one folds 1000 origami cranes one’s wish for health will be granted.

This is a true story that have made me blue all of the sudden…

Sadako Sasaki lived one mile from ground zero when the American military dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. She was two years old.
In late 1954 she developed health problems because radiation exposure. In the first part of 1955 she was diagnosed with leukemia and given one year to live.

While in the hospital, Sadako decided to fold the cranes and ask for her health to be restored. Using whatever paper she could find, she folded over one thousand cranes before she died in October.

After her death, the cranes apply to a wish for peace as well.  Friends and Sasaki’ classmates dreamed of building a monument in honor of all the children who died because of the Hiroshima bombing. In 1958, that dream became a reality when a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane was unveiled in Hiroshima Peace Park. The plaque at the bottom of the monument reads:
This is our cry, This is our prayer, Peace in the world.
Sadako Sasaki (1943-1955).

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]]> http://vanillaseven.com/2009/08/13/i-will-write-peace-on-your-wings-and-you-will-fly-all-over-the-world/feed/ 10 My Moleskine Nô To* Exhibition http://vanillaseven.com/2009/04/16/my-moleskine-no-to-exhibition/ http://vanillaseven.com/2009/04/16/my-moleskine-no-to-exhibition/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:55:16 +0000 vanillaseven http://vanillaseven.com/?p=1695 Kino_MP_cover

Moleskine and Books Kinokuniya Singapore present “My Moleskine Nô To*”, a window of creativity celebrating today’s nomadism: from recollection, memories and personal journeys into Japan’s contemporary culture, a truly inventive and original escapade.

My Moleskine Nô To* Exhibition
Date : April 6th, 2009 (Monday) – May 8th, 2009 (Friday)
Venue : Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store
391 Orchard Road, Ngee Ann City #03-10/15, Takashimaya Shopping Centre, Singapore

“My Moleskine Nô To*” will present works inspired from journeys in Japan from renowned artists from various origins (France, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal, Philippines…). Their background and medium of expression are as diverse as music (Aspidistrafly, Mondii), illustration and design (Graphicairlines, Fleecircus, Ai Wei, Audrey Salmon, Satoshi Ogawa, Stanley Wong…), and fashion and product design (Lines Lab).

For this creative melting pot, the Moleskine notebook will become their new canvas to freely express and showcase their inspirations and artworks or to share a more intimate side of their work. Audience will have the chance to peruse the notebooks, so that they will discover and experience at their own pace each page of creative wonder.

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Potato chip necklace

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Origami fastfood set

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Make every second counts by having a pleasant design desk clock as your desktop accessories.

Which model suits you the best? :)

1.Hourglass shaped desk clock by David Dear: handsome desk display that you would want to show off proudly on your desk

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2. Wooden LED Clock by Kouji Iwasaki: Watch this simple wooden block comes alive as you plug it and the numbers appear

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3. Nava Design Mini Desk Clock Time Square : for the unconventional and complicated mind

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4. 4 pcs LED clock by Jonas Darnon: instead of counting sheeps, insomnia can stare at this clock on bedtime and lured into sleep while watching the numbers blink, and you can adjust the brightness of the dim light too.

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]]> http://vanillaseven.com/2009/03/17/designer-desk-clock/feed/ 4 Pond of Love & Friendship http://vanillaseven.com/2009/03/05/pond-of-love-friendship/ http://vanillaseven.com/2009/03/05/pond-of-love-friendship/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:55:10 +0000 vanillaseven http://vanillaseven.com/?p=1282 The word “koi” comes from Japanese, simply meaning “carp.” It includes both the dull grey fish and the brightly colored varieties. A homophone of koi means “love, affection” and koi are therefore symbols of love and friendship in Japan. Koi tattoos have become a popular trend in North America.

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These Koi fish are very friendly, usually you just lay your hand near the pond, and they will flock around you, simply adorable.
Anyone has a Koi pond in your house? :)

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Hibiscus Schizopetalus “Japanese Lantern”

When two become one, let no man put apart

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]]> http://vanillaseven.com/2009/02/27/when-2-become-1/feed/ 3 Mt. Fuji (富士山) http://vanillaseven.com/2009/02/21/mt-fuji/ http://vanillaseven.com/2009/02/21/mt-fuji/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:21 +0000 v1olet http://vanillaseven.com/?p=1079 mtfuji-owakudani1

Mt. Fuji at Owakudani – Japan

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]]> http://vanillaseven.com/2009/02/21/mt-fuji/feed/ 3 Sunset at Owakudani – Japan http://vanillaseven.com/2009/02/20/sunset-at-owakudani/ http://vanillaseven.com/2009/02/20/sunset-at-owakudani/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:27 +0000 v1olet http://vanillaseven.com/?p=1074 owakudanisunset1

Owakudani – Japan

The most beautiful area as famous as the Lake Ashi in Hakone.  You will enjoy the view of  Mt. Fuji with Hakone mountains and also the volcanic landscape created three thousand years ago.

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Is that a cocoon on top of the flower?

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Scientific Name: Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.
Synonym: Gemmingia chinensis Family: Iridaceae

Common name: Leopard Flower, Blackberry lily, Manipuri, Kabo Leiteng, Assamese, Surajakanti, Chalkumra, Torobot

Leopard Flower is an iris-like perennial herb, with leaves in fans on branching stems. Lance-shaped leaves will reach 2 to 3 feet. Flowers are 5 cm across, borne on slender stalks, at the end of stems. They have 6 petals, yellow to orange-red, spotted with maroon or purple, which is what gave it the name leopard flower. Fruit is a black berry. The name Blackberry Lily derives from the clusters of shiny black seeds exposed when seed capsules split open. Blackberry Lilies are native to China and Japan.

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