<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 02:37:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>giappone</category><category>recensione</category><category>cinema</category><category>foto</category><category>cinema giapponese</category><category>dal giappone</category><category>kyoto</category><category>animazione</category><category>pensieri</category><category>english</category><category>london</category><category>japan</category><category>libro</category><category>viaggio in giappone</category><category>anime</category><category>letteratura giapponese</category><category>arte</category><category>hong kong cinema</category><category>japan in london</category><category>verso il giappone</category><category>eventi</category><category>kyoto nascosta</category><category>tokyo</category><category>musica</category><category>cinema coreano</category><category>cortometraggio</category><category>libro vs film</category><category>bologna</category><category>liste</category><category>blog</category><category>italia</category><category>j-music</category><category>manga</category><category>cose che amo di kyoto</category><category>studiare in giappone</category><category>lingua giapponese</category><category>animation</category><category>asia</category><category>cinema cinese</category><category>guest post</category><category>hidden kyoto</category><category>hiroshima</category><category>review</category><category>study in japan</category><category>yokohama</category><title>Nihon, almost a love story</title><description></description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>239</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-3941397938396540695</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-02T14:22:47.562+01:00</atom:updated><title>L&#39;ultimo</title><description>È passato più di un anno dall’ultimo post su questo blog, un anno durante il quale ho pensato tante volte di riprenderlo in mano, ma poi qualcosa mi ha sempre frenata. &lt;br /&gt;
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La mia vita nel 2016 non è stata legata al Giappone come negli anni precedenti, a esclusione di due risultati di cui sono fiera: a fine gennaio ho saputo di &lt;b&gt;aver passato il livello N1 del JLPT&lt;/b&gt;, e a settembre ho rinnovato e dato nuova vita al &lt;i&gt;Genji monogatari blog&lt;/i&gt;, che potete ora trovare su &lt;a href=&quot;http://genji-monogatari.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;genji-monogatari.com&lt;/a&gt;. Si tratta di un progetto a cui tengo tanto, un sito interamente dedicato alla &lt;i&gt;Storia di Genji&lt;/i&gt;, il primo romanzo giapponese scritto dalla dama di corte Murasaki Shikibu nel periodo Heian.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mi manca scrivere e condividere, come succede quando si ha un blog, ma non sento più di voler consacrare tutte le mie energie soltanto al Giappone, e non penso di avere abbastanza cose da dire a riguardo per tenere in vita questo spazio. Per questo, l’avventura di &lt;i&gt;Nihon: almost a love story&lt;/i&gt; finisce qui, almeno per ora. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/nihonexpress/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;La pagina Facebook&lt;/a&gt; invece rimane, e a breve tornerà più attiva.&lt;br /&gt;
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Da oggi mi potete trovare su &lt;a href=&quot;http://hitoritabi.it/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hitoritabi.it&lt;/a&gt;, un blog in cui traslocherò parte dei contenuti che ho scritto qui, e in cui accanto al Giappone e al giapponese scriverò di vita all’estero, studio delle lingue, e altro ancora. Date un’occhiata, se vi va, sarei più che felice di ritrovarvi dall’altra parte.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grazie di cuore per avermi seguita in questi anni, per le tante volte in cui mi avete scritto parole di conforto nei momenti difficili del mio viaggio, per aver tifato per me e per aver apprezzato questo mio piccolo angolo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Vi auguro un 2017 pieno di felicità e soddisfazioni, e a rileggerci presto!&lt;br /&gt;
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Elena
</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2017/01/lultimo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQ62BwJTYapAzpf6ejY1wjNyhmDPif3g6SbRUSgnGP8fo2lS-2z3zHAcQuBTcqBDbMKZNc4n2LyHfPWUl-BJ6TCY_p0aZ5h-gUdP0-r0D1OtUNBdRhyyyt8mfY6fGeidC04QphRpwGpTV/s72-c/fushimiwm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>11</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-2254851465490419267</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 06:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-12-01T22:07:57.583+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lingua giapponese</category><title>Consigli di studio per il JLPT / JLPT study tips</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Mini guida per persone impegnate / A little guide for busy people&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Con il &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jlpt.jp/e/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;JLPT&lt;/a&gt; alle porte vorrei darvi alcuni consigli basati sulla mia esperienza di questi mesi, in cui mi sono dovuta ritagliare i momenti per lo studio tra lavoro a tempo pieno e una vita sociale a cui giustamente non ho voluto rinunciare. Badate bene: mesi! Non sottovalutate il test e, soprattutto se non avete la possibilità di studiare a tempo pieno, non sperate di potervi preparare in qualche settimana affannata.  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Uno strumento di cui non potrei mai fare a meno è &lt;a href=&quot;http://ankisrs.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anki&lt;/a&gt;. Scaricate l’app sul vostro smartphone (gratuita per Android, 25$ per Iphone) e potrete ottimizzare ogni tempo morto della vostra giornata: il percorso in autobus per andare in ufficio, la coda alle poste, l’attesa che l’acqua bolla mentre preparate la pasta. Io di solito lo uso per memorizzare i &lt;i&gt;kanji&lt;/i&gt;, inserendo la lettura da un lato della carta e i caratteri dall’altro, ma è ottimo anche per ripetere vocaboli, espressioni, forme grammaticali. Personalmente trovo che creare i propri mazzi sia utile per l’apprendimento, ma se preferite ce ne sono già tanti online pensati per i vari livelli dell’esame che potete scaricare sul vostro telefono o pc.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Un altro momento da far fruttare è la pausa pranzo: portate con voi un libro e leggete almeno un po’ ogni giorno, vi sarà utile per arricchire il vostro vocabolario e sarà un ottimo esercizio per la parte di comprensione scritta dell’esame. È importante che scegliate un testo adatto al vostro livello, non troppo difficile altrimenti vi scoraggerete e farete una fatica inutile, ma nemmeno così facile da riuscire a leggerlo agevolmente senza incontrare nessuna nuova parola o espressione.&lt;br /&gt;
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Un’altra abilità che potete migliorare nei ritagli di tempo è l’ascolto. Cercate dei podcast che vi interessino, se siete a livello principiante o intermedio il materiale pensato apposta per gli studenti stranieri farà al caso vostro, mentre se siete già a livello avanzato vi consiglio di fare una ricerca direttamente in giapponese e puntare su veri e propri programmi per madrelingua che trattino argomenti di vostro gradimento. Quando siete stanchi e volete staccare la spina non sottovalutate poi l’utilità della musica: ascoltando e riascoltando la stessa canzone memorizzerete senza accorgervene parole e frasi, e vi costruirete un bagaglio di espressioni che troverete naturalmente appropriate senza averle dovute studiare per ore sui libri – per me è stato in gran parte così per l’inglese ai tempi delle medie.&lt;br /&gt;
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In italiano trovate due blog molto validi per lo studio del giapponese: &lt;a href=&quot;http://studiaregiapponese.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Studiare (da) Giapponese&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href=&quot;http://hanamiblog.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hanami Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
Su &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tradurreilgiappone.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tradurre il Giappone&lt;/a&gt; invece trovate proverbi e modi di dire che daranno una marcia in più alla vostra conoscenza della lingua.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Se cercate un articolo specifico per la preparazione a questo test (in particolare all&#39;N1) &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jtalkonline.com/tips-for-studying-for-the-jlpt-n1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;questo post&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;è un buon punto di partenza.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Infine come riferimento per la grammatica ho utilizzato&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jgram.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jgram&lt;/a&gt;, mentre lo studio vero e proprio l&#39;ho fatto sui libri della serie Kanzen Master.&lt;br /&gt;
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Questo metodo è stato soddisfacente per me e ho fatto molti progressi soprattutto nella comprensione scritta, che era la mia più grossa preoccupazione, ma è superfluo dire che ognuno ha diverse esigenze e diversi modi di studiare, quindi provatene tanti finché non troverete quello che fa al caso vostro.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Quali sono i vostri suggerimenti, i piccoli segreti o gli strumenti che vi hanno aiutati a migliorare nello studio del giapponese? Sarei felice se li condivideste con me!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jlpt.jp/e/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;JLPT&lt;/a&gt; (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) is fast approaching and I would like to share some piece of advice based on my experience. In the past few months I had to carve out time for studies while working full time and building some kind of social life. Please note I said “months”. Don’t underestimate the test. If you don’t have the chance to study full time please make sure you start preparing for the test at least a few months in advance.&lt;br /&gt;
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A tool I couldn’t do without is &lt;a href=&quot;http://ankisrs.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anki&lt;/a&gt;. Dowload the app on your smartphone (free for Android, 25$ for Iphone) and you’ll be able to optimise every spare moment in your day: commuting to work, queuing at the post office, waiting for your meal to be ready. I use it to memorize &lt;i&gt;kanji&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;by creating cards with reading on one side and Chinese characters on the other. It is also great to repeat vocabulary, expressions, grammar. I find it useful to create your own decks in order to learn faster, but you will find many online for every JLPT level.&lt;br /&gt;
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You can also make the best of your lunch break: bring a book and read at least a little bit everyday, it will expand your vocabulary and it&#39;s  great excercise for the reading comprehension. It’s important for you to choose the right material according to your level. If the text is too difficult you might get a huge headache and give up, but if it’s too easy and you already know all the words it won&#39;t help you improve.&lt;br /&gt;
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One more skill you can train when you have just a little time is listening. Search for podcasts on topics you are interested in. If you are at beginner or intermediate level then material for foreign students might be good for you. If your level is advanced do your research in Japanese and listen to shows aimed to natives. When you’re tired and you want to take a break don’t forget that music can be very useful for studies. Listening to a song many times will help you learn sentences without even putting an effort in it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://jtalkonline.com/tips-for-studying-for-the-jlpt-n1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; is a good starting point to prepare for N1 level of the exam.&lt;br /&gt;
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I studied N1 grammar on the books from Kanzen Master series and as a reference I often consulted&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jgram.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jgram&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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This method was quite good for me and I feel much more confident, expecially with reading comprehension. Everyone has their own way of learning and studying though, so try and find the right one for you.&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you have any suggestions, secrets or tools you used to study Japanese?</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/11/consigli-di-studio-per-il-jlpt-jlpt.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82gg9rNc8WKePYVPim_7CdtF7cbKzIoi-uWhQN7Rqx2GTevIYGItGOx5a3yu0koMBwNxKEWHzoDfu5aKFetvS2Mvq6PaqD86zEUfEVJLFqdwumL8TWHgrYh4oUHmDct8nncvfmTJhqVlp/s72-c/DSC_0103-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-8783861245876260498</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-10-11T21:11:07.262+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bologna</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">italia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Tornare // Going back</title><description>[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
Sono &lt;b&gt;tornata in Italia&lt;/b&gt; per qualche giorno alla fine di settembre. Da qui è facile, un viaggio in aereo di due ore passa in un attimo. Sono i miei sentimenti a essere complicati, perché non so più come usare la parola &lt;i&gt;tornare&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Da tre anni, con qualche breve pausa, vivo all’estero. La mia vita è un’altra vita rispetto a quella che avevo prima di partire per Kyoto, non mi sono lasciata dietro quasi nulla. Nella casa dei miei genitori ci sono ancora tante delle mie cose, ma i miei vestiti sono a Londra e la sensazione di non abitare più lì è forte.&lt;br /&gt;
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A &lt;b&gt;Bologna &lt;/b&gt;faccio la turista: mangio fuori, scatto tante foto, salgo a piedi fino a San Luca dopo non so quanti anni. Mi sorprendo della luce calda del sabato mattina, dei tanti che corrono su per i portici, di quanto sembri lenta e rilassata la vita. È come essere dentro a una cartolina. &lt;br /&gt;
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Tante piccole cose sono &lt;b&gt;diverse &lt;/b&gt;da come le ricordavo. Da quanto tempo non ci sono più i sampietrini in Via Rizzoli? &lt;br /&gt;
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A Londra nessuno viene ad accogliermi all’aeroporto con uno spuntino. Trascino la mia valigia pesante sulla metro e poi fino a casa, dove non c’è nessuno ad aspettarmi. È la mia vita “&lt;b&gt;da grande&lt;/b&gt;”. Mentre disfo i bagagli mi sento sola e spaesata per un attimo, ma dura poco: ci sono cose da fare e persone che non vedo l’ora di incontrare. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2QQWqmPcLtdPaZlj-iGhSuJoagHCdJ5__bqnTCc2vFP2yUSo2WixYYLZfgjRJcILsgKC9CmHh7AinXWbVfcRqpmavEtlaEUnUhj2h60-2WHKSyYnxZKgzmcinuAyjFx5frYYE-iGl4ar/s1600/DSC_0556-wm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Holly Village Highgate&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;384&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2QQWqmPcLtdPaZlj-iGhSuJoagHCdJ5__bqnTCc2vFP2yUSo2WixYYLZfgjRJcILsgKC9CmHh7AinXWbVfcRqpmavEtlaEUnUhj2h60-2WHKSyYnxZKgzmcinuAyjFx5frYYE-iGl4ar/s640/DSC_0556-wm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Holly Village Highgate&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Fare una vacanza in Italia è &lt;i&gt;tornare&lt;/i&gt;? Non proprio, perché lì non ho una vita a cui fare ritorno.&lt;br /&gt;
Atterrare a Heathrow è &lt;i&gt;tornare&lt;/i&gt;? Non ancora, forse, ma ci siamo vicini. &lt;br /&gt;
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Da tanto “tornare” non è il viaggio verso Bologna. Più passa il tempo più mi convinco che &lt;b&gt;il mio futuro non è in Italia&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Vorrei parlarne con la gente che ho intorno e capire come la vivono loro. &lt;b&gt;Dov&#39;è la loro casa&lt;/b&gt;, o se ne hanno più di una. Io ho le radici a Bologna, una vita piena di progetti a Londra, e un pezzo di cuore enorme in Giappone. Mi sento &lt;b&gt;un&#39;equilibrista&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mentre rientro dall’ufficio penso che questa città, quando è così generosa di cieli azzurri, è proprio bella. &lt;br /&gt;
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I went &lt;b&gt;back to Italy&lt;/b&gt; for a few days at the end of September. From here it’s easy: a two hours flight, piece of cake. My feelings are quite complicated though as I don’t know how to properly use the words &lt;i&gt;going back&lt;/i&gt; anymore.&lt;br /&gt;
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I’ve been living abroad for three years now. My life is completely different from the one I had before leaving for Kyoto. I left almost nothing behind me. I have a lot of stuff at my parent’s place, but all of my clothes are in London and it’s clear I don’t live there anymore.&lt;br /&gt;
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I’m a tourist in &lt;b&gt;Bologna&lt;/b&gt;: I eat out, take tons of pictures, go to San Luca by foot after years. I’m surprised by the warm light of a Saturday morning, by people running uphill under the porticos, by the way life seems so slow and relaxed here. It&#39;s life in a postcard.&lt;br /&gt;
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Many little things have changed. When did they lay flagstone in Rizzoli street?&lt;br /&gt;
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Back in London no one comes to the airport to welcome me. I drag my heavy suitcase on the tube and then home, where no one is waiting for me. It’s &lt;b&gt;my adult life&lt;/b&gt;. While unpacking I feel alone and confused, only for a second: I have things to do and people I’m looking forward to meeting.&lt;br /&gt;
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Is a holiday in Italy &lt;i&gt;going back&lt;/i&gt;? Not really: I have no life to go back to there.&lt;br /&gt;
Is landing at Heathrow &lt;i&gt;going back&lt;/i&gt;? Not yet, but I’m getting there.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;London will not be forever&lt;/b&gt;. Like everyone else in a few years I’ll head somewhere else. We just know, all of us here, but before that I will receive a lot from this city and it will feel like home. I&#39;m going to meet many amazing people and for every single one the time will come to say goodbye. I&#39;ve been here for four months and yesterday I already had to wish good life to one of the closest friends I had in this city.&lt;br /&gt;
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Travelling to Bologna is not going back, not since a long time ago. &lt;b&gt;I don’t see myself back in Italy &lt;/b&gt;anytime in the future.&lt;br /&gt;
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I would like to talk with people around me and ask what it&#39;s like for them. &lt;b&gt;Where is their home&lt;/b&gt;, if they have more than one. My roots are in Bologna, my life and projects in London, and a huge piece of heart in Japan. I feel like I&#39;m an &lt;b&gt;equilibrist&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Coming back from the office I think that this city, when it’s so generous with blue skies, is simply beautiful.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/10/tornare-going-back.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8B2UIENREzbT3r2kF-UemJucQfVw8ebot4EA1NnVxmkY9hdCR0GDWTwiExH6tT33JxQA68JUE8Z6sfKHNzyuOmnn7QMcBqJ01s1Qa3_dhbjwy5fRC8iZf5LnqeZrs_U6alLOuAal_4nj/s72-c/DSC_0560-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-58634470676297843</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-09-28T15:16:45.266+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan in london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Japan Matsuri e altre storie // Japan Matsuri and other tales</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh34qdCx-sGCLcZT1AhJvImap9ciUKZL22n79t_GidRrZSU-3mcciOWuf1dlkwn-AvA-g1lKxMrWoqb3PFLyNqiImY_JYtCx6bPYTVks9NDItawvQL8Ppt4hKF8V5qio7qXsD6UjV0qV2j/s1600/DSC_0530-wm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;trafalgar square japan matsuri&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh34qdCx-sGCLcZT1AhJvImap9ciUKZL22n79t_GidRrZSU-3mcciOWuf1dlkwn-AvA-g1lKxMrWoqb3PFLyNqiImY_JYtCx6bPYTVks9NDItawvQL8Ppt4hKF8V5qio7qXsD6UjV0qV2j/s640/DSC_0530-wm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;trafalgar square japan matsuri&quot; width=&quot;360&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
Quando si aspetta qualcosa con molta impazienza capita poi che in un secondo scivoli via, puf, finito.&lt;br /&gt;
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Era una bella giornata calda, assolata, di quelle che Londra aspetta per riversarsi nelle strade ad assorbire ogni goccia di luce. Daga e io, lei in kimono e io vestita da ninja (sotto il costume da &lt;i&gt;eisa &lt;/i&gt;dovevamo portare solo abiti neri), facciamo la fila per il nostro agognato &lt;i&gt;okonomiyaki&lt;/i&gt;. Incontriamo gli altri membri di &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/2015/09/london-okinawa-sanshinkai.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Sanshinkai&lt;/a&gt; prima di trovarci nel backstage, il piccolo Kaito come sempre ride e fa ciao con le manine, noi ragazze siamo un po’ nervose. C’è davvero tanta gente.&lt;br /&gt;
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Indossiamo i costumi, ci facciamo un sacco di foto, le ultime prove e in un attimo siamo sul palco in Trafalgar Square davanti a diecimila persone o forse di più. A quel punto non c’è più spazio per l’agitazione, i piccoli errori non contano e l’importante è divertirsi e metterci tutta l’energia possibile. Chi l’avrebbe mai detto che nella vita &lt;b&gt;mi sarei esibita davanti a migliaia di persone in una delle piazze più famose di Londra&lt;/b&gt;. Chissà quante altre sorprese mi aspettano da ora in poi?&lt;br /&gt;
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Se per un paio di noi è stata la prima esibizione, per un altro paio è stata l’ultima. C’è chi parte per nuove avventure, e dopo quattro mesi a Londra devo già&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;salutare i primi amici che se ne vanno&lt;/b&gt;. In questi momenti mi chiedo chi me lo fa fare, di avere questa vita fatta di tanti incontri ma altrettanti distacchi, però so bene che non potrei vivere in nessun altro modo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nel frattempo ci sono state deliziose &lt;b&gt;cene a base di cibo polacco&lt;/b&gt;, serate a guardare commedie romantiche giapponesi terribili urlando insulti a protagonisti e sceneggiatori, un’altra serata al &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/2015/09/japan-in-london-karaoke-epoc.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;karaoke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/2015/08/nel-frattempo-londra-meanwhile-in-london.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;il mio trasloco&lt;/a&gt;. Mi piace la casa nuova, siamo in sette ma tutti impegnati e non è mai troppo affollata. Mi piace l’area, con le volpine a un isolato di distanza e giardini fioriti di ortensie. &lt;br /&gt;
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Avrei voluto tornare sul palco subito dopo la nostra esibizione, ricominciare tutto da capo, battere ancora più forte sul tamburo. Voglio fare ancora tanto esercizio, migliorare, essere più sicura dei passi e dei movimenti. &lt;br /&gt;
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Il giorno dopo il &lt;b&gt;Japan Matsuri&lt;/b&gt; mi sono svegliata e mi sentivo un po’ vuota. Devo creare tante altre cose da aspettare con gioia.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is a warm and sunny day, one of those days when all Londoners pour out in the streets to imbibe the sun. Daga and I queue for a long craved &lt;i&gt;okonomiyaki&lt;/i&gt;. She wears a kimono and I’m dressed like a ninja, kind of – all &lt;i&gt;eisa &lt;/i&gt;dancers should wear black. We meet some other &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/2015/09/london-okinawa-sanshinkai.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;member of the group&lt;/a&gt; before heading to the backstage. Little Kaito is always smiling and waving his hands at everybody. We are a bit nervous, there are so many people.&lt;br /&gt;
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We wear our costumes and take lots of pictures, rehearse one last time and get on the big stage in Trafalgar Square in front of ten thousands people. No more time to panic, small mistakes don’t matter, let’s just have fun and give our all. Who’d have thought someday &lt;b&gt;I’d perform in front of thousands of people in one of London’s most famous spots&lt;/b&gt;? Are there many other surprises waiting for me out there?&lt;br /&gt;
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In the past weeks we also had &lt;b&gt;delicious Polish dinners&lt;/b&gt;, movie nights watching terrible romantic Japanese comedies, shouting at the main characters and screenplayer. One more &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/2015/09/japan-in-london-karaoke-epoc.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;karaoke night&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/2015/08/nel-frattempo-londra-meanwhile-in-london.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;my move to the new house&lt;/a&gt;. I like it, we’re seven people but everyone is busy with their lives and it never feels to crowded. I like the area, there are little foxes and colourful gardens flowering with pretty hydrangeas.&lt;br /&gt;
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I would have loved to go back on stage right after our performance and start again, hit the drum even harder. I want to practice and get better, be more confident about moves and steps.&lt;br /&gt;
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The day after &lt;b&gt;Japan Matsuri&lt;/b&gt; I woke up feeling a bit empty. I need many more things to look forward to.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/09/japan-matsuri.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh34qdCx-sGCLcZT1AhJvImap9ciUKZL22n79t_GidRrZSU-3mcciOWuf1dlkwn-AvA-g1lKxMrWoqb3PFLyNqiImY_JYtCx6bPYTVks9NDItawvQL8Ppt4hKF8V5qio7qXsD6UjV0qV2j/s72-c/DSC_0530-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-609500647064120118</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-09-08T07:37:12.893+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan in london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Giappone a Londra // Japan in London: London Okinawa Sanshinkai</title><description>[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
Ero arrivata da poco, era la fine di giugno e il tempo era grigio e noioso. Mi sentivo sola e non sapevo ancora bene cosa ci facessi qui. Cercando &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;eventi giapponesi&lt;/a&gt; con poca convinzione mi imbattei per caso nel sito dell’&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.okinawaday.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Okinawa Day&lt;/a&gt; che, per una fortunata coincidenza, si sarebbe tenuto proprio il giorno successivo. &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-okinawa.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Ma tutto questo ve l’ho già raccontato&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Il bello però viene dopo. Dall’iniziale, vaga fascinazione per quella musica, dalla curiosità di sapere come sarebbe muoversi al ritmo di quei tamburi, una sconosciuta &lt;b&gt;fame di nuove esperienze&lt;/b&gt; mi ha spinta a una decisione perentoria: volevo entrare in quel gruppo. C’era &lt;i&gt;qualcosa&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fatico a credere che siano trascorsi meno di due mesi da quanto sono diventata parte della &lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/londonsanshin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;London Okinawa Sanshinkai&lt;/a&gt;. Fatico a credere anche che ne sono passati solo tre da quando vivo a &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Londra&lt;/a&gt;, se è per questo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ogni sabato prendo il &lt;i&gt;sanshin &lt;/i&gt;ricevuto in prestito dall’associazione e vado alla SOAS a fare pratica, ma soprattutto a passare del tempo con i miei amici – i primi amici che mi sono fatta, da sola, a Londra. Non è solo l’interesse per la musica di Okinawa a mettermi così di buonumore mentre salgo sul 188 diretta a Russel Square, ma soprattutto l’essermi sentita da subito benvenuta e accolta. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sanshinkai è, in molti sensi, una &lt;b&gt;famiglia&lt;/b&gt;. Ci sono bambine e ragazzini che già partecipano alle esibizioni, ci sono bebè che un giorno diventeranno meravigliosi danzatori e per ora sono la nostra mascotte e regalano sorrisi a tutti. Ci sono persone di età, provenienza e esperienze differenti, e ognuno di loro è un mondo da scoprire. A volte si fa esercizio durante la settimana per prepararsi per un’esibizione, spesso si cena insieme, da poco si organizzano anche &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/japan-in-london-karaoke-epoc.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;serate al karaoke&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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So che vi aspettavate di vedermi in &lt;i&gt;yukata&lt;/i&gt;, a imparare a muovere le mani come le aggraziate ballerine di &lt;i&gt;teodori&lt;/i&gt;, e invece sono stata rapita dalla foga, dall’energia e dal sudore dell’&lt;i&gt;eisa&lt;/i&gt;. Non è affatto da me, e l’adoro.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mancano poco più di dieci giorni al mio &lt;b&gt;debutto&lt;/b&gt;, che tanto per stare sereni sarà sul palco del &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japanmatsuri.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japan Matsuri&lt;/a&gt;, in Trafalgar Square. Ho una paura matta ma non vedo l’ora. &lt;br /&gt;
Se siete un pochino incuriositi, o se volete saperne di più su Okinawa, potete seguirci sulla nostra neonata &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/londonokinawasanshinkai&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;pagina Facebook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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At the end of June I had just arrived in London and the weather was grey and boring. I felt very alone and I was still a bit confused about the reasons why I was here. As I was lazily looking for &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Japan related events&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I chanced upon the website of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.okinawaday.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Okinawa Day&lt;/a&gt;. What a lucky coincidence! The event will be tomorrow! &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-okinawa.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;But I told you about this already&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Wait, because the best had yet to come. It all started with a vague fascination for that music, with me wondering how it would feel to move to the rhythm of those drums. Then I was caught by an unprecedented &lt;b&gt;hunger for new experiences&lt;/b&gt; and I took a final decision: I wanted to be part of that group. There was &lt;i&gt;something&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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It’s hard to believe it’s been less then two months since I became a member of &lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/londonsanshin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;London Okinawa Sanshinkai&lt;/a&gt;. Well, it’s hard to believe that I moved to &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;London&lt;/a&gt; only three months ago.&lt;br /&gt;
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Every Saturday I bring the &lt;i&gt;sanshin &lt;/i&gt;I’m borrowing from Sanshinkai and I go to SOAS for the practice, but most of all to spend some time with friends – the first friends I made, all by myself, in London. When I get on bus 188 towards Russel Square and I am in such a great mood there’s much more to it than the interest for Okinawan music. It’s mostly about feeling welcomed and feeling like I belong.&lt;br /&gt;
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In many ways Sanshinkai is like a &lt;b&gt;family&lt;/b&gt;. There are kids performing on stage, there are babies that will one day be wonderful dancers, but for now are our mascotte and have a smile for everyone. There are people of different ages, from different countries and backgrounds, and every single one is a whole world to discover. Sometimes we practice on weekdays, often we have dinner together, now we also have &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/japan-in-london-karaoke-epoc.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;karaoke nights out&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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I know you imagined me in a &lt;i&gt;yukata&lt;/i&gt;, learning the elegant hands movements of &lt;i&gt;teodori&lt;/i&gt;, but I was actually too fascinated by the excitement, energy and sweat of &lt;i&gt;eisa&lt;/i&gt;. It’s not like me at all and I love it.&lt;br /&gt;
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My &lt;b&gt;debut &lt;/b&gt;will be in about ten days, on the stage of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japanmatsuri.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japan Matsuri&lt;/a&gt; in Trafalgar Square. I’m so nervous, and I’m so looking forward to it.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you are intrigued or you want to know more about Okinawa you can follow us on our newborn &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/londonokinawasanshinkai&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/09/london-okinawa-sanshinkai.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpdwpe9sc2WPF_JZTOyFVnq0KsvFYcrAUOlUq0vRZJRQ7bzLas7HihD6UUq1kAoujtW-WAy-cVfQO_DfEwfTM5snpXWkujNEcHALD6vR7NLsVdmNO5WvcM1ueretEn_eoc2RGqViCBv97/s72-c/IMG_28076-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>14</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-2452064435175651060</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-09-04T07:45:10.378+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan in london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Giappone a Londra // Japan in London: Karaoke Epoc</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCl7nGevRxiJh8zTyEouYNUHuWz87ExPLBgHp5jJic-3PDPjU_iZYl4PwNcH71tPTNQVfnjK9k_IvV1eILmKR_-DGFeYnBFSOpE0LKNJhEBde8tMEGAKpEYhqxRKKMLATlWhyDpH26vlzo/s1600/DSC_0464-wm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Adanami - Karaoke Epoc&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCl7nGevRxiJh8zTyEouYNUHuWz87ExPLBgHp5jJic-3PDPjU_iZYl4PwNcH71tPTNQVfnjK9k_IvV1eILmKR_-DGFeYnBFSOpE0LKNJhEBde8tMEGAKpEYhqxRKKMLATlWhyDpH26vlzo/s640/DSC_0464-wm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Adanami - Karaoke Epoc&quot; width=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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Tra tutte le cose che mi mancano del Giappone sarebbe ingiusto non menzionare il &lt;i&gt;karaoke&lt;/i&gt;. Quel senso di libertà che si prova a cantare a squarciagola rendendosi ridicoli davanti agli amici, ma al sicuro nella stanzetta che avete riservato e non in un bar di fronte a decine di sconosciuti, è uno dei primi ricordi felici che ho di Kyoto.&lt;br /&gt;
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Quando mi hanno invitata a una serata tra ragazze al &lt;b&gt;Karaoke Epoc a Soho&lt;/b&gt; sono stata doppiamente contenta: per il karaoke, e perché nemmeno mi ricordo più quando è stata l’ultima volta che sono uscita con un gruppo di amiche. &lt;br /&gt;
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Il Karaoke Epoc non è luccicante come il mio amato Rainbow a Kyoto, ma per circa dieci sterline a testa ci si può sbizzarrire per due ore con un repertorio che va dall’immancabile sigla di &lt;i&gt;Evangelion&lt;/i&gt; alle Spice Girls, passando per la musica dei Begin da Okinawa. Un paio di microfoni, il telecomando per la scelta delle canzoni (rigorosamente in giapponese), e in borsa scorte di cibo e bevande comprate al vicino &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/japan-in-london-japan-centre.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Japan Centre&lt;/a&gt;: eccovi dall’altra parte del mondo senza dover passare dall’aeroporto!&lt;br /&gt;
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Trovare il locale non è facilissimo: si entra attraverso la libreria &lt;b&gt;Adanami&lt;/b&gt;, che ha ancora le insegne di una vecchia lavanderia. L’indirizzo è Brewer Street 30, W1F 0SS. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/karaoke-epoc-london&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Qui la pagina dedicata su Yelp&lt;/a&gt; con i contatti per prenotare la vostra serata canterina.&lt;br /&gt;
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Of all the things I miss about Japan it would be unfair not to mention &lt;i&gt;karaoke&lt;/i&gt;. The sense of freedom I felt singing out loud without any shame in front of my friends is one of the first happy memories I have of Kyoto.&lt;br /&gt;
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When I was invited to a girls’ night out at &lt;b&gt;Karaoke Epoc in Soho&lt;/b&gt; I was excited for two reasons: because of karaoke itself of course, but also because it had been ages since I last spent a girls-only fun night out!&lt;br /&gt;
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Karaoke Epoc isn’t as fancy as my beloved Rainbow in Kyoto, but you’ll pay about a tenner for two hours singing the theme from &lt;i&gt;Evangelion &lt;/i&gt;(a classic!), Spice Girls, and even Okinawan songs by Begin. Two mics, a remote control in Japanese, food and drinks bought earlier from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/japan-in-london-japan-centre.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Japan Centre&lt;/a&gt;: here you are, on the other side of the world without even getting on a plane!&lt;br /&gt;
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It might be a bit tricky to find the place: you have to get in through the second-hand bookstore &lt;b&gt;Adanami&lt;/b&gt;, that kept the signs from the laundromat that used to be there. The address is 30, Brewer Street, W1F 0SS. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/karaoke-epoc-london&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Here you find their contacts&lt;/a&gt; to book a room for a great singing night.&lt;br /&gt;
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Per un paio di mesi ho vissuto serenamente in questo &lt;b&gt;appartamento un po’ sgangherato vicino a New Cross Gate&lt;/b&gt;, con una coinquilina rispettosa dei miei spazi e due gatti che attentano continuamente alla vita della mia già malandata pianta di basilico. La padrona di casa è una regista e non sta spesso a Londra, ma in quattro giorni di permanenza è riuscita a mandare all’aria la mia preziosa routine e, dichiarando che da fine settembre potrebbe trasferirsi qui in pianta stabile, a farmi decidere che è tempo di cambiare aria. Anche se gli anni all’estero mi hanno resa molto più tollerante e paziente ho ancora bisogno di sapere che il posto che chiamo “casa” è sicuro, che se la mattina devo svegliarmi alle 6 per andare a lavorare non ci saranno persone che sbraitano e fumano in salotto fino all’una, che la padrona di casa non darà le chiavi a qualche suo conoscente che è rimasto senza un tetto con un tempismo ineccepibile. Quindi, con contratto comunque in scadenza a settembre, mi immergo di nuovo tra gli annunci su &lt;i&gt;spareroom&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Proprio prima di questi dieci giorni di sconforto, dopo appena due mesi che lavoro, è arrivata la provvidenziale offerta di &lt;b&gt;contratto a tempo indeterminato con relativo aumento&lt;/b&gt; a salvarmi dal panico totale. &lt;br /&gt;
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Nonostante siano state un paio di settimane non proprio idilliache &lt;b&gt;siamo ancora amiche, io e Londra&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-okinawa.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Avevo accennato al mio interesse&lt;/a&gt; per la &lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/londonsanshin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sanshinkai&lt;/a&gt; e da un mese e mezzo sono davvero entrata a farne parte. Al momento è una delle mie cose preferite: persone deliziose e nuove esperienze, &lt;i&gt;sanshin &lt;/i&gt;e &lt;i&gt;eisa&lt;/i&gt;, un gran toccasana per il mio umore. Ve ne parlerò meglio più avanti.&lt;br /&gt;
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Un’altra mia gioia è il &lt;a href=&quot;http://princecharlescinema.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Prince Charles Cinema&lt;/a&gt;. In un fine settimana ho visto &lt;i&gt;Song of the Sea&lt;/i&gt; e &lt;i&gt;Nausicaa&lt;/i&gt;, e tutte le lacrime accumulate per stress e ansie varie sono sgorgate fuori senza sforzo e senza vergogna. &lt;br /&gt;
E poi la &lt;b&gt;serata &lt;em&gt;The Raid &amp;amp; The Raid 2&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, due dei film che ho amato di più lo scorso anno, compreso incontro col regista Gareth Evans – siamo quasi ai livelli di estasi dell’&lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/bafta-life-in-pictures-johnnie-to.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;intervista a Johnnie To&lt;/a&gt;. Perché non siete tutti in piedi ad applaudire? Non per vantarmi, ma &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.i400calci.com/2015/08/il-nuovo-progetto-di-gareth-evans-video/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;frequento gli stessi posti di Nanni Cobretti&lt;/a&gt; de &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.i400calci.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I 400 calci&lt;/a&gt;. Son soddisfazioni.&lt;br /&gt;
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La vita è piena, qui, e nonostante le noie e le sfortune &lt;b&gt;sono ancora in piedi&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;In London flat hunting might be harder than job hunting&lt;/b&gt; and the competition is fierce. You can’t waste a second when it comes to answering an ad and you have to invest time in viewings after work and in the weekend. It’s like &lt;b&gt;going to tens of blind dates&lt;/b&gt;: sometimes the hygenical conditions are unacceptable, sometimes you meet some control freak. With someone it just doesn’t click, with someone else you spend the day after staring at the phone, praying &lt;i&gt;callmecallmecallme&lt;/i&gt;, then you get a message and it’s a no. On an impossibly-warm-for-London Saturday morning I went to see a place that sounded quite different from the one I live in now: a semi-detatched house in North London with six flatmates. There’s a nice atmosphere, I don’t feel judged, you know... it feels &lt;b&gt;right&lt;/b&gt;. They tell me they will let me know the day after, but one hour later I get a message saying “&lt;i&gt;We would like you to live with us&lt;/i&gt;”. Mid September will be time for a change of postal code, &lt;b&gt;Holloway &lt;/b&gt;here I come.&lt;br /&gt;
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At least some luck right before these discouraging ten days: &lt;b&gt;an offer for a permanent contract and a pay rise&lt;/b&gt; at the company where I’ve been employed for two months now.&lt;br /&gt;
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Not the best two weeks ever, but &lt;b&gt;London and I are still friends&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-okinawa.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;I touched on my interest&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/londonsanshin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sanshinkai &lt;/a&gt;and I actually became a member about a month ago. Right now it’s one of my favourite things: lovely people and new experiences, &lt;i&gt;sanshin &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;eisa&lt;/i&gt;, a cure-all for my mood. I’ll talk about it again later on.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://princecharlescinema.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Prince Charles Cinema&lt;/a&gt; is another big joy. In one weekend I watched &lt;i&gt;Song of the Sea&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Nausicaa&lt;/i&gt;, crying out without effort or shame all stress and anxiety. &lt;br /&gt;
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Want more reasons to love it? &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Raid &amp;amp; The Raid 2&lt;/em&gt; marathon&lt;/b&gt; plus Q&amp;amp;A with director Gareth Evans – almost as good as &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/bafta-life-in-pictures-johnnie-to.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Johnnie To’s interview&lt;/a&gt;. You should be standing and clapping now! Also, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CrBSk3NtsQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I hang out at the same places as Nanni Cobretti&lt;/a&gt;, founder of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.i400calci.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I 400 Calci&lt;/a&gt;, an Italian blog about kick-ass cinema. Yay. &lt;br /&gt;
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Life is very full here and no matter how many bothersome things happen &lt;b&gt;I’m standing still&lt;/b&gt;. </description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/08/nel-frattempo-londra-meanwhile-in-london.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Cq3wts5uEBBhxLBry_BZ5OPmVCk2s0UvbwfptlTP5NXJslBfspYmaz-C9xIWOOfn-hE14kMgvQIg9N5vwfDMqhekeWckFteoqNlAfBG_LeF6Mz06d7aHPvatDMFcOZrcUc9Bdz5auFjc/s72-c/DSC_0339-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>14</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-7155812977175726945</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-08-06T00:32:36.856+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan in london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Giappone a Londra // Japan in London: Tanabata festival at Kew Gardens</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzp4ooO54BLRSe28VaHfHhG5tPMANXJVNnKSyuEkLd_HOYQMxMvYso2bmyIBq3Bd5EInpVn0tQ-VQdJDoXn526Vh5ro3HRaWfiiHQRfKRuvT93O7nixzPL66WLRtidvENQqu-RHnSkSSq/s1600/DSC_0403-wm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Tanabata Kew Gardens&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzp4ooO54BLRSe28VaHfHhG5tPMANXJVNnKSyuEkLd_HOYQMxMvYso2bmyIBq3Bd5EInpVn0tQ-VQdJDoXn526Vh5ro3HRaWfiiHQRfKRuvT93O7nixzPL66WLRtidvENQqu-RHnSkSSq/s400/DSC_0403-wm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Tanabata Kew Gardens&quot; width=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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La comunità giapponese di Londra non rinuncia alle tradizioni di casa, e la &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japansociety.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japan Society&lt;/a&gt; ha organizzato oggi e domani (5 e 6 agosto) un piccolo &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/tanabata-festival-2015&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;festival di Tanabata presso i Kew Gardens&lt;/a&gt;, gli splendidi giardini botanici reali a Richmond. L’evento è una bellissima occasione per &lt;b&gt;avvicinare i bambini a una cultura lontana attraverso il gioco&lt;/b&gt;, incominciando da una delle più conosciute &lt;b&gt;ricorrenze giapponesi&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Una piccola caccia al tesoro attraverso il giardino dei bambù svela a poco a poco la storia dei due sfortunati amanti separati dalla Via Lattea; i simboli di &lt;i&gt;Tanabata &lt;/i&gt;prendono forma tra le mani piegando e ripiegando la carta in mille origami colorati. C’è forse modo più divertente (anche per gli adulti) per imparare una nuova storia?&lt;br /&gt;
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Tre volte al giorno l’attrice Haruka Kuroda della compagnia teatrale anglo-giapponese &lt;a href=&quot;http://athousandcranes.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Thousand Cranes&lt;/a&gt; mette in scena la vicenda di &lt;b&gt;Orihime e Hikoboshi&lt;/b&gt;, coinvolgendo i piccoli spettatori in una recita semplice e allegra, una favola raccontata come solo i bravi cantastorie sanno fare, in quel modo che lascia a bocca aperta senza bisogno di effetti speciali.&lt;br /&gt;
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I più grandi possono seguire Ray Townsend e Maria Vorntsova in una visita guidata attraverso della &lt;b&gt;collezione di bambù&lt;/b&gt;, e scoprire cose sorprendenti: lo sapevate i ceppi crescono anche di un metro al giorno?&lt;br /&gt;
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Se siete in cerca di Giappone, ai Kew Gardens c’è un altro angolo da non perdere: il &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/explore/attractions/japanese-landscape&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;paesaggio giapponese&lt;/a&gt; attorno al Chokushi-mon, replica del Karamon del Nishihongan-ji di Kyoto creata per l’Esibizione Britannica del Giappone che si tenne a Londra nel 1910. È soltanto un piccolo giardino secco, con un paio di lanterne, piante dalla fioritura stagionale (in questi giorni tante ortensie rosa) e al centro la riproduzione di un portale in legno, ma dalla giusta angolazione l’effetto è assicurato.&lt;br /&gt;
Negli sterminati giardini ci sono molte piante di origine asiatica, e anche una collezione di bonsai, la maggior parte dei quali provenienti direttamente dal Giappone. Se volete saperne di più sulle attrazioni a tema nipponico dei Kew Gardens date un’occhiata a &lt;a href=&quot;http://haikugirl.me/2013/01/05/day-trip-to-japan-at-kew-gardens/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;questo post pieno di informazioni interessanti&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Info&lt;/b&gt;: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB&lt;br /&gt;
Aperti dalle 10, l’orario di chiusura varia. Chiusi 24 e 25 dicembre. &lt;br /&gt;
Biglietto (adulti): 14£ online, 16,50£ all’ingresso.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Japanese community in London doesn’t forget its traditions. Today and tomorrow (5th and 6th August) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japansociety.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japan Society&lt;/a&gt; hosts a little &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/tanabata-festival-2015&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tanabata festival at beautiful Kew Royal Botanical Gardens&lt;/a&gt; in Richmond. The event is a wonderful chance to &lt;b&gt;let children discover a far away culture through play&lt;/b&gt;, starting from one of the best known &lt;b&gt;Japanese festivals&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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A small treasure hunt through the bamboo garden reveals the story of the unfortunate lovers separated by the Milky Way, one word at a time. &lt;i&gt;Tanabata &lt;/i&gt;ornaments materialize from paper folded and folded again while children learn how to make colorful origami. Is there a funnier way to learn a new story?&lt;br /&gt;
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Three times a day actress Haruka Kuroda from the Anglo-Japanese theatre company &lt;a href=&quot;http://athousandcranes.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Thousand Cranes&lt;/a&gt; enthralls children with the story of &lt;b&gt;Orihime and Hikoboshi&lt;/b&gt;. It’s a simple and cheerful play, the kind of good storytelling that doesn’t need any special effects to impress.&lt;br /&gt;
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Grown-ups can follow Ray Townsend and Maria Vorntsova in a guided tour through the &lt;b&gt;bamboo collection&lt;/b&gt; and discover amazing things: did you know that bamboo can grow one metre in a day?&lt;br /&gt;
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The event takes place close to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/explore/attractions/minka-house-and-bamboo-garden&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minka House&lt;/a&gt;, a traditional wooden house built without using any nails. It stood originally in Okazaki City and was donated to Kew Gardens in 2001.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you are looking for Japan there’s a spot you should definitely not miss: the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/explore/attractions/japanese-landscape&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japanese landscape&lt;/a&gt; and the Chokushi-mon, a replica of Karamon gate from Nishihongan-ji in Kyoto. It was created for the Japan British Exhibition held in London in 1910 and then moved here. The landscape consists of a small dry garden with a few lanterns and seasonal plants (in this season it&#39;s beautiful pink Hydrangeas) surrounding the wooden gate. Looking at it from the right angle will make you gasp. &lt;br /&gt;
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One can find many Asian plants in these huge gardens, as well as a &lt;b&gt;bonsai collection&lt;/b&gt;. Most of these trees come directly from Japan. If you want to know more about Japan-related attractions at Kew Gardens here is &lt;a href=&quot;http://haikugirl.me/2013/01/05/day-trip-to-japan-at-kew-gardens/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;an interesting blog post about it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Of course there is much more to explore, and as the ticket is quite expensive I would suggest you spend a whole day walking around the gardens, it’s definitely worth it! Below are some pictures to prove I’m not lying.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Info&lt;/b&gt;: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB&lt;br /&gt;
Open at 10, closing time changes. Closed on 24th and 25th December.&lt;br /&gt;
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Shûichi Okita&lt;br /&gt;
Japan, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
Starring Koji Yakusho, Shun Oguri, Kengo Kora.&lt;br /&gt;
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La mia ricerca continua a dare buoni frutti e ho trovato un altro appuntamento mensile di &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Giappone a Londra&lt;/a&gt; che vale la pena di annotare in agenda. La galleria d’arte &lt;a href=&quot;http://whiteconduitprojects.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;White Conduit Projects&lt;/a&gt; (di cui &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-miho.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;avevo già parlato qui&lt;/a&gt;) ospita, un venerdì al mese, la proiezione gratuita di un film selezionato dal catalogo della ottima &lt;a href=&quot;http://thirdwindowfilms.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Third Window Films&lt;/a&gt;, casa di distribuzione specializzata in cinema dell’estremo Oriente.&lt;br /&gt;
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Una location intima per una ventina di persone, un piccolo bar che offre birre giapponesi, sake e stuzzichini dal gusto nipponico, un film che fa stare bene: pochi ingredienti per una serata deliziosa.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1867566/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Woodsman and the Rain&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; è la storia di &lt;b&gt;Katsu&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Koji Yakusho), boscaiolo dalla vita semplice, improvvisamente scombussolata da una troupe male assortita (non) guidata dall’inetto &lt;b&gt;Koichi &lt;/b&gt;(Shun Oguri), che inizia le riprese di un film di zombie nel villaggio rurale in cui Katsu vive e lavora da sempre.&lt;br /&gt;
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È l&#39;incontro di due uomini che &lt;b&gt;potrebbero essere padre e figlio&lt;/b&gt;. Proprio perché non lo sono, forse, riescono a comunicare l’uno con l’altro nel modo in cui per una vita non hanno saputo fare coi loro veri familiari. L’ingenuo entusiasmo di Katsu dà a Koichi il supporto che non ha mai ricevuto dal genitore; le insicurezze del ragazzo aprono gli occhi per la prima volta a Katsu sul disagio che il proprio figlio (anche lui, quasi fosse un segno del destino, Koichi) prova nel crescere e trovare la sua strada. Le &lt;b&gt;dinamiche familiari&lt;/b&gt; restano in secondo piano ma il film ne fa intuire con sensibilità i risvolti passati e futuri.&lt;br /&gt;
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Prima di tutto, però, quest&#39;opera è un&#39;esilarante commedia straripante ilarità da vedere in compagnia. C’è tanta &lt;b&gt;leggerezza&lt;/b&gt;, nonostante i disagi dei protagonisti, e le emozioni sono suggerite attraverso i primi piani – la genuina sorpresa negli occhi di Katsu mentre legge la sceneggiatura del film, l’ansia somatizzata di Koichi sul set. Anche lo spazio e il suo utilizzo mostrano efficacemente l’avvicinamento dei personaggi, le loro riserve nel lasciarsi andare, e infine la ritrovata consapevolezza di poter &lt;b&gt;mettere se stesso &lt;/b&gt;(自分 jibun)&lt;b&gt; al centro&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;The Woodsman and the Rain&lt;/i&gt; ha il pregio di far ridere con ciò che mette in scena e commuovere con il non detto, e ti lascia alla fine col sorriso in faccia e il cuore soddisfatto.&lt;br /&gt;
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Il prossimo appuntamento con la &lt;i&gt;Third Window Films Night&lt;/i&gt; alla galleria White Conduit Project è il 21 agosto con &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2880148/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Be my Baby&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;english_version&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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A cosy space for about twenty people, a little bar with Japanese beers and snacks and even sake, a feel-good movie: just a few ingredients for a most enjoyable night. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1867566/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Woodsman and the Rain&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; tells the story of &lt;b&gt;Katsu&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;(Koji Yakusho), a lumberjack enjoying a simple life with a simple job. Things get a bit complicated when a clumsy crew poorly led by spineless director &lt;b&gt;Koichi&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;(Shun Oguri) shows up to shoot a zombie movie in his rural village.&lt;br /&gt;
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The movie is the story of two men who &lt;b&gt;could be father and son&lt;/b&gt;. Precisely because they are not they can communicate with each other in a way that seemed impossible with their actual family. Katsu’s candid enthusiasm makes Koichi feel the support he never got from his father; Koichi’s insecurities show Katsu how his own son (as if by fate, called Koichi as well) must feel about growing up without knowing which road to take. &lt;b&gt;Family problems&lt;/b&gt; are left in the background, but the movie subtly suggests their past and future implications.&lt;br /&gt;
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This brilliant comedy is filled up with hilarity and has a&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;light-hearted mood&lt;/b&gt; throughout its length despite the main characters’ deep troubles, so it’s a prefect choice for a movie night with friends. Emotions are evoked through close-ups of the spontaneous surprise in Katsu’s eyes while reading the script, or the somatized anxiety of Koichi on the movie set. The arrangement of actor in the frame is also very effective in showing how their characters slowly get close to each other after many hesitations, and finally the awareness that it’s right to &lt;b&gt;put oneself&lt;/b&gt; (自分 jibun) &lt;b&gt;at the centre&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;The Woodsman and the Rain&lt;/i&gt; is a lovely film that makes you laugh about the situations it shows and moves your heart with the ones it only suggests, and will definitely leave a smile on your face.&lt;br /&gt;
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Next &lt;i&gt;Third Window Films Night&lt;/i&gt; at White Conduit Project will be on 21th August with the movie &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2880148/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Be My Baby&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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È già &lt;b&gt;tempo di cambiamenti&lt;/b&gt;. La piccola routine di questo mese e mezzo è già da rifare.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/gratitudine-gratitude.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;La compagnia per cui lavoro&lt;/a&gt; trasloca &lt;b&gt;a nord del Tamigi&lt;/b&gt;, in un ufficio più grande che ospiterà tutti i dipartimenti in un unico (e probabilmente affollato) spazio. Oggi dovrò dire addio al palazzo blu e alle sue grandi finestre. In un mese e mezzo ho sciolto la mia timidezza e iniziato a scherzare con le colleghe, mentre a poco a poco imparavo le mie mansioni e acquisivo sicurezza. Un passo dopo l’altro, è stato &lt;b&gt;un mese e mezzo in miglioramento&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Oggi è l’ultima volta in cui passo davanti alla saracinesca assonnata del bar per amanti della bicicletta, che cammino per &lt;b&gt;Bermondsey street&lt;/b&gt; con i suoi vasi di fiori appesi ai lampioni, e le persone che si muovono pigramente nella luce generosa delle mattine d’estate a Londra. La chiamo estate perché è luglio, ma l’aria sa già di settembre inoltrato e non esco mai senza giacca.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fuori dalla finestra lo &lt;b&gt;Shard&lt;/b&gt;, come il mare, cambia colore quando cambia il tempo. Si rabbuia nei giorni grigi, si staglia luminoso sul cielo azzurro, e ogni tanto quando gli getto un’occhiata mi ricordo che ho letto da qualche parte che è il grattacielo più alto d’Europa. In fondo è vero che i palazzi modernissimi che spuntano qua e là si amalgamano bene con le tipiche costruzioni inglesi in mattoni rossi.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mi mancherai Bermondsey, mi sei piaciuta dall’inizio. La vista dello Shard, almeno, la porto con me anche nella frenetica e incravattata &lt;b&gt;Monument&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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It’s &lt;b&gt;time for changes&lt;/b&gt;, already. My small routine needs to be updated.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/gratitudine-gratitude.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The company I work for&lt;/a&gt; will move to the &lt;b&gt;Northbank&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;to a bigger office, for all departments to be lodged in one (probably overcrowded) open-space. Today I will have to say goodbye to the blue building and its big windows. In a month and a half I melted my shyness and started to chat and joke with my colleagues. Little by little I learned how to do my job and got more self confident. One step at a time it was &lt;b&gt;a month and a half towards improvement&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Today it will be the last time I walk by the sleepy shutter of a cyclist’s bar. It will be the last time I walk on &lt;b&gt;Bermondsey street&lt;/b&gt;, with its flower pots hanging from street lamps. Here people move lazily in the generous light of London’s summer mornings. I say summer because it’s July, but the air smells like September and I never leave my jacket at home.&lt;br /&gt;
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Outside the window the &lt;b&gt;Shard &lt;/b&gt;changes its colour with the weather, just like the sea. It’s grey on cloudy days, it shines when the sky is blue. Sometimes, glancing at it from my desk, I remember I read somewhere it’s the highest skyscraper in Europe. It’s quite true that in London modern architecture blends nicely with red bricks.&lt;br /&gt;
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I’m going to miss you, Bermondsey. I liked you from the very beginning. At least I will have a view on the Shard from busy &lt;b&gt;Monument&lt;/b&gt;, home of the Suits.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/07/goodbye-bermondsey.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyfP_QW2wZAx7gqYZu3ysBGFyWQ3O2fUvQV2nQ5YGuqkD7-e9YC0Mwx0onebhVDYJgJGz9DgARm_dLJvWijgrnuxhESmVFCyr9qbLCcycl13iPRE-LQbbyRG15_1Ly67kI2kZBYSKk3x0/s72-c/DSC_0375-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-285594326187905220</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 06:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-07-22T08:50:13.833+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Troppo Giappone a Londra? // Too much Japan in London?</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
When in Rome do as the Romans do.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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Se mi chiedeste a caldo qual è &lt;b&gt;la cosa che preferisco di Londra&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/un-mese-londra-one-month-in-london.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;dopo un mese&lt;/a&gt; e mezzo qui, credo risponderei “È così facile trovare &lt;b&gt;pezzi di Giappone&lt;/b&gt;”. Ed effettivamente è quello che faccio, in ogni momento libero. Ho l’agenda traboccante di appunti, una &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/nihonexpress/lists/jpn-ldn&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;lista su Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, un calendario su Google, pieni di &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Giappone a Londra&lt;/a&gt;. Ho persino una routine settimanale ormai, con giorni e orari dedicati a conversazione e incontri.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Parlare in giapponese&lt;/b&gt; mi dà un senso di conforto, come essere a casa. Solo chi è affetto dalla mia stessa malattia può capire a cosa mi riferisco, solo chi sa quanto il Giappone più di altri paesi ti entra dentro, se gli dai spazio. Mi fa stare bene trovarlo qui, quindi probabilmente farsi domande su giusto o sbagliato non ha alcun senso.&lt;br /&gt;
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D’altra parte mi sento un po’ come quegli &lt;b&gt;espatriati che passano tempo esclusivamente con i connazionali&lt;/b&gt; e non si integrano mai nel paese in cui vivono, anche se sembro essere un po’ confusa sulla mia provenienza. &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Londra&lt;/a&gt; per me non è mai stata un sogno, non sapevo quasi nulla su questa città prima di trasferirmici. L’ho scelta per ragioni pratiche, perché qui posso mettere in atto un piano che ha tutto a che fare col Giappone. Le sono grata per quello che mi sta dando, ma ancora non posso dire che mi piaccia. Ho in progetto di restare qui per qualche anno, quindi avrò tempo per conoscerla e capirla meglio, non c’è fretta, e non si sa mai cosa ha in serbo il futuro, ma questa per ora non è la città in cui mi vedo a tempo indeterminato. &lt;br /&gt;
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A &lt;b&gt;Kyoto &lt;/b&gt;andavo spesso in esplorazione solitaria, facevo la turista, amavo perdermi e facevo mille fotografie. Qui mi muovo raramente senza una meta, non mi porto quasi mai la macchina fotografica, non ho ancora visitato quasi nulla e l’idea di avventurarmi da sola tra la folla di turisti mi angoscia. Mi sembra di bistrattarla un po’, questa città che mi ha accolta a braccia aperte.&lt;br /&gt;
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Alcuni diranno &lt;i&gt;Ma perché non ci è rimasta, in Giappone?&lt;/i&gt;, e dall’esterno è una domanda legittima, ma dentro di me le ragioni sono chiare e la distanza fisica tra me e Kyoto è una necessità. Dovrei però forse capire e accettare che ora sono qui, e &lt;b&gt;vivere Londra in quanto tale&lt;/b&gt;, e non come un grosso contenitore da cui tirare fuori solo quel che piace a me. Cosa ne pensate?&lt;br /&gt;
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If you were to rashly ask me what’s &lt;b&gt;my favourite thing about London&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/un-mese-londra-one-month-in-london.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;after I spent one month&lt;/a&gt; and a half here, I’d probably answer “It’s so easy to find &lt;b&gt;pieces of Japan&lt;/b&gt; all around”. That’s what I do indeed, whenever I have some spare time. My diary is full of notes, I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/nihonexpress/lists/jpn-ldn&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;a list on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and a calendar on Google brimming with &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Japan in London&lt;/a&gt;. I also have a weekly routine already, with fixed appointments for conversation and meet ups. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Talking in Japanese&lt;/b&gt; is comforting, it feels like home. Only who is affected by this same illness can understand what I mean. Some people know how much Japan can get into you, if you allow it to. Finding it here makes me feel good, so it’s probably pointless to wonder whether this is right or wrong.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Hugo Yoshikawa artwork for Japan Society London&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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On the other hand am I not like those &lt;b&gt;emigrants who exclusively spend time with their fellow countrymen&lt;/b&gt;, except for I am a bit confused about where I am from? &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;London&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is not a place I used to dream about, I hardly knew anything about it before moving here. I chose it for practical reasons, to follow a plan that’s all about Japan. I’m grateful for what it’s giving me but I can’t quite say I like it yet. As I’m not leaving for the next few years I will have time to get to know and understand it, there’s no need to rush. One never knows what the future will bring, but for now I definitely don&#39;t want to be here forever.&lt;br /&gt;
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When in &lt;b&gt;Kyoto &lt;/b&gt;I often explored places on my own, I liked to be a tourist in my city, to get lost and take thousands of pictures. Here I rarely move without a purpose, I almost never bring my camera with me, I still haven’t visited much and it scares me to venture among flocks of tourists. Am I not misbehaving towards this city that warmly welcomed me?&lt;br /&gt;
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Some might say &lt;i&gt;Why didn’t she just stay in Japan?&lt;/i&gt;, and from the outside it seems legit to think so. I have very clear reasons though, and physical distance between me and Kyoto is a real need. Should I maybe understand and accept that I am here now, and &lt;b&gt;live London as London&lt;/b&gt; instead of just taking what I like out of it? What do you think about it?</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/07/troppo-giappone-londra-too-much-japan.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEEsA1QfCIVPI3rfpv9EQc6UnbptkKUbP5wAWd-sbLFtKvAFecGlEpEfmxm0OLl1ngRJd9in-BxYD0WSO3Zz3wLRXIO_fJTVxMLf27q2NwwQhuCbiBdBzVv4npwWAJ11fD_rysqE7AaLN/s72-c/IMG_28098-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>14</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-6291087256468139663</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 06:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-07-20T08:18:03.554+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">arte</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan in london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Giappone a Londra // Japan in London: Miho Sato at White Conduit Projects</title><description>[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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Dal 25 giugno e fino al 25 luglio la galleria d’arte &lt;a href=&quot;http://whiteconduitprojects.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;White Conduit Projects&lt;/a&gt;, un piccolo spazio nel centro di Londra che espone artisti e designer giapponesi (ma non solo), è in mostra &lt;a href=&quot;http://mihosato.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Miho Sato&lt;/a&gt; con &lt;i&gt;“Where are you off to?” – Moomin – Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter&lt;/i&gt;. Già dal titolo è chiara &lt;b&gt;l’influenza che la cultura pop&lt;/b&gt;, che iniziava a diffondersi in Giappone proprio durante l’infanzia dell’artista nei primi anni ’70, ha avuto sull’immaginario di Sato.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Complexity of adulthood&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Le immagini, singoli soggetti fluttuanti su fondo neutro, sembrano flash improvvisi, &lt;b&gt;pezzi di memoria&lt;/b&gt; che da un passato lontano affiorano per un momento alla mente. Un fotogramma da un cartone animato, la fotografia di una rivista, personaggi che sembrano bambole senza volto sono riprodotti con linee semplici ed essenziali. L’immagine galleggia nel vuoto, come &lt;b&gt;i ricordi di quando siamo bambini&lt;/b&gt; che a volte si affacciano alla mente senza un inizio né una fine. Sono pezzi di inconscio, frammenti di sogni forse, che producono un piccolo spostamento nella coscienza dell’osservatore, come sfiorando ansie universali che tutti ci portiamo dietro da sempre, senza saperlo.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a id=&quot;english_version&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
From the 25th June until the 25th July &lt;a href=&quot;http://whiteconduitprojects.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;White Conduit Projects&lt;/a&gt;, a small art gallery in Central London showcasing (not only) Japanese artists and designers, hosts &lt;a href=&quot;http://mihosato.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Miho Sato&lt;/a&gt;’s &lt;i&gt;“Where are you off to?” – Moomin – Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter&lt;/i&gt;. The title of the exhibition suggests &lt;b&gt;the influence of pop culture&lt;/b&gt;, that was starting to spread in Japan in the early 70s as she was a child, on the artist&#39;s imagination.&lt;br /&gt;
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Single bodies fluctuate on neutral backgrounds, &lt;b&gt;images suddenly appear from a far away past&lt;/b&gt;, only for a brief moment. The frame from a cartoon, the picture on a magazine, characters looking like faceless dolls are depicted with simple, essential lines. The subject floats in the void, just like &lt;b&gt;childhood memories&lt;/b&gt; that sometimes emerge in our minds. They don&#39;t have a beginning or an end, they just are. They’re parts of our unconscious selves, pieces of dreams maybe, and they produce a slight movement in the observer’s conscience. It might be because they reach universal anxieties we all bring with us from a long long time ago.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/07/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-miho.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXN8KeLkDmkgrSY6eLlRnCVNfWCknFsOlc6Ug_heNJg2OawKY3StWzhFuR31s_Qrqxxtj7Qj8znVUSDldNGWi_6fzKiYM-3RUOPy2_1EiBpYOMJMUhJvfW9xhpG2eWlV2ZJImpwq14I6C/s72-c/DSC_0366-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-8392271603897563855</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-07-14T08:24:02.869+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan in london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">musica</category><title>Giappone a Londra // Japan in London: Matsuya Nozawa and the World of Joruri</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
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[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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Matsuya Nozawa&lt;/b&gt; 野澤松也 è un suonatore di &lt;em&gt;gidayu shamisen&lt;/em&gt; presso il National Theatre of Japan ed è riconosciuto come uno dei &lt;b&gt;Tesori Nazionali Viventi&lt;/b&gt; del Giappone.&lt;br /&gt;
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Durante un breve tour europeo ha fatto tappa anche a Londra, a &lt;b&gt;Grosvenor Chapel&lt;/b&gt;, grazie alla &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japansociety.org.uk/event/matsuya-nozawa-joruri/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japan Society&lt;/a&gt;. È stato un evento di introduzione al &lt;i&gt;jōruri&lt;/i&gt; 浄瑠璃, una forma di musica tradizionale che enfatizza la parte narrativa dell’esibizione rispetto a quella puramente musicale. Il &lt;em&gt;jōruri&lt;/em&gt; fa solitamente da accompagnamento al teatro &lt;em&gt;kabuki&lt;/em&gt; o al &lt;em&gt;bunraku&lt;/em&gt; (rappresentazioni di marionette), prendendo forme e stili diversi per l’uno o per l’altro. In entrambi i casi il suono dello &lt;i&gt;shamisen&lt;/i&gt; 三味線 accentua un’azione, accompagna i movimenti, enfatizza i sentimenti dei personaggi sul palcoscenico. Utilizzando note e tocchi delle corde codificati il suonatore suggerisce al pubblico in modo infallibile cosa sta accadendo, qual è l’umore della scena.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lo &lt;em&gt;shamisen&lt;/em&gt; non è uno strumento indigeno del Giappone, ma è giunto dall’Asia continentale attraverso il regno di Ryūkyū e da lì è arrivato al porto di Osaka. A differenza del &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-okinawa.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;sanshin&lt;/em&gt; di Okinawa&lt;/a&gt; da cui ha origine, lo &lt;em&gt;shamisen&lt;/em&gt; è stato influenzato dal &lt;em&gt;biwa&lt;/em&gt;, altro strumento a corde, ed ha la peculiarità di un caratteristico suono vibrato.&lt;br /&gt;
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Matsuya Nozawa, consapevole della durata impegnativa e del linguaggio a volte ostico del &lt;em&gt;jōruri&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;b&gt;ha innovato il genere per renderlo più accessibile&lt;/b&gt;, semplificando le opere storiche nel vocabolario e abbreviandole, mantenendo però le atmosfere e i suoni tramandati fin dal periodo Edo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Domenica 12 luglio si è esibito a Londra con tre opere: il classico della letteratura tradizionale &lt;em&gt;Momotarō&lt;/em&gt;, in cui un ragazzino nato da una pesca parte a caccia di demoni in compagnia di un cane, un fagiano e una scimmia; &lt;em&gt;Oitekebori&lt;/em&gt;, in cui un fantasma che vive nei canali terrorizza due pescatori; infine la storia dello scontro sul ponte di Gojō, a Kyoto, tra il monaco guerriero Benkei e il generale Miyamoto no Yoshitsune.&lt;br /&gt;
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Assistere a &lt;b&gt;un’esibizione di musica tradizionale giapponese all’interno di una chiesa&lt;/b&gt; ha un non so che di inaspettato, i suoni fuori dal loro normale contesto prendono più coraggio e li si riesce quasi a cogliere meglio, a prestare loro completa attenzione. Immaginate: un Tesoro Nazionale Vivente, in un elegante kimono, in ginocchio sopra all’altare con uno &lt;em&gt;shamisen&lt;/em&gt; tra le braccia. Intorno a lui colonne bianche e decorazioni dorate, sopra la sua testa un imponente crocifisso, e nell’aria la sua voce potente e il suono vibrante delle corde dello strumento, toccate con maestria e dita veloci. Non è uno spettacolo che si vede tutti i giorni.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaN-jm8H0AgB9I4aHnH8x1tn4cbVQm102FLGowtX8k8GjTlgIMIgwVa0ciRQJGhu_NgkjXyu0KHCVRbTWRL4GLANNv2_NxtdhR0LbdGEpPgEvEohsxwD0337VsKQB8z7nIQ8vTZL3I2CZ/s1600/grosvenor-wm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Matsuya Nogawa at Grosvenor Chapel&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaN-jm8H0AgB9I4aHnH8x1tn4cbVQm102FLGowtX8k8GjTlgIMIgwVa0ciRQJGhu_NgkjXyu0KHCVRbTWRL4GLANNv2_NxtdhR0LbdGEpPgEvEohsxwD0337VsKQB8z7nIQ8vTZL3I2CZ/s400/grosvenor-wm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Matsuya Nogawa at Grosvenor Chapel&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;english_version&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Matsuya Nozawa&lt;/b&gt; 野澤松也 is a &lt;em&gt;gidayu shamisen&lt;/em&gt; performer at the National Theatre of Japan, and is recognized as one of Japan’s &lt;b&gt;Living National Treasures&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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On a short European tour he stopped in London, thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japansociety.org.uk/event/matsuya-nozawa-joruri/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japan Society&lt;/a&gt;. He performed at &lt;b&gt;Grosvenor Chapel&lt;/b&gt; for an introduction to &lt;i&gt;jōruri&lt;/i&gt; 浄瑠璃 – a form of traditional storytelling performance with emphasis on lyrics and narration rather than music itself. It usually accompanies &lt;em&gt;kabuki&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;bunraku &lt;/em&gt;(puppet theatre), taking for each different forms and styles. Both for &lt;em&gt;kabuki&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;bunraku&lt;/em&gt; the sound of &lt;i&gt;shamisen&lt;/i&gt; 三味線 stresses an action, follows the movements of actors or puppets, highlights the feelings of characters on stage. Through a codified use of notes and ways of touching the strings the performer can suggest what is happening, what’s the mood of a particular scene.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Shamisen&lt;/em&gt; was not born in Japan, it arrived from continental Asia through the Kingdom of Ryūkyū, and from there to the port of Osaka. Unlike &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-okinawa.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Okinawa &lt;em&gt;sanshin&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;shamisen&lt;/em&gt; was influenced by &lt;em&gt;biwa&lt;/em&gt; and it has a peculiar vibrato sound that is missing in the Okinawan instrument.&lt;br /&gt;
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Matsuya Nozawa, realising that &lt;em&gt;jōruri&lt;/em&gt; can be hard to follow due to its lenght and difficult language, decided to &lt;b&gt;innovate the genre and make it more accessible&lt;/b&gt;. He simplified and shortened traditional works, maintaining original sounds and atmospheres dating to Edo period. &lt;br /&gt;
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On Sunday 12th July he performed three works: first, the traditional folklore tale of &lt;em&gt;Momotarō&lt;/em&gt;, a boy who was born from a peach and sets out hunting for demons supported by a dog, a pheasant and a monkey. Second was &lt;em&gt;Oitekebori&lt;/em&gt;, about a ghost lurking in a canal and scarying two fishermen. Last, the story of the battle between the warrior-monk Benkei and General Miyamoto no Yoshitsune, that took place at Gojō bridge in Kyoto.&lt;br /&gt;
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Attending a &lt;b&gt;performance of traditional Japanese music in a church&lt;/b&gt; was quite unexpected. The sounds, outside their natural context, get more intense and one can almost catch them better, giving them full attention. Picture this: a Living National Trasure wearing an elegant kimono is kneeling on the altar with a &lt;em&gt;shamisen&lt;/em&gt; in his arms. Around him are white columns and golden adornments, over his head an awe-inspiring crucified Christ. In the air his powerful voice and the vibrating sound of &lt;em&gt;shamisen&lt;/em&gt; strings, touched with fast and trained fingers. It’s not everyday you see something like this.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/07/matsuya-nogawa-world-of-joruri.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XdDe_ryZzDj5qI_iENMP7lyeljW_JJ26EfomIWYCVkJseiaZEdjQh0f5F1E5e27dxaNDSTE48wi3qgdVSahf0Bv-OKm7m4cfKjmwhXpeH0SkkxG5lZxY-MZhDaBUYpkw7s4ZHBWr19UC/s72-c/IMG_28121-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-8212286858298871753</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 06:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-24T16:43:35.487+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Semplificazioni // Simplifying</title><description>[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8570277279206898652#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
Ho cominciato a pensarci pochi giorni dopo l’inizio del lavoro. La collega che mi stava spiegando i miei compiti di base, a un certo punto, mi ha detto: “Ah, è vero che tu studi giapponese! Che bell’&lt;i&gt;hobby&lt;/i&gt;!”. &lt;b&gt;Rumore di unghie sulla lavagna&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Because I would never think about Japan while I work&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Una settimana dopo, parlando con un’altra delle ragazze del mio ufficio, ho accennato ai miei due anni a &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/search/label/kyoto&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kyoto &lt;/a&gt;e, dopo la sorpresa, è arrivata la domanda: “Ma il cibo giapponese fa schifo, vero?”.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sono &lt;b&gt;episodi insignificanti&lt;/b&gt;, ma che si ripetono spesso. All’inizio mi blocco un attimo, perché non sono più abituata. Per anni ho avuto intorno amici giapponesi, amici conosciuti in Giappone, e anche la mia vita virtuale è stata circondata da persone con interessi simili ai miei. Essere messa di nuovo di fronte al fatto che la maggior parte della gente non solo non ha la minima conoscenza, ma neppure la minima curiosità riguardo a cose che per me sono quotidiane, mi &lt;b&gt;destabilizza&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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È ovvio che in questi casi faccio un sorriso e do risposte scontate, perché si tratta sempre di chiacchiere di circostanza, tanto per dire qualcosa. E allora &lt;b&gt;semplifico, limo, riduco il Giappone&lt;/b&gt; in bocconcini facili da digerire e lascio che resti quella fotografia esotica e sgraziata che sta nelle loro teste. &lt;br /&gt;
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Non è sempre facile, perché per me il Giappone è ancora al centro dei miei progetti futuri. Questo lavoro stesso è soltanto un appoggio facile, il sostegno necessario e non troppo impegnativo mentre studio per l’N1. I momenti che posso dedicare allo studio, o alla lettura, o all’ascolto, o alla visione del giapponese, sono quelli in cui &lt;b&gt;mi sento a casa&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Nel mio quotidiano londinese è inevitabile mettere il Giappone in una scatola piccolina e poco ingombrante, eppure nel fondo del mio cuore mi pare di &lt;b&gt;tradire una parte di me&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;- la più vera - in modo imperdonabile.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI-Pqw4nxd1xfzOT4iXAzWvF9-Zd9RaBp_Gtj5dm8umJx78gAsCC8mbgblzO9uS9M3ouevicX7KHyBTbVlWKYVRaP6VDY-QLTZhPVIfJQWTxP94QEgP9DNLxwyHR6BMQK9AyL0LYJiQDZ/s1600/DSC_0314-wm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Street art, Southbank&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;540&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI-Pqw4nxd1xfzOT4iXAzWvF9-Zd9RaBp_Gtj5dm8umJx78gAsCC8mbgblzO9uS9M3ouevicX7KHyBTbVlWKYVRaP6VDY-QLTZhPVIfJQWTxP94QEgP9DNLxwyHR6BMQK9AyL0LYJiQDZ/s640/DSC_0314-wm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Street art, Southbank&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/null&quot; id=&quot;english_version&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
I started thinking about it a few days after the beginning of my new job. A collegue was explaining me my basic tasks, and for some reason she said: “Oh, right, you study Japanese! What a nice &lt;i&gt;hobby&lt;/i&gt;!”. &lt;b&gt;Sound of nails scraping down a chalkboard&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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A week later I mentioned to another girl from the office that I lived in Kyoto for two years. She got surprised at first, then asked: “Japanese food is horrible, right?”. &lt;br /&gt;
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These are just &lt;b&gt;trivial episodes&lt;/b&gt;, but they happen often. At first I freeze: I’m not used to this anymore. For years I&#39;ve had Japanese friends, friends I met in Japan, and even my virtual life has been surrounded by people who share my interests. Now I have to face one more time the fact that most people don’t know, and are not in any way curious about, things that are part of my everyday life. It &lt;b&gt;throws me off centre&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Of course I smile and give clichéd answers, because that’s what you do during small talks. So I &lt;b&gt;simplify, erode, reduce Japan&lt;/b&gt; into small pieces easy for them to assimilate. I preserve the exotic, unbalanced picture of it they have in mind.&lt;br /&gt;
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It isn’t easy most of the time, because Japan still is the centre of my future projects. This job itself is the necessary, undemanding support I need while I study for JLPT N1. When I can spend time learning, reading, listening, watching Japanese, then &lt;b&gt;I feel at home&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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In my London routine I have to store Japan in a small box and keep it out of the way, but deep in my heart I feel like I’m unforgibably &lt;b&gt;betraying the real me&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Non di soli libri vive l’uomo, ogni tanto anche il corpo vuole la sua parte. La mia seconda tappa (dopo &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-jp-books.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;JP Books&lt;/a&gt;) alla scoperta del &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Giappone a Londra&lt;/a&gt; è stata guidata dalla gola.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japancentre.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japan Centre&lt;/a&gt; in Piccadilly Circus è il luogo in cui anche i giapponesi vanno a comprare gli ingredienti per ritrovare in Inghilterra i sapori del proprio paese: le stesse marche, gli stessi prodotti, a un prezzo naturalmente maggiorato, ma ormai il curry nipponico è un elemento fondamentale della mia dieta e non posso farne a meno.&lt;br /&gt;
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La scelta dei prodotti è ampia e per chi ama la cucina giapponese c’è da sbizzarrirsi. Ci sono ingredienti per preparare &lt;i&gt;okonomiyaki&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;yakisoba&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;ramen&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;takoyaki &lt;/i&gt;e chi più ne ha più ne metta, ci sono gli snack che chiunque abbia visitato il Sol Levante di certo conosce (Pocky e Kit Kat, per dirne un paio), c’è l’immancabile &lt;i&gt;nattō&lt;/i&gt;, se per caso foste tra i coraggiosi che osano mangiarlo, ci sono diversi tipi di &lt;i&gt;sake&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Oltre al cibo potete trovare accessori per la cucina, articoli da regalo, qualche rivista e un po’ di libri. Adesso che è… ehm… “estate”, potete persino ordinare &lt;i&gt;kakigoori &lt;/i&gt;(le deliziose granite con sciroppo di frutta), anche se in genere le temperature londinesi non invogliano a ingurgitare massicce quantità di ghiaccio.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ad ogni modo sembra proprio di essere tra gli scaffali di un piccolo supermercato in Giappone: state attenti a non distrarvi, o alla prima occasione vi scapperà un &lt;i&gt;sumimasen &lt;/i&gt;di troppo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Orari: da lunedì a venerdì 10:00 – 21:30, domenica e festivi 11:00 – 20:00, e c’è anche il &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japancentre.com/categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;negozio online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Man cannot live on books alone, sometimes your body has its needs as well. After &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-jp-books.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;JP Books&lt;/a&gt; I kept looking for &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Japan in London&lt;/a&gt;, this time led by gluttony. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japancentre.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japan Center&lt;/a&gt;, close to Piccadilly Circus, is the place where Japanese people shop for ingredients to bring back familiar tastes even in England. There you can find the same brands and the same products, of course you have to be ready to pay a little bit more. I can’t go without Japanese curry anymore, so…&lt;br /&gt;
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The range of products is quite wide and if you’re into Japanese cuisine you’ll love this place. There are ingredients to make &lt;i&gt;okonomiyaki&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;yakisoba&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;ramen&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;takoyaki &lt;/i&gt;and much more. There are the (in)famous Japanese snacks (Pocky and Kit Kat, just to name a few). There is &lt;i&gt;nattō&lt;/i&gt;, if you are among the brave who can eat it, and of course there are several kinds of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;sake&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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The shop has a real feel of Japan, so if you stumble against someone you might find yourself absent-mindedly uttering &lt;i&gt;sumimasen&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Opening time: Monday to Friday 10:00 – 21:30, Sunday &amp;amp; Bank Holidays 11:00 – 20:00. They also have an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japancentre.com/categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;online shop&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/07/japan-in-london-japan-centre.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeH3r2ExVsGvl_henSIwU-R9nbP8IRkaW4UxtnamROsuxyLJgomidJb-yw6IcwANkM_Sc-kWatrLjLYlUvAhyMZUrjxGhcmAsnmLmy6cG9EiCHZ7lPueeO6n3gJryODDFYQjm2n81itY1/s72-c/jcentre.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-7174321239221744557</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2015 06:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-07-03T08:14:44.105+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Un mese a Londra // One month in London</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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Sono a Londra da &lt;b&gt;un intenso mese&lt;/b&gt;. Trenta giorni fa ero da Chiara, spaesata, a chiedermi cosa ci facessi qui e a dire che volevo tornare a casa.&lt;br /&gt;
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Tre giorni dopo &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/da-londra-1-from-london-1.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ho trovato un appartamento con due gatti&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Due settimane dopo &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/gratitudine-gratitude.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ho cominciato a lavorare full-time&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Londra, quella famosa, l’ho vista per la prima volta durante una lunga passeggiata con &lt;a href=&quot;http://clyoparecchini.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Clyo&lt;/a&gt;, che mi ha fatto da guida attraverso i luoghi più conosciuti.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ci si accorge presto che Londra non è una ma quasi nove milioni di città diverse, quanti sono i suoi abitanti. Tagli, incolli, fai ricerche e ti costruisci la città che vuoi tu, scegliendo tra le &lt;b&gt;infinite possibilità&lt;/b&gt; che offre. Io per ora &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cerco senza sosta il Giappone&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ci si accorge presto anche che qui &lt;i&gt;si può fare&lt;/i&gt;. Certo, la fortuna a volte dà una mano, ma ho ancora vivo addosso il ricordo dello sconforto che si prova in Italia, della mancanza di prospettive e della sensazione pungente di stare sprecando anni e potenziale in un vicolo cieco. Qui non mi sento più impantanata, ostacolata nei movimenti, sembra quasi che l’aria abbia una consistenza diversa, perché la possibilità di crearsi un futuro non solo dignitoso, ma addirittura ambizioso, c’è. &lt;br /&gt;
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Non vi mentirò dicendo che è tutto bello e rosa e profumato. &lt;b&gt;Londra è tanto difficile&lt;/b&gt;, è alienante e a volte mi sembra che la distanza tra le persone, pur così pressate nelle strade trafficate, sia di anni luce. Però sono certa che possa essere generosa con chi sa insistere, e io le voglio prendere tutto.&lt;br /&gt;
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Oggi, come trenta giorni fa, sono spaesata e mi sento ancora molto sola, ma almeno &lt;b&gt;non mi chiedo più che cosa ci faccio qui&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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I’ve been in London now for &lt;b&gt;one intense month&lt;/b&gt;. Thirty days ago I was at Chiara’s place feeling lost, wondering what I was doing here and I cried that I wanted to go home.&lt;br /&gt;
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After three days &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/da-londra-1-from-london-1.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I found a house with two cats&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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After two weeks &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/gratitudine-gratitude.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I started a full-time job&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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London, the famous one, was introduced to me by &lt;a href=&quot;http://clyoparecchini.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Clyo&lt;/a&gt; during a long walk through the sightseeings. &lt;br /&gt;
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It only takes a little time to realise that London is not one but nine millions, like its inhabitants. You cut, paste, search and build your very own London, picking one of the &lt;b&gt;infinite possibilities&lt;/b&gt; it offers. Me, &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/japan%20in%20london&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I’m restlessly looking for Japan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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It only takes a little time to realise that &lt;i&gt;it could work&lt;/i&gt;. Sure, luck can help sometimes. The memories of Italy and the discomfort I used to feel there are still clear in my mind. There are no chances of seeing a future and it feels like wasting time and potential in a dead-end street. Here I don’t feel stuck anymore. I can move freely, the air itself almost feels different. I can finally see myself building a fair future or even an ambitious one. &lt;br /&gt;
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I would lie if I said everything is good and pink and nice. &lt;b&gt;London is very hard&lt;/b&gt;, it’s alienating, people on crowded streets seem to be miles away from each other. Still I am sure that it can be generous if you’re willing to insist. I&#39;m here to take everything I can out of it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Today, just like thirty days ago, I still feel lost and very alone. At least, though, &lt;b&gt;I’m not wondering what I’m doing here anymore&lt;/b&gt;.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/07/un-mese-londra-one-month-in-london.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHckDKZzBAli3Z1fm9uFuJu_Lar-3WQxKvSZctHYgX1wDa7MgEwZBxbxAp2wj7u4wFuwJhZhvmA3y9Hb0fcyULj729gGUGZoZ0dZf0QBPjLlhBMdBIbpfp8gakUbUw8uHPmUCCVT9DPuZ/s72-c/moominmug.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>14</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-56641701006008561</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 06:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-06-26T08:22:22.135+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan in london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Giappone a Londra // Japan in London: JP Books</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExqpDcdjF_ba6CKsMvjS2BvmLFnFWxjGEow_xnVcKv7zPeG-CYmfq2L3YuJl6LgmhvQuGqsNWx9_28IZIieLT9gPZ5rhRVMvnfOv_G23YLEgXOnF80ljDUoji4VAPJT9JPxM7RaNQbS0I/s1600/jpbooks.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;JP Books&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExqpDcdjF_ba6CKsMvjS2BvmLFnFWxjGEow_xnVcKv7zPeG-CYmfq2L3YuJl6LgmhvQuGqsNWx9_28IZIieLT9gPZ5rhRVMvnfOv_G23YLEgXOnF80ljDUoji4VAPJT9JPxM7RaNQbS0I/s640/jpbooks.jpg&quot; title=&quot;JP Books&quot; width=&quot;360&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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È vero che &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/quasi-una-storia-damore.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;lasciare il Giappone è stata una mia libera scelta&lt;/a&gt;, ma non significa che non mi manchi da impazzire. Fortunatamente Londra è una metropoli cosmopolita in cui si trovano anche angoli di Sol Levante. Esiste già un ottimo sito, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japaneselondon.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japanese London&lt;/a&gt;, da cui partire con l’esplorazione.&lt;br /&gt;
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La mia prima tappa è stata la libreria &lt;b&gt;JP Books&lt;/b&gt;, e non ringrazierò mai abbastanza Gianna per il suggerimento: il negozio in Denman Street è piccino, sì, ma sembra di aver viaggiato senza prendere l’aereo. Se volete fare pratica con la conversazione potete fare due chiacchiere con il personale, tutto giapponese. Gli scaffali sono pieni di guide, materiale per lo studio, romanzi per i quali, presa da un’immediata nostalgia, avrei volentieri dissanguato il portafoglio. La libreria vende anche gadget e articoli da regalo, CD e DVD, oltre a traduzioni in inglese di opere nipponiche. Se non avete in programma di visitare Londra a breve potete dare un’occhiata al &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.jpbooks.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;negozio online&lt;/a&gt;, che effettua spedizioni in tutta Europa (a prezzi comprensibilmente un po’ alti).&lt;br /&gt;
Se pensate di passare più di una volta fatevi fare la carta-fedeltà: ogni 4 sterline ricevete un timbro, e con 30 timbri avrete un coupon da 10 sterline sull&#39;acquisto di libri.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Info pratiche&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jpbooks.co.uk/en/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;JP Books&lt;/a&gt;, 24-25 Denman Street, W1D 7HU, London. &lt;br&gt;Aperto dal lunedì al sabato dalle 10:30 alle 20:00 e la domenica dalle 11:00 alle 18:00. &lt;br&gt;Anche su &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/jpbooks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/jpbooksuk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/quasi-una-storia-damore.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Leaving Japan was my own free choice&lt;/a&gt;, that’s true, but it doesn’t make me miss it any less. Luckily, London is a cosmopolitan metropolis where you can find little pieces of the Far East too. There’s already a great website, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japaneselondon.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japanese London&lt;/a&gt;, that will lead you through the exploration.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aXi52vIPIy88rWe9esTrr0rZ1cDEVCvnoUmModdFxghAePJbb5kzTFPkvYHUKw29GoM2P-4RikFCuWjq0S2qI2MOIDfK2d1qAiEXXwFL9wyF-RV48ljS5VY-WwsLgxyG-NnMwkORvNUD/s1600/n1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;JLPT N1 study book&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aXi52vIPIy88rWe9esTrr0rZ1cDEVCvnoUmModdFxghAePJbb5kzTFPkvYHUKw29GoM2P-4RikFCuWjq0S2qI2MOIDfK2d1qAiEXXwFL9wyF-RV48ljS5VY-WwsLgxyG-NnMwkORvNUD/s400/n1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;JLPT N1 study book&quot; width=&quot;368&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My first stop was &lt;b&gt;JP Books&lt;/b&gt;, a bookshop that was recommended to me by Gianna. The shop in Denman Street is on the small side, but getting there you’ll feel like you traveled without getting on a plane. If you want to practice your language skills you can also have a chat with the staff, they’re all Japanese. The shelves are filled with guide books, study material, novels I would have spent all my money for. They also sell gadgets, stationaries, CDs and DVDs, together with English translations of Japanese works. If you’re not planning on visiting London any time soon you can check their &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.jpbooks.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;online shop&lt;/a&gt;, shipping all over Europe (it’s a bit expensive, understandably). &lt;br /&gt;
They also have a stamp card: every 4 pound spent you get a stamp, and with 30 stamps you get 10 pounds books voucher.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Practical info&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jpbooks.co.uk/en/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;JP Books&lt;/a&gt;, 24-25 Denman Street, W1D 7HU, London. &lt;br&gt;Opening time: Monday to Saturday from 10:30 to 20:00, Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00. &lt;br&gt;Find them on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/jpbooks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/jpbooksuk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; too.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/06/giappone-londra-japan-in-london-jp-books.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExqpDcdjF_ba6CKsMvjS2BvmLFnFWxjGEow_xnVcKv7zPeG-CYmfq2L3YuJl6LgmhvQuGqsNWx9_28IZIieLT9gPZ5rhRVMvnfOv_G23YLEgXOnF80ljDUoji4VAPJT9JPxM7RaNQbS0I/s72-c/jpbooks.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>10</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-3592672692272449446</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-06-23T00:38:00.090+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cinema</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eventi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hong kong cinema</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>BAFTA A Life in Pictures: Johnnie To</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxRI6zJ5KdD43iW86KQ9dkuU9zIb8rq_tWXaoq0Q4v-8qpg6w4QG4cGcgcPZzPhwZ4zz6O_1VbTbzrXy1bbu90QwNZBELd1uCfhBfLyiqoxtSRF6zSNuaVUEEZNK7kQiDQRryKLYbRIBX/s1600/jto-wm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;BAFTA a life in pictures johnnie to&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxRI6zJ5KdD43iW86KQ9dkuU9zIb8rq_tWXaoq0Q4v-8qpg6w4QG4cGcgcPZzPhwZ4zz6O_1VbTbzrXy1bbu90QwNZBELd1uCfhBfLyiqoxtSRF6zSNuaVUEEZNK7kQiDQRryKLYbRIBX/s400/jto-wm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;BAFTA a life in pictures johnnie to&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
Un post veloce, scritto sull&#39;autobus mentre rientro dall&#39;evento &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bafta.org/press/press-releases/johnnie-to-career-retrospective-2015&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BAFTA A Life in Pictures: Johnnie To.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Per me i film di &lt;b&gt;Johnnie To&lt;/b&gt; sono stati prima una folgorazione da occhi sgranati e sorriso scemo, e poi durante un periodo particolarmente complesso hanno fatto da lenitivo a tante cose. Nei giorni peggiori, e solo in quelli, mi dicevo: “Oggi mi merito un film di Johnnie To”. Erano più di una consolazione, erano in grado di farmi staccare da me stessa e dimenticare tutto. Erano estasi pura.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trovarmi davanti lui in persona è stata la realizzazione di un desiderio che consideravo talmente lontano da non aver nemmeno mai avuto il coraggio di esprimerlo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Certo le domande dell’intervistatore, che aveva fatto il compitino di guardare i film ma non era un esperto delle dinamiche dei film di Hong Kong, lasciavano a desiderare. Aveva&amp;nbsp;imparato la pappardella che nei film di To non è tutto bianche e nero, ma non gli è venuto proprio in mente che quei grigi siano rappresentazione della vita reale e la conversazione con il regista ne ha risentito.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ma chi se ne importa, alla fine. Quell’uomo dai movimenti nervosi che rispondeva malvolentieri a domande mal poste è lo stesso che mi ha fatta cadere ai suoi piedi con le sfumature di rossi e blu di &lt;i&gt;A Hero Never Dies&lt;/i&gt;, un film in cui anche gli uomini morti si vendicano. E quelle incredibili nuvole di sangue di &lt;i&gt;Exiled&lt;/i&gt;! E i suoi attori (Anthony Wong!), che spesso e volentieri fa recitare senza sceneggiatura e non sbagliano comunque un colpo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Londra è difficile e diffidente, quasi ostile alle volte, ma basta scavare e mi regala cose come questa. Non c’è stata quella scintilla che mi ha scottata in Giappone, ma ho intenzione di succhiarle fuori ogni singola goccia di quello che ha da offrirmi. Ma di questo riparlerò un altro giorno.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;english_version&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnqoPVOWODC5fc-lSedY7vo3Cn-ALG_SV6zUWbI9sieZVnjuyokXRNDLAkhErBipL7JDTvH9VmZegvP_FlBT3hsfqLhx0fb_16pX9uB7WYqX2MLdyXmQfFrdbKXYZgiOqyJkVuukb_TfP/s1600/bafta-wm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;bafta london&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnqoPVOWODC5fc-lSedY7vo3Cn-ALG_SV6zUWbI9sieZVnjuyokXRNDLAkhErBipL7JDTvH9VmZegvP_FlBT3hsfqLhx0fb_16pX9uB7WYqX2MLdyXmQfFrdbKXYZgiOqyJkVuukb_TfP/s400/bafta-wm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;bafta london&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A quick post I’m writing on the bus, on my way home from the event &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bafta.org/press/press-releases/johnnie-to-career-retrospective-2015&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BAFTA A Life in Pictures: Johnnie To&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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At first &lt;b&gt;Johnnie To&lt;/b&gt;’s movies were a folgoration that left me with eyes wide open and a silly smile on my face. Then, during tough times, they were a medicine for so many things. In the hardest days – only in the very hardest days – I used to tell myself: “I deserve a Johnnie To movie today”. They were more than consolation, they could separate me from myself and made me forget everything. They were pure pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;
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For me seeing him in person was the fulfillment of a desire so far away from reality I never even had the courage to express it.&lt;br /&gt;
Sure, the interviewer’s questions were not so good: despite having watched many of the movies directed by To, he showed very limited understanding of the general dynamics of Hong Kong cinema. He did learn by heart that things are not just black or white in To’s works, but he didn’t think for a moment that those greys are a mirror of reality.&lt;br /&gt;
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Well, who cares anyway. That man moving nervously, answering reluctantly to badly posed questions is the same man that made me fall head over feet with the red and blue hues of &lt;i&gt;A Hero Never Dies&lt;/i&gt;, a movie where dead men can get revenge too. And those incredible clouds of blood in &lt;i&gt;Exiled&lt;/i&gt;! And “his” actors (Anthony Wong!), that he often put in front of the camera without a script, and still always get it right. &lt;br /&gt;
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London is difficult and diffident, sometimes hostile, but digging deep enough it gives me these kind of experiences. It didn’t click like it happened with Japan, but I’m firmly intentioned to suck every single drop of what it has to offer out of it. I’ll talk about it some other time, though.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/06/bafta-life-in-pictures-johnnie-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxRI6zJ5KdD43iW86KQ9dkuU9zIb8rq_tWXaoq0Q4v-8qpg6w4QG4cGcgcPZzPhwZ4zz6O_1VbTbzrXy1bbu90QwNZBELd1uCfhBfLyiqoxtSRF6zSNuaVUEEZNK7kQiDQRryKLYbRIBX/s72-c/jto-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-1104789884103958174</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2015 21:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-09-03T18:44:46.630+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eventi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">j-music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">japan in london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">musica</category><title>Giappone a Londra // Japan in London: Okinawa Day</title><description>&lt;b&gt;Suggested soundtrack&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dZeDZp0BTY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hana&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Il ricordo di oggi è la raccolta di &lt;a href=&quot;http://rioaj.okinawa/main/list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;100 recenti canzoni di Okinawa&lt;/a&gt;, che sto ascoltando mentre scrivo questo post. Sono sicura di &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/gratitudine-gratitude.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;avere già menzionato&lt;/a&gt; il fatto che Londra sia una città piena di cose da fare e scoprire. Può capitare di avere in programma di passare il fine settimana in ozio e scoprire per caso, venerdì sera, che sabato si terrà l’&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.okinawaday.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Okinawa Day&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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A &lt;b&gt;Okinawa &lt;/b&gt;non ci sono mai stata e so poco a riguardo. So che la cultura dell’arcipelago, che è stato a lungo un regno indipendente, differisce molto da quella del resto del Giappone. Non sapevo minimamente cosa aspettarmi dall’evento in &lt;b&gt;Spitalfields&lt;/b&gt;, e di certo non pensavo mi avrebbe entusiasmata così tanto. Un paio di piccole bancarelle, un palco e qualche sedia, e magicamente l’atmosfera di un giorno londinese grigio e malinconico si è trasformata. Tra degustazioni di &lt;i&gt;awamori&lt;/i&gt;, esibizioni di arti marziali e performance musicali, piccoli assaggi della cultura di Okinawa sono stati offerti agli ospiti dell’evento e ai molti passanti che si fermavano incuriositi.&lt;br /&gt;
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Non c’è dubbio che a incollarmi alla sedia per tutto il giorno sia stata la passione che ho visto nel gruppo &lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/londonsanshin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;London Okinawa Sanshinkai&lt;/a&gt;: non solo hanno interpretato in modo a volte commovente la musica tradizionale dell’arcipelago accompagnata dalla danza &lt;i&gt;eisa&lt;/i&gt;, delicata e allo stesso tempo piena di energia, ma hanno aggiunto un tocco pop mescolando&lt;i&gt; saishin&lt;/i&gt; e chitarre, &lt;i&gt;taiko &lt;/i&gt;e Beatles, e trascinando il pubblico a ballare in un finale divertentissimo e coinvolgente.&lt;br /&gt;
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E per quanto mi riguarda, la mia prossima avventura potrebbe anche essere unirmi al gruppo e &lt;b&gt;imparare danze folkloristiche di Okinawa&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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I’ve never been to &lt;b&gt;Okinawa &lt;/b&gt;and I don’t know much about it. I know that the archipelago was an independent kingdom for centuries and its culture is radically different from the one of mainland Japan. I had no idea of what to expect from the event in &lt;b&gt;Spitalfields&lt;/b&gt;, and I was definitely not prepared to be so enthusiastic about it. A few small stalls, a stage and some chairs were enough to magically change the atmosphere of a grey, melancholic London day. Attending people and passers-by could get little bits of Okinawan culture sipping &lt;i&gt;awamori&lt;/i&gt;, watching karate demonstrations and enjoying musical performances.&lt;br /&gt;
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There’s no doubt I was most impressed by the passion I saw in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/londonsanshin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;London Okinawa Sanshinkai&lt;/a&gt; group. Not only they interpreted the island’s traditional music in a unique and sometimes moving way, combining it with delicate yet energetic &lt;i&gt;eisa &lt;/i&gt;dance; they also added some pop to it, mixing &lt;i&gt;sanshin &lt;/i&gt;and guitars, &lt;i&gt;taiko &lt;/i&gt;drums and the Beatles. Finally, they had the public join the dances for an irresistibly fun ending.&lt;br /&gt;
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As for me, my next adventure might as well be joining them and &lt;b&gt;starting to practice Okinawa folkloristic dance&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dicono che la &lt;b&gt;gratitudine&lt;/b&gt; sia un elemento fondamentale per essere felici, che non conta tanto avere ciò che si desidera quanto saper essere grati per ciò che si ha. A parole è un concetto piuttosto banale, ma farlo proprio non è per nulla facile. &lt;br /&gt;
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Domani saranno passate due settimane esatte dal mio arrivo a Londra. Domani &lt;b&gt;inizio a lavorare&lt;/b&gt; a tempo pieno in un’azienda che commercia vini, che mi ha assunta dopo una raccomandazione da parte della mia nuova coinquilina. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sette giorni fa mi sono trasferita in &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/da-londra-1-from-london-1.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;un appartamento luminoso&lt;/a&gt; a sud del Tamigi, a metà strada tra &lt;b&gt;New Cross e Peckham&lt;/b&gt;. C’è una coinquilina disponibilissima, ci sono due gatti che si chiamano &lt;i&gt;Frodo e Gandalf&lt;/i&gt;, non c’è la moquette, è ben collegato al centro, costa poco e dati gli standard abitativi a volte assurdi di questa città mi soddisfa molto. &lt;br /&gt;
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In breve le cose, quelle pratiche, stanno andando &lt;b&gt;bene&lt;/b&gt;. Questa città offre tantissimo, per tutti i gusti (anche cose per me grossissime, tipo la possibilità di &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bafta.org/press/press-releases/johnnie-to-career-retrospective-2015&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;vedere dal vivo Johnnie To&lt;/a&gt; lunedì prossimo), e la sicurezza di uno stipendio mi dà modo di guardarmi intorno con calma. Sono molto grata della fortuna che ho avuto finora, allo stesso tempo però mi sento un po’ come ai tempi del lavoro al &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/chissa-come-lavorare-in-un-neko-cafe.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Neko cafè&lt;/a&gt;: come se le cose mi capitassero intorno e io ne traessi beneficio senza realmente meritarlo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ieri ne parlavo con Chiara (un’altra ragione per essere grata) e dovrei, finalmente, fare un passo in più: aggiungere &lt;b&gt;me stessa&lt;/b&gt;, la persona che sono, alla lista delle cose che meritano la mia gratitudine. Dovrei smetterla una buona volta di attribuire tutto al caso e sentirmi addirittura &lt;b&gt;in colpa&lt;/b&gt; quando ottengo qualcosa senza sforzo. Ammesso che si possa negare che trasferirmi di nuovo in una città e in un paese che non conosco sia uno sforzo. Eppure riconoscermelo, dirmi “brava” ed essere gentile con me sembra la cosa più difficile di tutte. &lt;br /&gt;
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Questo post, forse, è più che altro un esercizio, una lettera a me stessa che mostra molte delle mie vulnerabilità. C’è ancora tanto lavoro da fare e non basta metterlo nero su bianco perché me ne convinca, ma è un inizio.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfnIO_CwJIHv9EU9TShrgdnPt6gsKYFLFwuCgn3fjGdxrPY7S7scqWSkvVDrBms3EFB4eW_7RtBbyW2p-VdV613tbZRzaUYl4_XoB11I9mkT7qvsxBX7Dtq-rhOTOcDbvsJZvdaXYSq_t/s1600/gandalf.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Cat Gandalf&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;393&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfnIO_CwJIHv9EU9TShrgdnPt6gsKYFLFwuCgn3fjGdxrPY7S7scqWSkvVDrBms3EFB4eW_7RtBbyW2p-VdV613tbZRzaUYl4_XoB11I9mkT7qvsxBX7Dtq-rhOTOcDbvsJZvdaXYSq_t/s400/gandalf.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Cat Gandalf&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They say &lt;b&gt;gratitude &lt;/b&gt;is an essential part of being happy: it doesn’t really matter to have everything you want, it’s more important to be grateful for what you have. Sounds like a cliché, but it’s not as easy as it seems.&lt;br /&gt;
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Tomorrow it will be two weeks since I arrived in London. Tomorrow &lt;b&gt;I start working&lt;/b&gt; full time for a wine trading company, which hired me after a recommendation from my flatmate.&lt;br /&gt;
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Seven days ago I moved into a &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/da-londra-1-from-london-1.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;bright flat&lt;/a&gt; in Southern London, halfway between &lt;b&gt;New Cross and Peckham&lt;/b&gt;. There’s a super helpful flatmate, two cats called &lt;i&gt;Frodo and Gandalf&lt;/i&gt;, there’s no carpet on the floor, it’s well connected to the city centre, it’s cheap and considering London standards I’m very satisfied with it.&lt;br /&gt;
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In a few words, practical things are going &lt;b&gt;well&lt;/b&gt;. This city has a lot to offer, whatever your interests may be (also something huge for me, like the chance to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bafta.org/press/press-releases/johnnie-to-career-retrospective-2015&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;see Johnnie To&lt;/a&gt; next Monday), and knowing that I’ll have a salary gives me the calm I need to explore my surroundings. I’m thankful for the luck I had, but at the same time it’s a bit like it used to when I worked for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/chissa-come-lavorare-in-un-neko-cafe.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Neko cafè&lt;/a&gt;: as if things were happening around me and I took advantage from that without deserving it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Yesterday I was talking about this with Chiara (one more reason to be grateful) and I should finally take one more step: putting &lt;b&gt;myself&lt;/b&gt;, the person I am, on the list of what deserves my gratitude. I should stop at last to ascribe everything to coincidences, feel &lt;b&gt;guilty&lt;/b&gt;, even, when I get something without making an effort. Also, can I really deny that moving again to a new city and country is an actual effort? The hardest thing of all seems to be acknowledging it, telling me I’m good and be kind to myself. &lt;br /&gt;
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This post is mostly personal, it’s an exercise, a letter to myself where I show lots of my vulnerabilities. I have a lot of work to do on my insecurities and putting it into words is not enough to convince me, but I have to start somewhere. </description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/06/gratitudine-gratitude.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpf3qsl4iJXFEVGRHL_lJKHt9s3ICgH8mJpUWkaHVZ63Ayl_zpuxjD-Al4wYCNa6OyPB83BWBOLobHGpeabhczUcOVK9wsgYvs7M4yaBp9PLaIqSS4JiYRW58iWd5BtrqEj_1ia-1Bx6Od/s72-c/frodo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>12</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-9113371800954065867</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 21:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-06-08T21:04:04.824+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><title>Da Londra #1 // From London #1</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqDpX6RnfPFcbD8-ppU0TH6YGoHjTtL7A9_-RFMNuExjrEM7WQY_eOE71UBY6UpUNZB33R2NgFVs7vI07tdXmfkjZCHJ3A-ncrykB7rNmPCJ41eJj6acIM3PbpYN3q6aFJnjRXIms8iyT/s1600/greenwich.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Greenwich Royal Observatory&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqDpX6RnfPFcbD8-ppU0TH6YGoHjTtL7A9_-RFMNuExjrEM7WQY_eOE71UBY6UpUNZB33R2NgFVs7vI07tdXmfkjZCHJ3A-ncrykB7rNmPCJ41eJj6acIM3PbpYN3q6aFJnjRXIms8iyT/s400/greenwich.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Greenwich Royal Observatory&quot; width=&quot;397&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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Quattro giorni, due notti insonni, un numero imprecisato di momenti di grande sconforto, una decina di appuntamenti per vedere case, due buoni risultati: ecco in breve &lt;b&gt;il mio incontro con Londra&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Non importa quante volte sono già partita, non credo mi abituerò mai alla &lt;b&gt;solitudine della prima notte&lt;/b&gt; in una stanza sconosciuta, in una città di cui non so nulla. Non ci sono posti familiari e mi sento spaesata, il mio senso dell’orientamento traballante mi fa girare a vuoto, perdere tempo e pazienza, le ansie si amplificano, mi faccio sommergere dalla negatività. Vorrei mollare tutto e tornare a casa.&lt;br /&gt;
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È la mia paura che mi rende irrazionale e mi fa sentire sopraffatta. In realtà, come dice Chiara, dovrei guardarmi da fuori, alla fine le cose mi riescono, in qualche modo. E non è vero che va tutto male, perché ogni tanto la fortuna capita anche a me. Per esempio telefonare per richiedere l’appuntamento per il &lt;i&gt;National Insurance Number&lt;/i&gt; e ottenerlo il giorno seguente, e sbrigare il tutto in una velocissima serie di domande, controllo del passaporto e nient’altro.&lt;br /&gt;
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La &lt;b&gt;ricerca di una stanza a Londra&lt;/b&gt; è delirante come dicono. I prezzi, le condizioni di certi alloggi, gli appuntamenti che sembrano colloqui di lavoro in cui devi convincere la gente che saresti il perfetto coinquilino: una bella sfida per i miei nervi, ma ce l’ho fatta. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sabato mattina vedo la casa, il primo che paga il deposito se la prende. Ho altri appuntamenti fissati, quindi dico che ci risentiremo domenica. Vado a guardare qualche altra stanza, decente ma lontanissima dal centro, e continuo a pensare che in fin dei conti quella non era male. Un appartamentino da condividere soltanto con un’altra ragazza, e con due gatti. &lt;b&gt;DUE GATTI&lt;/b&gt; (forse così non sentirò troppo la mancanza del &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/chissa-come-lavorare-in-un-neko-cafe.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Neko Cafè&lt;/a&gt;). Ho mandato un messaggio per dire che il giorno dopo avrei portato il deposito, cancellato tutti gli altri appuntamenti, e ora ho le chiavi. &lt;br /&gt;
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Magari martedì, dopo che mi sarò trasferita, vi dico qualcosa di più di “ci sono due gatti” (anche se non serve, no?).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyJ4dGSnpkr16DB4N5FoYQsFlAN1_4Se921xj0y_tv6FKBEShx4YKKxNGJtKdzda0_3m_IhEkLI2D9ZON3ybLjGgTrKx2qC4_veraqiCdFi5XEzKRV00zrTxagjOdq-Cq3xmNmxSvjE-y/s1600/greenwich4.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Somewhere in Greenwich&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyJ4dGSnpkr16DB4N5FoYQsFlAN1_4Se921xj0y_tv6FKBEShx4YKKxNGJtKdzda0_3m_IhEkLI2D9ZON3ybLjGgTrKx2qC4_veraqiCdFi5XEzKRV00zrTxagjOdq-Cq3xmNmxSvjE-y/s400/greenwich4.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Somewhere in Greenwich&quot; width=&quot;396&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;english_version&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
Four days, two sleepless nights, countless moments of discouragement, a dozen house viewings arranged, two achievements: to cut a long story short, here is &lt;b&gt;my first contact with London&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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It doesn’t matter how many times I packed my bags, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to &lt;b&gt;the loneliness I feel on the first night&lt;/b&gt; in a new room, in a city I know nothing about. There aren’t any familiar places and I feel bewildered, my lack of sense of direction makes me run in circles, waste time and lose patience. My anxieties get out of control, my negativity makes everything turn black. I’d like to go back home.&lt;br /&gt;
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It’s just my fear making me irrational, making me feel overwhelmed. Chiara is right about that: I should look at myself from the outside and realise that somehow I manage, in the end. Also, it’s not true that everything goes wrong: sometimes even I am lucky. I called to apply for &lt;i&gt;National Insurance Number&lt;/i&gt; and got an appointment for the day after, when everything went smoothly. Some simple questions, passport check, and that’s it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVu1Y21lsa7NRA55oqQPmkTkTberJeW5CanY9hxu90JOS9SESM87YHmahAZOJLz02NEykxO-ajPQ_7IwV-osqmT6GTRLQU5wqbk_8nzTv1Y7YMtS_s3aj3AVbZPUJpJRY7TCEzhKQjLhPz/s1600/greenwich3.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Greenwich Park&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVu1Y21lsa7NRA55oqQPmkTkTberJeW5CanY9hxu90JOS9SESM87YHmahAZOJLz02NEykxO-ajPQ_7IwV-osqmT6GTRLQU5wqbk_8nzTv1Y7YMtS_s3aj3AVbZPUJpJRY7TCEzhKQjLhPz/s400/greenwich3.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Greenwich Park&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;Flat hunting in London&lt;/b&gt; is just as crazy as they say. Prices, house conditions, viewings like job interviews when you have to prove that you’ll be the perfect flatmate: it was tough, but I made it.&lt;br /&gt;
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On Saturday morning I saw the flat. First to pay deposit gets it. I had a few more viewings arranged, so I told the girl I’d contact her on Sunday. I checked a few more rooms, decent but far away from the city centre, and I kept thinking that the first one was not bad at all. A small apartment I’ll have to share with one person and two cats. &lt;b&gt;TWO CATS&lt;/b&gt; (maybe I won’t miss the &lt;a href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/chissa-come-lavorare-in-un-neko-cafe.html#english_version&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;link1&quot;&gt;Neko Cafè&lt;/a&gt; after all). I texted her, said I’d bring the deposit and take it, cancelled all other appointments, and now I have the keys.&lt;br /&gt;
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Maybe on Tuesday, after moving in, I’ll write a bit more about the house than “there are two cats” (but is it really necessary?). </description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/06/da-londra-1-from-london-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqDpX6RnfPFcbD8-ppU0TH6YGoHjTtL7A9_-RFMNuExjrEM7WQY_eOE71UBY6UpUNZB33R2NgFVs7vI07tdXmfkjZCHJ3A-ncrykB7rNmPCJ41eJj6acIM3PbpYN3q6aFJnjRXIms8iyT/s72-c/greenwich.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>18</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-6667924062935582955</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-06-07T15:11:49.130+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">london</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pensieri</category><title>Impacchettare la mia vita (di nuovo) // Packing up my life (again)</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhfCmN3j5DwLj5XcezFtzqAplW1nKuEtMljJhuAmjQNl7JwF9U7YxqEigxSI3kzZ9Pz8R9Fso-4SU-KJuxbz-eU7HoXPhGeNd0T7IYzsLcz0pfnrMuCr4hLpiXdhvl-5owEckqD0bS4rR/s1600/torta.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;goodbye goodluck&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhfCmN3j5DwLj5XcezFtzqAplW1nKuEtMljJhuAmjQNl7JwF9U7YxqEigxSI3kzZ9Pz8R9Fso-4SU-KJuxbz-eU7HoXPhGeNd0T7IYzsLcz0pfnrMuCr4hLpiXdhvl-5owEckqD0bS4rR/s400/torta.jpg&quot; title=&quot;goodbye goodluck&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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È di nuovo &lt;i&gt;quel momento&lt;/i&gt; in cui cerco di chiudere tutta la mia vita in un paio di valigie. So di non potermi portare tutto, so che non mi servirà nemmeno tutto, eppure per ogni oggetto che devo lasciare mi sento un po’ più vuota. È come se le cose che mi appartengono mi tenessero &lt;b&gt;ancorata all’idea stessa di casa&lt;/b&gt;. Naturalmente non posso portare con me le persone che ci sono dentro, ma lasciare anche i regali ricevuti, i ricordi del Giappone, i pupazzi sul letto che mi ha vista crescere, mi dà un senso di incompletezza. Penso sempre che un giorno avrò un posto da chiamare davvero, in ogni senso possibile, casa, ma manca ancora tanto tempo. Quindi gran parte delle mie cose restano qui, radici lontane da dove saranno le foglie.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR56nZ8Rbo_zparG_ybqWMHKp00GRJHtU4tDlhKu_k1e14iDBUIrlZqGsmlPHAfYDRvYMJIvfuE-UfsNsHhPVNV3X6clV2nc0DFzeFwmZKwMKWxx80WGfy269ogk0ycksKNp42CpgacQDa/s1600/bob.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Leaving Japan&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR56nZ8Rbo_zparG_ybqWMHKp00GRJHtU4tDlhKu_k1e14iDBUIrlZqGsmlPHAfYDRvYMJIvfuE-UfsNsHhPVNV3X6clV2nc0DFzeFwmZKwMKWxx80WGfy269ogk0ycksKNp42CpgacQDa/s400/bob.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Leaving Japan&quot; width=&quot;397&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mi sento strana all’avvicinarsi di questa nuova partenza per una meta geograficamente vicina che forse mi spaventa più del Giappone. Come al solito tengo a ingigantire ogni problema, ma credo sia la prima volta che mi rendo conto di come &lt;b&gt;tutto sia risolvibile&lt;/b&gt;, nulla finirà in tragedia e in qualche modo saprò sistemare ogni cosa come ho sempre fatto.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Mercoledì mattina sarò a Londra&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Per quanto riguarda il &lt;b&gt;futuro di questo blog&lt;/b&gt;, continuerò a scriverci (tempo permettendo) anche se come immaginerete il tema sarà un po’ diverso da ora in avanti. Non spariranno del tutto i post sul Giappone, ma si parlerà anche di altro, e ogni post sarà anche in inglese. Da ora in poi: &lt;i&gt;Nihon, almost a love story in London&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is &lt;i&gt;that time&lt;/i&gt; again, when I have to close my whole life in a bag or two. I know I can’t bring everything, I know I won’t even need everything, anyway every object I can’t take with me leaves me a bit empty. It feels like my belongings &lt;b&gt;anchor me to the concept of home itself&lt;/b&gt;. Of course I can’t bring people who are inside it with me, but leaving the presents I received, memories of Japan, stuffed animals all over the bed I grew up on, it makes me feel quite incomplete. I always think that someday I’ll have a place that I can call home for real, but that’s still far in the future. So most of my stuff stays here, roots planted far away from the place where the leaves will be.&lt;br /&gt;
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It feels strange that I’m about to leave again, this time to a city that is geographically close, but scares me much more than Japan. As usual I tend to make problems much bigger than they actually are, but I think it’s the first time I realise &lt;b&gt;everything can be solved&lt;/b&gt;, nothing will end up in tragedy and I’ll sort things out somehow, just like I always did. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;On Wednesday morning I’ll be in London&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Concerning the &lt;b&gt;future of this blog&lt;/b&gt;, I’ll keep writing on it (whenever I have time to) even though it won’t be as much about Japan as it used to. Japan-related post won&#39;t disappear, but I’ll talk about other things as well, and every post will be translated into English too. From now on: &lt;i&gt;Nihon, almost a love story in London&lt;/i&gt;.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/06/impacchettare-la-mia-vita-di-nuovo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhfCmN3j5DwLj5XcezFtzqAplW1nKuEtMljJhuAmjQNl7JwF9U7YxqEigxSI3kzZ9Pz8R9Fso-4SU-KJuxbz-eU7HoXPhGeNd0T7IYzsLcz0pfnrMuCr4hLpiXdhvl-5owEckqD0bS4rR/s72-c/torta.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-4291545842400142741</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2015 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-29T22:36:22.836+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animazione</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cinema</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">english</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recensione</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">review</category><title>Recensione // Review: Moomins on the Riviera</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
I only want to plant potatoes and live in peace and dream!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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[&lt;a href=&quot;#english_version&quot;&gt;English version below&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Poster giapponese // Japanese poster&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Ho una confessione da fare: da qualche mese a questa parte sono fissata con i &lt;b&gt;Moomin&lt;/b&gt;, adorabili creature dell’autrice finlandese di lingua svedese &lt;b&gt;Tove Jansson&lt;/b&gt;, molto popolari in Giappone. Ho capito quanto siano cambiate le mie priorità quando trasferirmi a &lt;b&gt;Moominvalley&lt;/b&gt; è diventato il mio sogno. Trascorrere le giornate in mezzo al verde e vivere seguendo il ritmo delle stagioni, avventurarmi in posti nuovi con i miei amici, abitare in una casa in cui gli ospiti sono sempre benvenuti, lontano dagli impegni e dalla frenesia della vita di città, senza mai dovermi preoccupare per i soldi: più o meno questa è la mia idea di felicità.&lt;br /&gt;
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Forse, se avessi trascorso tutta la mia vita in un idillio simile, la vita lussuosa sulla &lt;b&gt;Riviera francese&lt;/b&gt;, patria del consumismo folle, mi attrarrebbe per la sua diversità da tutto ciò che conosco. E così, durante una vacanza in Costa Azzurra, &lt;b&gt;Moominpappa e Snork Maiden&lt;/b&gt; abbracciano entusiasti lo stile di vita dell’alta società, mentre &lt;b&gt;Moomintroll e Moominmamma&lt;/b&gt; si distaccano dalla loro momentanea pazzia in attesa di poter tornare a casa. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Moominvalley&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Moomins on the Riviera&lt;/i&gt; si prende gioco della società moderna basata sull’apparenza tramite scenette divertenti e immediate, ma anche per bocca della mia adorata &lt;b&gt;Little My&lt;/b&gt;, più pestifera che mai, e attraverso la pragmatica calma di Moominmamma, che non fa altro che attendere pazientemente che i suoi ritrovino la ragione e tornino a casa dove li attende &lt;b&gt;Snufkin&lt;/b&gt;, che non ci ha pensato proprio a seguirli in questa follia.&lt;br /&gt;
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Il film, tratto dalle strisce a fumetti di Tove Jansson e diretto dal francese Xavier Picard, è una &lt;b&gt;gioia per gli occhi&lt;/b&gt; con il suo stile semplice, l’animazione tradizionale e una palette limitata a pochi colori - caldi per la Riviera, freddi per Moominvalley. Sia che siate fan di lunga data, o che non abbiate mai avuto il piacere di conoscere i Moomin, questo film vi donerà una risata e vi farà sentire in famiglia.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a id=&quot;english_version&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
I have a confession: I recently got obsessed with &lt;b&gt;Moomins&lt;/b&gt;, lovely characters by Swedish-speaking Finnish author &lt;b&gt;Tove Jansson&lt;/b&gt;, also very popular in Japan. I realised just how much my priorities had changed when moving to &lt;b&gt;Moominvalley&lt;/b&gt; became one of my dreams. Spending days surrounded by beautiful nature and living in harmony with the seasons, going on adventures with my friends, have a house where guests are always welcome and I could stop worrying about busy city life and money: sounds like perfect happiness to me.&lt;br /&gt;
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Maybe, though, if I spent my whole life in such a perfect place, the luxurious lifestyle of the &lt;b&gt;French Riviera&lt;/b&gt;, kingdom of capitalism, would charm me as something completely different from all I know. This happens to &lt;b&gt;Moominpappa and Snork Maiden&lt;/b&gt;, both fascinated by high-society way of living, while &lt;b&gt;Moomintroll and Moominmamma&lt;/b&gt; just can’t wait to go back to their quiet home.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Moomins on the Riviera&lt;/i&gt; makes fun of modern obession with image through slapstick gags, the witty words of adorable tomboy &lt;b&gt;Little My&lt;/b&gt; and Moominmamma’s pragmatic calm, while she just waits for her family to understand what she knows already: they don’t belong there. In the end they&#39;ll sail back home where &lt;b&gt;Snufkin&lt;/b&gt;, who for no reason would join them in such a crazy trip, is waiting for them.&lt;br /&gt;
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The movie, based on Jansson’s comic strips and directed by Xavier Picard, is pure &lt;b&gt;joy to the eyes&lt;/b&gt;: its simple style, beautiful hand-drawn animation and a limited colour palette - warm colours for the Riviera, cold colours for Moominvalley - are refreshing. If you are a fan, you’ll love it. If you just discovered Moomins this movie will definitely give you a laugh and make you feel at home.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/05/recensione-review-moomins-on-riviera.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitQLyQwa_D5CxBi0t2Te2AHOtWdcTvQ0qjBzh2txFsyKVg8X5Ap15zFPcx8gbkdJeRrIT-LZE8tKhwUvHV0u83fi7VHBz9ZAyVMtpqhSScO8u1_z-KZifYya5p4lM4YGr3obFtcKay2zX/s72-c/moomin-poster.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-5236629656063497427</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-14T14:23:29.645+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">foto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">studiare in giappone</category><title>Studiare in Giappone: domande frequenti</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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In questi anni ho ricevuto numerose richieste di informazioni da parte di persone interessate all&#39;opportunità di&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/search/label/studiare%20in%20giappone&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;studiare in Giappone&lt;/a&gt;, quindi mi è sembrato utile ordinare le risposte in un unico articolo. Non è una lista esaustiva e di certo ho dimenticato qualcosa, quindi se avete altri dubbi o curiosità lasciate un commento e, nel limite delle mie conoscenze, cercherò di aiutarvi.&lt;br /&gt;
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Tutti i prezzi sono indicati in &lt;i&gt;yen&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xe.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Qui trovate un convertitore&lt;/a&gt; per avere un’idea dell’equivalente in euro al cambio attuale.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- Come faccio ad andare a studiare in Giappone? Cosa mi serve?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Consiglio praticamente sempre di rivolgersi a &lt;a href=&quot;http://gogonihon.com/it/imparare-giapponese-studiare-in-giappone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Go! Go! Nihon&lt;/a&gt;, un’agenzia che (&lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/2014/01/studiare-in-giappone-1-go-go-nihon.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;come ho scritto qui&lt;/a&gt;) offre informazioni e aiuto in modo gratuito. Tramite loro, per ottenere il certificato di eleggibilità da convertire poi in visto studentesco presso l’Ambasciata o il Consolato, vi serviranno: copia del passaporto, una fototessera, copia del diploma di scuola superiore o del certificato di laurea (a seconda degli studi che avete completato), copia di un contratto di lavoro e di un estratto conto con almeno l’equivalente di 2 milioni di yen (nel caso di iscrizione alla scuola per un anno, o 1 milione per sei mesi). Sia il contratto di lavoro che l’estratto conto possono essere intestati al vostro sponsor finanziario (di solito uno dei genitori).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Quanti soldi servono per studiare per un anno in Giappone? Quanto costa la vita?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La retta della scuola per un anno si aggira sugli 800.000 yen. Il costo della vita in Giappone è alto, ma non estremamente più alto rispetto a quello nelle grandi città italiane (provate &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;questo sito&lt;/a&gt; per confrontare la vostra città e quella in cui vorreste andare a vivere). Per le spese mensili calcolate almeno 100.000 yen (di cui circa la metà per l’affitto), con oscillazioni anche consistenti in base alla zona in cui abitate e al vostro stile di vita. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- In che città mi consigli di andare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La scelta della città è influenzata da un’infinità di fattori tra cui &lt;b&gt;i vostri interessi, i vostri piani futuri, il vostro budget&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Personalmente, vivere a &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/search/label/kyoto&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kyoto&lt;/a&gt; è stata un’esperienza fantastica. Il costo della vita è nettamente inferiore rispetto a Tokyo (ma anche alla vicina Osaka), si può risparmiare sui mezzi di trasporto dato che le distanze sono spesso facilmente percorribili in bicicletta, e per quanto riguarda i luoghi da visitare non ha rivali. Io sono sempre stata interessata alla cultura tradizionale, all’arte buddhista e ho una grande passione per il &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://genjimonogatari.wordpress.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Genji monogatari&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, quindi Kyoto è stata una scelta quasi ovvia.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Osaka&lt;/b&gt; è più grande, offre di più a livello di divertimento, shopping e vita notturna, ma è anche più caotica e onestamente non l’ho mai amata molto, ma non la conosco nemmeno bene, quindi non so dirvi molto a riguardo.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Tokyo&lt;/b&gt; è una questione più complessa. I costi della vita sono molto più alti rispetto a ogni altra area del Paese. Dovrete abituarvi a muovervi in treni affollatissimi nelle ore di punta, a perdervi all’interno di stazioni immense e a vivere in una delle metropoli più popolose del mondo. D’altro canto Tokyo è una di quelle città che offrono letteralmente qualunque cosa si desideri, è composta di quartieri estremamente diversi tra loro, ricca di parchi e aree verdi, musei, eventi. Inoltre, se il vostro obiettivo è trovare lavoro in Giappone, la possibilità a Tokyo sono esponenzialmente più alte rispetto alle altre città dell’arcipelago. Di certo un luogo stimolante che vi farà sentire al centro del mondo, ma non fa per me. &lt;br /&gt;
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Il Giappone è molto altro, e sono ben lontana dall’averlo sperimentato tutto, quindi per trovare il posto adatto a voi dovrete armarvi di pazienza, fare ricerche su internet e partire dalla lista delle vostre priorità.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- Puoi consigliarmi una buona scuola di lingua?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Ho esperienza diretta soltanto dell’Arc Academy di Kyoto, nella quale mi sono trovata molto bene (tanto da tornare una seconda volta a studiare lì), ma conosco persone che non sono state soddisfatte dalla loro esperienza, quindi tutto è soggettivo. Per farvi un’idea di quale possa essere la scuola più adatta alle vostre esigenze vi consiglio nuovamente di rivolgervi a Go! Go! Nihon, magari facendo poi un’ulteriore ricerca sul web per raccogliere più informazioni sulle scuole che vi sembrano più valide.&lt;br /&gt;
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Alcune persone consigliano di &lt;b&gt;evitare le scuole a maggioranza di occidentali&lt;/b&gt; (come è la Arc, almeno per quanto riguarda i livelli principiante/intermedio) e di preferire quelle frequentate principalmente da asiatici, per non avere la tentazione di usare l’inglese e di adeguarvi allo stile di vita festaiolo di molti. Personalmente, avendo chiari i miei obiettivi e le mie risorse economiche, sono riuscita in qualche modo a trovare un equilibrio tra studio, lavoro part-time e tempo libero, così come tra pratica del giapponese e chiacchiere in libertà in altre lingue. Ho conosciuto alcuni dei miei migliori amici tra gli europei a Kyoto, quindi anche tornando indietro farei la stessa scelta, ma è giusto che conosciate entrambi i punti di vista. Immergervi completamente in un ambiente in cui nessuno parla altro che giapponese di certo vi farà progredire nella conversazione molto più in fretta.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- Come sono le lezioni a scuola? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La maggior parte delle scuole offre un programma equilibrato tra i vari aspetti dell’apprendimento della lingua. Ci sono lezioni settimanali di ascolto, lettura e conversazione, oltre allo studio quotidiano di pronuncia, kanji, grammatica e vocaboli. Alcune hanno corsi specifici per prepararsi al JLPT, o si focalizzano sul giapponese per il lavoro, che potete scegliere di frequentare in modo facoltativo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fin dal livello dei principianti assoluti &lt;b&gt;le lezioni sono esclusivamente in giapponese&lt;/b&gt;, e sarete incoraggiati a usare anche con gli altri studenti soltanto la lingua che state studiando.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- Quanto tempo ci vuole per raggiungere un livello avanzato partendo da zero?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dipende ovviamente dal vostro impegno e dalle vostre capacità, ma studiando a tempo pieno &lt;b&gt;indicativamente un paio di anni&lt;/b&gt;. Se seguite il programma delle scuole senza dover ripetere parte del corso due anni vi basteranno per arrivare da &lt;em&gt;hiragana&lt;/em&gt; e &lt;em&gt;katakana&lt;/em&gt; a (almeno) il livello N2 del JLPT.&lt;br /&gt;
Tenete sempre conto del fatto che imparare il giapponese è un processo che in qualche modo non termina mai: anche quando parlerete bene e capirete quasi tutto quello che vi viene detto ci saranno ancora mille cose che vi sembra di non sapere. Però è proprio questo il bello, quindi non scoraggiatevi e siate costanti!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- Per quanto tempo posso studiare in Giappone? Ci sono corsi più brevi per il periodo estivo?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Il visto studentesco che si ottiene per studiare presso le scuole di lingua ha una durata massima complessiva di &lt;b&gt;2 anni&lt;/b&gt; (ad esempio io fatto quindici mesi, più altri nove dopo un rientro in Italia). Se siete ammessi all’università o in una scuola specialistica si estende di altri 4 anni. &lt;br /&gt;
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C’è anche la possibilità, presso alcune scuole che offrono corsi di tre mesi, di &lt;b&gt;studiare col visto turistico&lt;/b&gt; (massimo 90 giorni di permanenza in Giappone). Per corsi più lunghi vi servirà invece il visto studentesco.&lt;br /&gt;
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Molte scuole offrono &lt;b&gt;corsi di un mese tra luglio e agosto&lt;/b&gt;, spesso semplicemente inserendovi in una classe già esistente adatta al vostro livello. Vi consiglio comunque di informarvi direttamente presso la struttura di vostro interesse.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- Come faccio a trovare casa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Qualche tempo fa scrissi &lt;a class=&quot;link1&quot; href=&quot;http://nihonexpress.blogspot.it/2014/03/studiare-in-giappone-2-dove-abitare.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;un articolo sulle diverse possibilità di alloggio&lt;/a&gt; per uno studente in Giappone. Se siete in contatto con Go! Go! Nihon vi offriranno anche aiuto per scegliere la casa. Altrimenti vi consiglio di cercare “monthly apartment” o “share house” (+ nome della città) e troverete siti di agenzie che affittano a stranieri, con personale che parla inglese. Gli affitti sono un po’ più alti della media, ma gli alloggi sono già ammobiliati e non dovrete pagare una quota a fondo perduto (礼金 &lt;em&gt;reikin&lt;/em&gt;) spesso necessaria per i contratti d’affitto in Giappone.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- Posso lavorare col visto studentesco? Come faccio a trovare lavoro? Che tipo di lavoro posso fare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Col visto studentesco si può lavorare &lt;b&gt;fino a 28 ore a settimana&lt;/b&gt;. La paga minima è tra i 750 e gli 800 yen all’ora. I lavori più comuni per gli studenti sono quelli come cameriere e insegnante di lingua. &lt;br /&gt;
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Per trovare lavoro potete rispondere agli annunci su internet (esempi di chiavi di ricerca: 外国人求人 gaikokujin kyuujin 外国人募集 gaikokujin boshuu 外国人歓迎アルバイト gaikokujin kangei arubaito), presentarvi direttamente nel caso di bar, pub e ristoranti (soprattutto presso quelli italiani sono graditi camerieri del Bel Paese per dare un’aria di autenticità al locale), ma soprattutto vi consiglio di crearvi una buona rete di conoscenze. Essere nel posto giusto al momento giusto è per metà questione di fortuna, e per metà deriva dall’impegno profuso nel farvi conoscere e apprezzare come persone.&lt;br /&gt;
Provate inoltre a chiedere informazioni alla scuola: capita che siano in contatto con agenzie di lavoro.&lt;br /&gt;
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Attenzione: alcuni lavori sono vietati col visto da studente: non potete lavorare in locali per adulti (strip club, girls bar, soap house e simili) nemmeno come lavapiatti o PR, né in &lt;em&gt;pachinko&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Importante&lt;/b&gt;: anche lavorando 28 ore a settimana coprire tutte le spese è difficile, impossibile se ci aggiungete quella per la scuola. Se il vostro livello di giapponese è ancora scarso ci vorrà almeno qualche mese prima di trovare un impiego. Vi raccomando di partire dopo aver risparmiato una cifra adeguata, non di buttarvi nella speranza di mantenervi da soli lavorando in loco.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;- Mi consigli di partire?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Trascorrere un periodo all’estero è un’esperienza che fa crescere, aiuta a diventare indipendenti e a sbrigarsela da soli, rende più forti e flessibili, impossibile elencare in due righe tutto quello che imparerete. &lt;br /&gt;
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Tanto dipende dalle vostre aspettative, dalle ragioni per cui partite e da quanto siete motivati. Sembra scontato, ma meglio ricordarlo una volta in più: il Giappone non è quello che conoscete attraverso anime e manga, e la vita all&#39;estero (ovunque) non è mai una passeggiata. A meno che non vogliate semplicemente fare una lunga e costosa vacanza, passerete momenti di sconforto e solitudine. Vi sembrerà di non progredire abbastanza in fretta, faticherete a farvi degli amici, incontrerete delle difficoltà per le differenze culturali. Se chiedete a me &lt;b&gt;ne vale la pena&lt;/b&gt;, ma dovete essere ben consapevoli dei vostri obiettivi e di quanto siete disposti a investire (economicamente ed emotivamente) per ottenerli. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Consigli sparsi:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Imparate almeno hiragana e katakana&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;e alcune espressioni di base&amp;nbsp;prima di partire, alcune scuole sono piuttosto sbrigative nel trattare le basi, e conoscere questi due alfabeti vi farà partire avvantaggiati.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Prendete nota di tutte le vostre spese&lt;/b&gt;: è facile, soprattutto appena arrivati, farsi prendere la mano ed esagerare con lo shopping e i divertimenti. Annotare quello che spendete, e come lo spendete, vi aiuterà a regolarvi.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Scrivete una lista&lt;/b&gt; (da aggiornare di tanto in tanto) di quello che volete fare a ogni costo, dei luoghi in cui volete andare. Non farete comunque tutto, probabilmente, ma è un modo per vivere al massimo il tempo a vostra disposizione in Giappone.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Avvertenza:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Le informazioni si basano sulla mia &lt;b&gt;esperienza personale dal 2012 al 2015 a Kyoto&lt;/b&gt; e non sono ovviamente da intendersi come universali. Se avete altre domande, correzioni, informazioni da aggiungere, lasciate un commento e aggiornerò l’articolo.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/05/studiare-in-giappone-domande-frequenti.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_aL31-DmZ89DpnmKtXyeqSBcWc_WCF_Ka2jctUwlViXWLwgPkIlOrCV3cW87GuNWNAU5GWgCJc9pfZ34CI0onl5XD810P4gvx6vLTFl_Cb7pN6HTSZAM7idJJKqqQnNX_VIlpG84e5aj/s72-c/bob-wm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>29</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570277279206898652.post-2325716463959020254</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2015 10:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-27T22:16:29.186+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giappone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">libro</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recensione</category><title>Recensione: Orizzonte Giappone</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
(…) sentirsi un po’ persi e spaesati in Giappone può essere emozionante. E viene voglia di provare a capirci qualcosa di più.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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[Tutte le fotografie utilizzate nel post sono dell&#39;autore Patrick Colgan]&lt;br /&gt;
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Forse vi è capitato, durante la lettura di un libro, di trovare per caso tra le parole dello scrittore il riferimento a un’opera che avevate finito da poco voi stessi, la trattazione di un argomento che proprio il giorno prima avevate discusso a lungo con un amico, o l’accurata descrizione di un luogo che visiterete presto. Sono coincidenze che fanno sentire ancora più coinvolti, diventano occasione per un approccio diverso al libro, più attento.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mi è capitato più volte, con &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goware-apps.com/orizzonte-giappone-patrick-colgan/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Orizzonte Giappone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, di sorprendermi per queste piccole combinazioni, ma sono sicura che l’ebook di Patrick Colgan, autore del blog di viaggio &lt;a href=&quot;https://patrickcolgan.wordpress.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Orizzonti&lt;/a&gt;, mi sarebbe piaciuto ugualmente. Versione breve: parla in modo intelligente e acuto di viaggi in Giappone - ma non il &quot;solito&quot; Giappone. Siete già incuriositi, no?&lt;br /&gt;
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Patrick ha visitato il Giappone sei volte, senza fermarsi ai percorsi più ovvi e conosciuti, ma spingendosi fino all’estremo sud delle isole Yaeyama, nella prefettura di Okinawa, e al nord del selvaggio Shiretoko (Hokkaidō). È stato nei territori colpiti dal terremoto del 2011, ha visto il Sol Levante cambiare attraverso le stagioni, è andato alla ricerca del &lt;i&gt;ramen&lt;/i&gt; perfetto, e soprattutto ha incontrato tante persone e ha parlato con loro. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Ishigaki&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Il pregio più evidente (e raro) di questo libro è uno &lt;b&gt;sguardo perfettamente bilanciato&lt;/b&gt;, in equilibrio quasi miracoloso tra lo stupore del viaggiatore e l’approccio critico (ma non disilluso) di chi ha voglia di capire davvero il Paese in cui si trova, indagandone anche gli aspetti meno piacevoli, senza mai perdere la curiosità e la voglia di scovarne la bellezza.&lt;br /&gt;
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Perché Patrick ama il Giappone, lo si percepisce chiaramente. Me lo immagino con gli occhi lucidi a ogni arrivo a Narita, sempre emozionato come la prima volta, e col magone a ogni ripartenza, i ricordi ancora vividi nella mente, e la testa già proiettata verso la prossima partenza. Se anche voi state per visitare il Sol Levante, o siete alla ricerca di una ragione in più per farlo, questo ebook è una lettura che vi consiglio senz’altro.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://patrickcolgan.wordpress.com/ebook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Qui&lt;/a&gt; sul blog dell&#39;autore trovate alcuni approfondimenti e altre recensioni sul libro.</description><link>http://nihonexpress.blogspot.com/2015/05/recensione-orizzonte-giappone.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Elena)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZLP0ekgNJfuWlkpn6SrRdXWoRD4bKCKUn4ux3NgPmRtdwQEJ-JaIUsAnc-Cy8rtE7DTTE36aARzNo36omqSr4kVWlcyP5xOdhJcQMDymqYcKY-n9x_pgv-XC3tWderaRr6-LWEHRTjGw/s72-c/6-dsc_4783.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item></channel></rss>