I made a grave mistake. Please, if you’re in Takamatsu, don’t make it too. When I introduced Thai Factory Market and the Setouchi Asia Village a few days ago, I didn’t look at the dates. I just assumed that it was going to be all along the Summer session of […]
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The summer session of the Setouchi Triennale 2016 is underway. And just like three years ago, there is a major event all summer long at the Takamatsu Sunport. In 2013, it was Bengal Island, where during 44 days, artists and craftspeople from Bangladesh, along with various other artists from the Triennale showcased […]
Those pics were taken back in November 2011 during the Asia-Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Convention & Exhibition that took place in Takamatsu back then.
So, if you’re a regular reader and/or if you follow me on the usual social media (and if you don’t, may I invite you to do so, all the good links are in the icons of the sidebar on the right), you know that I recently bought a […]
Last November, the 11th Asia-Pacific Bonsai Suiseki Convention took place in Takamatsu. I didn’t tell you about it, because I didn’t actually attend it, and didn’t see any of the exhibits (I was busy looking for an apartment, starting my new job and those sorts of things). However, there […]
As I mentioned before, I’m both fascinated and ambivalent about the fact and the way Japanese people reconstruct their old destroyed castles. However, I heard that they’re trying to do things right with Takamatsu’s castle (i.e. rebuild it as close as possible to the original, no funky things like […]
Today, just a few pictures (and a video) of a Sunday spent in Takamatsu (it was Sunday, October 17th if you wonder). During the three months that the Setouchi International Art Festival lasted there were a bunch of cultural events here and there associated to it, especially […]
There are many things in the Takamatsu Symbol Tower: offices, conference rooms, a tourist office and many other things. However, in the third (or fourth, I forgot) floor, there’s a place for kids and teenagers. A place for them to study, read (there’s small library), get together, […]