LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD

Sayonara

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 08/02/2016 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis On April 2012, I sent Greecejapan my first “Letter” from the, still, floating world called “Japan”; my idea,...

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First, the rock

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 01/02/2016 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis Fukushima Prefecture's Iwaki isn't exactly what anyone would call “main tourist attraction”; if it wasn't the birthplace of...

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Coexistence

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 25/01/2016 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis In the world of high technology, and particularly in its part related to design, it's a truism that...

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The children of Edo

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 18/01/2016 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis I noticed them from the first time I set foot on their areas –Nihonbashi, Kanda, Ginza, Asakusa and...

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Opening the mirror

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 11/01/2016 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis A letter about osechi needs to be followed by one about kagami-mochi (鏡餅) perhaps the ultimate symbol of...

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Festive

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 04/01/2016 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis Its standardization in both appearance and content makes the theory about its origins going back to the Kyoto...

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Stigmata

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 28/12/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis Recently, Japanese media (and consequently, their international counterparts and the Internet) are once again at the subject of...

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Black and white

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 21/12/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis The minimalism of its aesthetics –smooth white and black lens-shaped pieces on a simple matrix of horizontal and...

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Warmth

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 14/12/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis Every year, when autumn starts (which, and in defiance to all logic, the Japanese believe that happens in...

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On the street

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 07/12/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis The –usually self-procalimed- experts say that if you want to see them in their full glory you need...

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Blunt edge technologies

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 30/11/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis “These photos are why I'm trapped in Tokyo forever” is the title of an essay that was published...

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And the two shall become one flesh

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 23/11/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis Every time I play the (unofficial) tour guide to friends and acquaintances visiting Japan, I make it a...

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Empty tables

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 16/11/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis It's one of those small details that are rarely mentioned in tourist guides and that people only notice...

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Citius, Altius, Fortius

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 09/11/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis The first time I came to Japan, in the summer of 2009, all public spots were filled with...

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The night of the masks – three years later

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 02/11/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis Almost exactly three years ago, I had made from this very pages a prediction: I wrote “ as...

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Something old, something new

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 26/10/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis Υesterday, I read a blog post by a Briton living in Japan for the last ten years; in...

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Healthy eating

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 19/10/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis Living in the area that could arguably be called Tokyo's top tourist destination, this is something I see...

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Pulse

LETTERS FROM A FLOATING WORLD Γρηγόρης Μηλιαρέσης - 12/10/2015 0

Text and photo by Grigoris A. Miliaresis After a quarrel with her brother, the god of sea and thunder Susanoo no Mikoto (建速須佐之男命), Amaterasu Omikami...

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