NIGHT LIGHTS OF NISHINARI
A short film about Nishinari, the area of Osaka’s homless.
amemura | cherry blossom | fukushima | japan | kamagasaki | momiji | sakura | shinsaibashi | tattoo | tsunami
SOMETHING ABOUT JAPAN
Japan. Cherry blossom, sushi, the bullet train. The usual picture of a geisha, real or a fake. The usual stereotypes. Since my first time in Japan, almost twenty years have passed. For almost eight years I have been living there. I cannot count how many times italian friends asked me if I was tired of sushi…
AMERICAMURA
Americamura (that translates in “american village”) is a small district of Osaka, connected to the large shopping and entertainment area of Shinsaibashi.Americamura, or most comonly Amemura, is the place for cheap,casual or alternative fashion. It is also a good place for cheap junk food. It is a good place to spend a day walking through…
japan | kamagasaki | nishinari
KAMAGASAKI
If you get the subway at Shinsaibashi, in few stops you reach Dōbutsuen-mae station. When you get out, Osaka’s landscape has completely changed.No more trendy young people doing “bura-bura” (hanging out), Shinsaibashi’s and Dōtonbori’s big billboards are gone, department stores turned suddenly into small old fashioned shops.Walk a few hundreds meter south and you are…
BENI&AKOU LIVE IN COLOUR
This time Beni and Akou played in Osaka. It was a good chance to listen to some good music and test my new M9!!