「星の色、 | 'the colour of stars は眼差しほど | is but a twinkle when you 瞬かぬ。」 | look over to me.' image is 「七月、高輪二十六夜」('seventh month: festival at takanawa on the twenty-sixth night') by 歌川広重 (utaga » Continue Reading
she is fukuhiro-san (ふく紘) of shigemori okiya (しげ森) in miyagawachō !!! - in case you didn't know, she's playing the famous female samurai tomoe gozen, which is the jidai matsuri's most coveted role! it's usually awarded to one of the most prominent and skilled geiko of the participating districts (two of kyōto's five geimaiko districts participate- the districts rotate yearly), or, in miyagawachō'... » Continue Reading
two of my most important takeaways from what I've learned today in the self-development realm is ' accepting, holistically, that you have needs ' & ' trying to access both sides of your experience of the world '. I apologise in advance if my expla » Continue Reading
「雪の風、 | 'a wind made of snow- 笛は飛ぶ鳥 | my flute is a flying bird, 凛の空に。 | in this frigid sky. 絹は羽なら | if silk could turn to feathers, 翻り散る。 」 | I would flutter, and disperse.' image by 歌川国芳 (utagawa kuniyoshi) » Continue Reading
in a literal sense, I'm referring to this mashup of azealia banks' '1991' with the vocals of 'roman's revenge' by nicki minaj. it sounds so goooood !!!! I'm trying to let myself enjoy the things that I really love, after all the stress I've been through within the past month. I found out about the non-azealia vocal version through You guessed it: a tiktok s » Continue Reading
hello again! I've been thinking lately about how geimaiko-san look after their skin, & wish to apply that curiosity to help myself & others take better care of their skin, too. I've struggled with acne for a long time & am looking for a way to treat it that is soothing to both my skin & my soul. it's always my priority to be true to myself, which includes being selective about what I engage with, ... » Continue Reading
hi friends!! :3c with the stressful & tricky fortnight I've been having, I gladly took the opportunity to take today off, & I'm very glad that I did so, because I've had a wonderful day so far! so wonderful that I want to remember this for more than ten days- which is why this is a blog post, rather than a bulletin. despite technically being a school day, I'm totally treating it like I've been giv... » Continue Reading
this time I was on the japan trip again, extremely bored & fed up because for the past 3 or so days we'd hardly done anything. this was because the teachers were having to look after sick kids, or were sick themselves, or apparently just going haywire. I got so sick of being in the hotel room that I snuck out (& I KNEW the teachers would be furious with me) to see my mum, who was also in japan? ju... » Continue Reading
newly tasting the hot and cold of breakfast, welcoming in the satisfaction- there's a magpie outside the kitchen window, aerating the neighbour's front garden with its beak in the search of bugs. it stops to itch itself on the neck. then goes back to plodding along. pecking. this bird seems to know something I don't. it brings light upon the world just by doing what it was brought here for, stayin... » Continue Reading
I of all people know the pain of love. I have kneeled on so many floors that my knees have become numb, does it really matter if it's from the scrubbing, or the entertaining? the pleasuring? either way I am sore. what do you have to tell me that I haven't already heard under this wide white moon? do you have anything to offer me that is not of my own expense? the beautiful silk you paid » Continue Reading
よいお年を! (wishing you a good coming year!) you all know by now that I'm a total dreams enthusiast. I believe that we're shown things in our dreams for a purpose, & I love trying to figure out what that purpose is. I also try to influence my dreams through my headspace & environment before sleep (though have never gone so far as to attempt shifting or lucid dreaming). it turns out that the japanese a... » Continue Reading
welcome back to another episode of "spacehey user kitkatanddog fails to beat the kasuga-taisha obsessed allegations". sometimes I feel bad for posting about it almost exclusively- but I swear I'm trying to write other blog posts too! maybe this post will offer some background, alongside the foreshadowing of my first wisteria blog post. I'm really missing japan tonight, & the feeling of walking aro... » Continue Reading