the girl who leapt through time

tokyo, japan

fun facts

• camera phones all have shutter sounds, for... reasons
• ghibli is pronounced with a ji, not ghee like i have thought all my life
• there's an unspoken rule of not eating in public, which i broke every moment i was in public
• no matter what time of day, you always say 'ohaiyo gozaimasu' (even though it literally means good morning) on a mountain trail, to be polite and encourage the other passerby, who do not need encouragement really because they are blazing past you
• there are no rubbish bins (anywhere) (okay maybe think of the most inconvenient place, it might be there)

worthy words

1. itadakimasu (say before eating)
2. gochisosama (say after eating, add deshita if it is more formal)
3. oishii! (yum! i got to use this a lot when a friend took me to a japanese restaurant immediately after returning from japan, the chef was probably thinking 'i get it', 'i know', and 'stfu' but because he's a polite japanese dude all he could do was incline his body gracefully and reply 'arigato-gozaimasu' every time i used the phrase)
4. eki is station
5. ranchi is lunch
6. neko is cat
7. AKB48 is an idol group from akihabara
8. hajimemashite (say when you first meet someone)

cosmic matter

maya

we took these photos in between lounging on the floor with endless popcorn and chocolate watching adventure time and exploring mountain terrain and tracing train tracks and making nachos and making more nachos.

wilderness explorer

shoreham beach, mornington penisula: 

the pines on the edge of this forest (sad they could only see their view) all lunged towards the ocean (wanting to be a part of her greatness), but the earth held them back (for she saw everything).

the long way home

remember that time when i was inspired by chinese and bollywood films with cross-country train rides and decided to take a 22 hour seated trip from guilin to shanghai and just wanted to die after about twenty minutes?

border crossing

shenzhen: emma and i spent our hours eating at old street before merging into the crowd of a rock concert in shekou *cough* and by rock concert i mean an open air gig where the lead singer sang out of tune but still better than me.

my favourite sundays are quiet

summer again

roj

takehito-san

ghost stories

pictures i never took:

cutting through the austrian alps

on a speeding train,

we must be chasing something great.

shivering under the saharan light— 

who poured all the glitter in the world

onto this sky?

small town in italy,

sits a spring waterhole

—life starts here.

summer: we wear sun hats

and freckles

of light.

back to back

bianca