Vikingess Voyages

Monday, May 30, 2011

Ritsumeikan Flower Arrangement / Ikebana (生け花) Class

Anonymous 12:12:00 AM

In addition to the Japanese confectionary class (Wagashi), I'm also taking Ikebana, or flower arrangement, this semester. This is a class which Ritusmeikan offers, and which is exclusive for exchange students. The classes are being held in Missho Kaikan (未生会館) in the western part of Kyoto, and...

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Wagashi

Ritsumeikan Traditional Art Courses: Japanese Confectionery (Wagashi)

Anonymous 6:22:00 PM

Every semester Ritsumeikan offers some special traditional art classes which are aimed at exchange students following the SKP program. The classes offered vary from semester to semester, and the traditional art classes offered during the spring semester is Shamisen (三味線), Ikebana (生け花) and Wagashi (和菓子). Wagashi...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Tokyo

Weekend in Tokyo II: Night at a Capsule Hotel, Bunad, backpack and 17. mai

Anonymous 12:50:00 AM

After a long Saturday in Tokyo, it was finally time to get some sleep, and I had pre-booked the night at a Capsule Hotel in Asakusa near the Kaminari-mon. Finding a Capsule Hotel was actually harder than I would have thought, because most of them are only usable by men. But after spending quite some...

Tokyo

Weekend in Tokyo I: Sightseeing and haircut in Harajuku

Anonymous 12:07:00 AM

In order to celebrate Norway’s constitutional day I went to Tokyo for the weekend to participate at the 17. mai event at the Norwegian embassy. The National Day is at the 17th of Mai, but for practical reasons the celebrations were held on Sunday the 15th. I left Kyoto by night bus on Friday the 13th...

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