First drawing in a series of food in Japan

 

Tokyo rooftops study Sangenjaya

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Teahouse in Omotesando Tokyo

 

My book is now available in paperback and Ebook versions!

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 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0975GDJ9H/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Ten Drawings from Japan on Amazon Kindle

 I am preparing my next book to come out on Amazon Kindle

EV Toyota and dragonfly pattern “蜻蛉” or “勝虫”

Some time before the TeamLab exhibition viewing, I toured the Toyota exhibit with my daughter.  We found a cool EV car! Reminds me of the classic Messerschmidt vehicle...

Detail view below 

Team Lab exhibition setting in Odaiba, Tokyo, A flutter of butterflies beyond borders...

Starbucks Roastery in NakaMeguro Tokyo

Pretty impressive series of stacked levels wrapping around a copper Roastery volume.

Kengo Kuma was the design architect. 

Mini flatiron building on Cat Street in Tokyo...

Shibuya, Tokyo, and the Acoufelt print

Upon return from a trip south for Spring Break, I was surprised to find a beautiful printed version of my Shibuya, Tokyo drawing.  Acoufelt created a test print, framed the result and delivered to my office.  Amazing and cool! 

My Daughters "best lunch ever!"

Place a bowl of rice mixed with egg and seaweed with a topping of ikura in front of my daughter and she will be very very very very very happy...

Domo-kun found on side of the bus in Tokyo ...

#Domo-kun #どーもくん sighted on the side of the bus from Shibuya station #NHK mascot found dressed up in costume...

Friday morning TV Tokyo characters

It's Friday in #tokyo on the morning #TV show for #children like me! #kinyobi #きんようび 

Tokyu Plaza roof garden, Ginza, Tokyo

It was a very hot summer day, the 4th of July, and the roof garden of the Tokyu Plaza department store building was a surprise to see, and I tried to imagine the scenes behind those tiered green walls...

Omotesando famous brands paired with famous architects results in this array on display

Details from Meiji Shrine painting... Summer 2016

Meiji Shrine courtyard view

Visiting Tokyo again in 2016... Meiji shrine

...one of my favorite places to see in Tokyo...

Muji and Uniqlo, design and experience blog link

http://www.gensleron.com/lifestyle/2014/9/23/retail-design-and-experience.html

 

"...Memories. That is what design experience is really all about. That is what design retail experience is all about. Embracing personal memories and creating new ones. 

I remember my first visit to Mujirushi (now Muji Global) Tokyo in 1992. The shop was located in Aoyama, across from the Meiji dori and the multi-leveled and formative shaped building Spiral dreamed by Fumihiko Maki in the late 1980s of Bubble Japan..."

 

beckoning kitty welcome 

the business card case holder

Shibuya crossing, Tokyo, scene study in progress...