Christmas Collection

Aunque Japón no es un país donde predominen los cristianos, lo que se puede notar en las calles de Tokyo es que los japoneses de cierta forma celebran la Navidad en pareja, intercambiando regalos, con una cena especial. Restaurants y shoppings en la noche del 24 están llenos y en varios lugares de Tokyo podemos encontrar motivos Navideños:

 Swarovski version

  Tokyo Disney

Marché de Noel (Tokyo Forum)

Noel´s assistants

Bonsai´s version

Winter-Snow version

Electric version (Tokyo Midtown ilumination)

Tradicional (Chiba)

Chocolate´s tree (LCB-Daikyama)

Gourment (Shinjuku)

Odaiba

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Kimono Parade!

The kimono is a Japanese traditional garment worn by women, men and children.

In Tokyo, kimonos are most often worn by women, and on special occasions, but a few older women and even fewer men still wear the kimono on a daily basis.

Men wear the kimono most often at weddings, festivals, and other very special or very formal occasions.

There is an annual event in November where you can see:

 A lot of kinds of kimonos,

dancers and local food.

If you are in Tokyo you can enjoy the event “Miss Kimono”

and you can buy beautiful kimonos, obis and other traditional clothes.

How to make Konnyaku (homemade yam paste)

Konnyaku is a plant native to warm tropical Eastern Asia, used to create a flour and jelly of the same name.

Konnyaku produced from tubers of Konnyaku root, has been consumed as a part of important Japanese dishes for over 2000 years.

In Japanese cuisine, konnyaku appears in dishes such as oden. It´s valued more for its texture than flavor.

The Konnyaku is used as a vegan substitute of gelatin in Japan.

Follow a recipe I learned in a cooking class.

You will need the ingredients detailed at the recipe as well as:

After that is just follow the procedure:

 With Konnyaku you can make chocolate and other desserts, take a look:

Bom apetit!

O HÁBITO FAZ O MONGE?

Quém nunca ouviu esse ditado? O certo é que se passaram anos e ainda a aparência e o comportamento  determinam as identidades profissionais, e todo mundo sabe que marketing é imagem são o 50 % (se não for mais) para qualquer carreira de sucesso.

No mundo artístico se diz que a metade do papel depende do figurino, e disso as estrelas de Hollywood sabem muito bem, é por isso que na hora de escolher um “modelito” preferem entregar esa responsabilidade para estilistas mundialmente reconhecidos.

Agora estamos no Tokyo Fashion Week e por isso algumas lojas famosas se vestiram de gala, dé uma olhadinha na “Red Carpet Retrospective- Ropongi Hills 2010) da loja do Giorgio Armani, um arraso!