I’ve been very busy since last week, so much to do…
I went to two exhibitions, one with nihonga, Japanese-style paintings, and one with contemporary art. The nihonga exhibition is a biennial exhibition that was established in 1898, and I’ve been there before. This time, there were only two or three paintings that touched me, a pity.
The contemporary art was by Mika Ninagawa (and team) and it was 10 rooms of art installations. Some of them were with projections and films, others with tangible art. My favourite room or “picture” as she called it was 1500 strings with crystals hanging from the ceiling, meant to represent the sparkle of life. I thought it was especially uplifting and cheerful, standing out from the rest of the exhibition, which was very colorful as a whole. As I mentioned on my x account, I got the only black and white postcard…

Besides that, my friend from Tokyo visited me, and we went on a tour through a sake brewery not far from Demachiyanagi. The tour was quite short because the brewery is one of the smallest in Kyoto, but it came with sake tasting afterwards. Sadly, they are not open in the evenings, and I’m not into day drinking at this time, but I’ll keep them in mind if and when I need gifts for friends in the future.
Last weekend I went to one flea market and one handicraft market and I had a blast chatting with the vendors. They would’ve appreciated me buying stuff, but there’s only so much money I have right now.
Next Sunday is Setsubun and while I would love to go to a lucky bean scattering at a shrine, there is also the next BATI-HOLIC concert in the evening… I’ll have to do some careful planning for this one.