Self devotion

I have been practicing yoga on and off for a while.

I am still a newbie and I don't stick to a particular style so 

I have been trying out this and that everywhere.

Today I have spent about 8 hours practicing yoga at this Tokyo's biggest yoga fiesta -

Organic Life Tokyo.

I have learnt so much about the theory and religious part of yoga from multiple teachers.

The last class I have taken from 6pm - 7pm, it was exceptional.

- Mahiro&Lilly&Padmini/Jivamukti yoga
"バクティは全ての切り札”

The title says "Bhakti is the trump card to everything",
I am sure it was a beginner Jivamukti yoga class, it was the most hardcore practice I have done though..

I loved their studies and the practice.

"Bhakti means devotion"

When we were practicing Urdhva Dhanurasana

They said to us to imagine having someone you love on your chest and never let them fall
and thank them, without expecting anything in return.

And in the end of the class all of the attendees (about more than 100?)
made a circle and sang together.

How can you experience it without a tear!

I am now planning to visit some of their workshops and attend regular classes...

The practice is physically really strong, and challenging.

My body felt so much lighter after the whole day yoga practice!

I went the 8 hours without eating but I didn't feel hungry at all :)

That's what yoga does I believe!

Hope this year I can become a baby yogi!

Anna

Sakura Sakura

Good... afternoon already.

I was going to go out in the morning though...

Anyway, yesterday was the April first.

Yesterday morning I opened my email and

I saw amazing news.

I have received an amazing offer and I was so, so excited.

I was congratulating myself for a few hours and...

Realized it was April first.

*Pulls off a very awkward expression that emoji can't even express*

I am actually very nervous to think if it could be actually an April Fool prank.

Please, do not be.

Anyway!

It was supposed to be raining today so I decided to check out the sakura in Yoyogi park yesterday.

When the rain comes, Sakura will go.

It is the most fragile flower yet unimaginably powerful.

No wonder sakura is everyone's favorite flower.

In the morning when nobody is still out there in a festival mood.

Are they measuring the square? Got me a little curious.

I have always been and will always be a rose person
since I fell in love with the thorns roses let surrounding themselves.

But I thoroughly understand sakura fans.

I feel blessed from my brain to the skin when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom

and the mortality mesmerizes me whenever I see them up there.

I really hope to still be traveling around chasing these little beauties everywhere in Japan.

These things always fascinate me,

massive blue sheets all over the park,

enormous rubbish bags made out of blue sheet - ruining the scenery.

They are not necessarily the most beautiful things

but it's interesting how those convenient things adapted in the culture.

I adore the contrast between early morning and mid day on a day like this.

The change is drastic and I just wonder where those people come from.

I am a morning person so I am only active in the morning when not many people are out yet,

it obviously feels great, but I enjoy watching this too.

Or night, I am really really keen on photographing or videographing at night.

Anyway.

Hope the April Fool prank (or not) will turn down the offer within today...

Thanks for reading my article! I will come back soon ♡

Anna Kirishima

Travel guide

Hello the world!

I haven't forgetten about my blog, just that... 

(I  forget the password all the time and I cannot log into this account very often),

what a horrible blogger am I!

But I feel so insecure if I set a really easy password!

So my password usually goes like G82hlx4Rdl08DaMwU38X and there is no way I can remember all of them (true story, sometimes above plus ^#$&*;+ ...).

Anyway.

I just wanted to write about how I have joined this incredible travel website Townske to write about travel guide and tips.

I haven't even written about my Kanazawa trip on here yet, but I have summerized my trip in one article and wrote about recommendation so if you are interested in the old Japanese traditional culture and traveling to the art town Kanazawa- please check it out. 

The Must Goes In Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. Japan

I also simply write about the trips on wordpress

http://annakirishima.wordpress.com as well!

I post more photos on it, if you are interesed.

I personally have decided to go traveling once a month, or at least every second month on a weekend.

I will definitely update my Townske, blog or instagram so please stay tuned if you are interested in seeing my perspectives while traveling.

I shall be mostly traveling within Japan this year,

Most definitely traveling to - Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Hiroshima, Kagoshima,

Mie... and - Thailand. Hopefully USA too but not sure.

Really wanting to go to Cuba, and Singapore again.

Australia? Hm, if I go I won't be able ever leave there! *homesick*

Besides travel, I will be writing a lot about cafes in and outside of Tokyo.

Cafe - Omotesand

The first Cafe article was on Harajuku - Omotesando.

I hear a lot of people traveling to Japan again this year or sometime soon.

Hopefully my blogs will be an useful information even though I am not the master of Tokyo at all.

There are certainly beautiful places in Tokyo and I would be happy for you to find out about them.

I will do big travels too this year but also will be exploring more of the Tokyo 23 wards.

I want to explore... Tennozu Isle, Iidabashi (Suidobashi, Nihonbashi),

Zoshigaya, Sumida, Shiodome, Ginza... and writing a proper guide of Yokohama ( My home town! ) again.

Kanazawa was an incredible travel destination.

I am not sure if the entire city of Kanazawa is like that or only some part of it is but

someone who has spent a long time in Kanazawa has told me that

the local people in Kanazawa hated to fight, and they knew that if they don't fight, the enemies wouldn't be invading their castle either, so they trained to perform and produce art or craft works more than fighting, but they were still worried about someone entering the castle so they made the interior of the castle like a maze.

And that's how Kanazawa has become an interesting, art and entertainment oriented city.

It was a very peaceful and laid back city.

Everywhere we went, we saw a street full of galleries and art shops.

Small city, a lot of entertainment.

Thanks for reading my blog again, I just fixed my password today so hope I can log in easily next time!

Love

Anna

Friendship

Hello dearies♡

I am supposed to be a blogger as well as an Instagrammer and I haven't blogged in ages...

I wanted my account to be safe and secure so I kept on changing the login password then I totally forgot what it ended up being and I couldn't log in my account... for a very long time :(

Finally!

Anyways, today I met up with friends I haven't seen for years!

Sweet autumn Omotesando♡

It has been really cold in Tokyo!

It's not yet hitting one digit degrees Celcius but it's... like... really cold.

There is a wedding happening at this cafe every time I come around♡

They have a long line of people waiting to get in the cafe every weekend...

Hoping to get in there someday ;)

Bacon and egg pancakes♡♡

Best combination to have on pancakes!

My friend is Japanese though she seemed to be experiencing a huge cultural difference in Japan!

At least she was happy to finally have a pasta in Japan! ^ ^

And we can never get enough of yummy food... :)

This place is in Ura-Aoyama ( hidden corner in Aoyama area ), I always knew they have an awesome affogato and they do, really.

As I say so many times, affogato is my SECOND favorite food in this world♡

We had heaps of fun, it was absolutely awesome to catch up with old friends and spend time like no time has gone by.

She was totally going emotional and saying to us how she's enjoying her time so much like she hasn't in a long time. How sweet of her!

Night in Omotesando was interesting.

I found this ESCADA with a man watching the display, Very Very interesting.

There were new stores I haven't seen opened on the main avenue.

Saint Laurent and other famous stores. Busy Tokyo. Changing all the time.

I am a person who adores black and white.

Not only for photography, but to be in also.

I feel the timeless beauty in black and white.

World has been changing, but black shadow and white light, can not be changed.

I love it.

Aww I wonder if they had a celebration♡

Love seeing happy people.

I was quite sick since a few days ago but today has totally brought me back to a life.

I have to write about this...

I have started a blog on Wordpress only writing about my art and photography journal (this blog being my lifestyle blog).

http://annakirishima.wordpress.com

I have been painting pointillism since 12 and I have never thought once it will be appreciated by anybody.

Because it's to me just a bunch of dots forming an image, and I didn't think it would mean anything to them.

But recently, I have been told by a number of people that it is crazy and they would like to have it.

Like not just saying, they were meaning it.

I was in doubt at first but then I felt their honesty.

It has shocked me a lot, as I said, I have never thought it would hit anybody's heart in the first place.

Art is never accurate.

My dots can never be placed accurately.

There is no definition of accuracy in my art.

I paint with dots because I can't even draw a straight line if I try to.

But then, it requires a whole lot of patience.

And I had it.

That's the whole story.

It would tickle me if (hypothetically) someone said to me I was pretty.

It would make me feel shy if they said I was smart.

But if they appreciate what I make, they would mean the world to me.

It always has.

Now people are giving me the heaven and all I want to is keep creating.

It's just a whole bunch of thank you that I would like to deliver and I want to keep creating until the moment I am gone.

And my biggest wish is to have my creations living longer than I do.

I never really believe it when people say to me

"Oh you are an artist you are different, it's fiiiiine!"

I don't think I am any different to anybody, in fact, everybody is so different from each other that you can't define the standard of "being", right?

I am so right in my own way and I am being true to myself, and I am sure everybody is.

But it is the best, most blessing thing to have people accepting me for whatever hell or heaven that I am, and giving me the slighest respect.

It is just so touching that I had to write so much about this ahaha I need to keep this blog sheerly for my lifestyle diary hehe.

Anyway, it is a big part of me being an "Artist" and it is what defines what I am.

And I would like to stay connected with the beautiful welcoming world.

Thank you again and finally,

I shall be updating this blog regularly as well!

Many thanks,

Anna Kirishima

Hopeless Romantic under the dim light

Hello, hello!

It's been so long since I've updated this blog...

I've been just too much of a workaholic over the past few... weeks... months... yes months.

Today is 31st of October and it's the birthday of the most beloved, important person of mine.

We are far apart but let me wish you a wonderful, blessed day from Tokyo, Japan♡

I have been chasing my dream, as well as working hard lately.

When you find a living purpose, living everyday becomes much more meaningful and simple.

Because you know exactly what you want, and what you don't need...♡

Anyway!

I am excited to announce that

I have been collaborating with this amazing blogger team from Italy - Not Only Mama

I write blogs in English and Japanese, and Not Only Mama makes it into Italian as well!

How wonderful! Italian - Japanese blogs :)♡　You can't find many of them!

Wine red is always my favorite in Autumn and Winter...♡

And flower print long skirts is ... my thing♡

It's everybody's thing! Of course!

It's so hard to find a perfect skirt though, need a couple of them for the winter♡

As well as I love wine red...

I am deeply in love with knit sweaters♪

Winter's necessity!

Everytime I go to Yoyogi park, I see trees in different colours.

The whole view is different. It's really romantic.

The sunlight shining through from different directions.

The leaves are sometimes thin- sometimes so heavy that sunlight doesn't come through-

Nature is wonderful.

Next month will be the businest month of this year.

Then December is a ... PARTY♡

Of course it is! It is every year. It must be.

The year is almost ending... it's surreal.

May the rest of your year be filled with wonder and joy♡

I love you all, good night for me, have a great time to all of you♡

Anna Kirishima

Aoyama Flower Market Tea House

Dear lovers♡

Terrible of me that I haven't updated my blog for centuries

My work got busy and I had to do some designs at work and...
didn't really get to use computer for personal use...

Finally got it back now♡

As I wrote on Instagram...

I am writing about this incredibly beautiful cafe in Aoyama Tokyo

Aoyama flower market -  Tea house

Flower shop... is the entrance

of the tea specialized cafe.

I have posted so many photos of this amazing cafe on my instagram and

many people liked the photos, like I do.

I will write a blog about this cafe♡

There is always a queue waiting to get in the cafe

( 60 minutes queue usually, like in Disney land! )

So I gave up on going in there though...

Last time when my friend and I dropped by

luckily we walked in without waiting for a minute!

Never look so different but

every time I go there the flowers and arrangements are different

small differences but keeps on entertaining us.

Beautiful arrangement

There are flowers everywhere in the cafe.

On the tables on the wall, on the blocks...

I've told you a couple times,

my dream is to run a flower and coffee cafe.

Visiting this place is really inspiring and

expanding my dream ideas...♡

Most photogenic cafe that I know in Tokyo.

For sure.

( So far. )

These tiny tiny roses definitely brightened our table♡

They are alive! not fake flowers.

Cutest roses I've seen.

Photographers... never stop their hands when their food arrives...♡

We spend a few hours before starting to eat our food....

Well not a few hours but we do...

Ahaha

We keep on arranging the table and taking photos

rearrange it and photograph again

again and again

until the food is cold

#Relatable

Beautiful cafe

The food was marvellous.

We were deciding between ice cream and chicken sandwich ( not sure why )

And we both somewhat chose chicken sandwich ( not sure why... )

And it was the best chicken sandwich I've had in ...

Japan.

( No, no exeggeration. Really. )

I shall drop by there when there are less people again

to have their rose ice cream♡

What a fantastical place really...

This cafe and their flowers-

never let us down♡

Love you!

Anna

Shoeholics are...

Recent purchase list...♡

As I said long ago, somebody told me before that Yves Saint Laurent does the best pink.

So I always chase after the best pink.

And when I am after pink lipsticks I always go back to YSL.

Volupte Sheer Candy

No 9♡

Blush Volupte 2 Seductrice♡

The pink on the cheek looks really natural and glowing♡

When we were young people always said people who own a lot of pairs of shoes are sexually frustrated..

Or whatever, that rumor was going around a lot.

Are they? wait, are we?

Anyway, this pair of lacy high heels from RANDA ( Japanese shoe shop ) are just wonderful.

They first felt a bit strange but they are perfectly fit now and I just wish high heels were a part of my body.

Ah we gotta love perfect high heels♡

♡

Anna

Roses are red and...

Good evening!

Firstly, just a note to self though

we just had a magnitude8.5 / intensity5+ earthquake hitting Ogasawara islands

( which is located in the middle of the ocean, a bit down south of Tokyo )

and my place was in the most intense area so...

doors opened, cups and vases fallen and clothes and yoga matt (lol) fell as well.

I wonder what will happen when it hits 6 or above...

Self diary*

Anyway!

Recently I remembered that May was the "Rose" month.

Roses bloom in May predominantly and I totally forgot about that until a couple days ago.

And today I had a day off so I went for a walk to a big rose garden.

There were still roses, but not many of them and instead

there were more hydrangeas blooming near them♡

Those white ones are called Annabel I think♡

Big chunk and look really good♡

It must have been a rose heaven this month...

shame I didn't realize until today but at least it was really relaxing and loved the walk there♡

Beautiful little white roses♡

They are perfect for my crush♡ ( #HopelessRomantic )

Hydrangeas are beautiful too, rainy flower.

Rainy season coming and wonder how bad it would be

I want to stay home and watch movies and read books♡

I love stormy night...

Anyway, hope you all have a wonderful day/night.

♡

Anna