Since its first edition, Japan Expo assigned itself two golden words: knowledge and entertainment. From Manga to J-Pop, Cosplay shows to Martial Arts, the festival tackles as much the traditional Japanese culture as the contemporary pop culture. Japan Expo is not a simple fair but a real party event! Among the many exhibitors can be found all the editors of the Manga, Anime and video games markets, a great deal of shops, Young Creators under Japanese influence, as well as a hundredth of fanzines and amateur booths. The festival is also a place of amazing meetings between passionate people who like to gather around thousand and one activities: conferences, fashion shows, martial arts initiation, previews, Cosplay, Karaoke contests, video games tournaments, live concerts… Read more here!
Harajuku, just north of Shibuya ward (Shibuya-ku), became famous in the 1990's due to the large numbers of street performers and wildly dressed teens who gathered there on Sunday when the streets were closed to traffic. Punk style, visual kei, rockabilly dancers, performers and cosplay (costume player) meet on Sundays near the Yoyogi and Meiji Shrine Park entrances offering a firework of colors and styles.
Tourism in Paris - Flower market on 'Ile de la Cite' (4th Arrondissement). Located between the place Louis-Lepine and 'Quai de la Corse', at a few steps from Notre Dame and the bank of the Seine river, the gorgeous and colorful 'Marche aux fleurs' is the oldest flower-market in Paris (1900).
Rotterdam - Unilever Headquarters, Netherlands, May 2009.
The building, also know as DeBrug Office Block is the headquarters of Unilever Bestfoods Nederland, has been designed by JHK Architecten and completed in 2005.
Rotterdam - Unilever Headquarters, May 2009.
Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 2009. on the left: Wijnhaeve building. On the right : the City Library by Van de Broek and Bakema, visibly inspired by the Pompidou Center (Centre George Pompidou) in Paris. For image inquiries, please refer to image #002-000353.026.
Parution d'une photographies prise lors de l'édition 2008 de la "Fête du Vélo" pour illustrer l'édition 2009 de la manifesation ("Des cyclo-cortèges envahissent Paris", 20Minutes.fr, 5 juin 2009).
Scheepvaart en Transport College is my favourite Rotterdam's building... Here is an another view of this beautiful building.
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Définitivement tourné vers la mer, le Scheepvaart en Transport College (Shipping and Transport College) conçu par le cabinet Neutelings Riedijk Architects rappelle l'attachement de Rotterdam à la mer et au traffic maritime, bien que la ville, détrônée par Shanghaï, ait perdu son titre de premier port du Monde.
