tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29022224014569495672024-03-14T01:08:16.973+09:00ANGELUS NOVUSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902222401456949567.post-26129222833413575042013-10-04T22:21:00.003+09:002013-10-05T16:08:06.934+09:00Morning light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Situated off Route 276 in Kyogoku, and just 15 minutes from Kutchan Town, Fukidashi Park is a gem of a find even in a country with an abundance of natural beauty. Famous for its fresh spring water from Mt Yotei, Fukidashi Park is also widely known to locals and visitors as the most beautiful park in Hokkaido.</div>
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Bourou Noguchi, Noboribetsu is a stylish boutique hotel in the little town of Noboribetsu, in the southwestern part of Hokkaido that is famous for its hot spring baths.</div>
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A collaboration between sculptor Igarashi Takenobu, architect Makoto Nakayama, and under the management of Noguchi Hideo, Bourou Noguchi is an exquisite retreat that offers private onsens in every suite and a delectable <i>kaseiki</i> menu that features the best local seasonal ingredients.<br />
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While the exterior is dignified yet simple, the hotel's interior is strikingly modern and beautiful that marries the visual with the sublime. The emphasis is not about the materials used, but the textural and spatial experience that have been created from them. The spaces are masterfully crafted with every detail delicately sculpted and every movement choreographed to offer an unforgettable architectural experience that completely engages the body and the senses. The ambience exudes a semi-meditative state of calm with dim, indirect lighting that cast deep shadows, and low strips of windows that reveal the beauty of art and nature beyond that invite the guest to soften and lower the gaze, and to reflect the external world onto the world within.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I got to know about <a href="http://www.wakasaimo.com/index.html" target="_blank">Wakasaimo</a> from a friend who brought me this box of the most delicious <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">steamed bun</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">sweet bean paste one afternoon. "A little treat from Hokkaido," she said. I later learnt that the little fragrant brown bun is</span></span> made of specially selected wheat from Hokkaido that is flavoured with rich brown sugar and soy sauce and filled with Tokachi red beans.<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> That was my introduction to this well-known sweets shop </span></span>that was originally from a little town, Toyako in southern Hokkaido. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This afternoon, we found the Rusutsu branch of Wakasaimo by chance. Driving through Rusutsu, we noticed a brown, modernist building. "わかさいも" (Wakasaimo), the sign read. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amongst its more rustic neighbours</span>, it would be hard to miss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The architecture is a curious mix of Mario Botta and Tadao Ando – its expression resembles an institution more than a sweets shop. However, the formally extravagant yet spatially intriguing building could perhaps be described as a elaborate prelude to the sophistication and complexity behind the making of its sweets and the Wakasa buns. Or, to some, it is a gesture in celebration of a simple croquette/katsu meal, or a cup of coffee and a piece of cake one could have there. </span></div>
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From top to bottom: "The Oval" by Tadao Ando at Benesse House Art Museum, Naoshima; Sculpture courtyard at Lee Ufan Museum, Naoshima by Tadao Ando and Lee U-Fan; "Relatum – a signal" by Lee Ufan at Lee Ufan Museum, Naoshima.</div>
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Entitled "Cloudscapes", this recent installation by <a href="http://www.tetsuokondo.jp/project/bnl.html" target="_blank">Tetsuo Kondo Architects</a> and Transsolar is seemingly sleek and quiet as an architectural object, but yet, it is within itself a potent architectural gesture, capable to containing and opening up questions between the relationship of man/architecture and nature. The two-storey steel and glass structure on show at the Sunken Garden of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is achingly beautiful on one hand, but is, at the same time, obsessively annihilating on the other.<br />
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Copernicus had, in the 16th century, shown that the heavens were no longer a mysterious presence, but now, we are demonstrating that we are able to contain it. Disturbing or delightful, perhaps the beauty lies in this dichotomy that urges the viewer to read and decipher it on his own grounds. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Niseko with lovely Sakura trees and Mount Yotei.</span><br />
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There's something so beautiful, raw and earthy here at <a href="http://www.akahane-onsen.com/" target="_blank">Akahane Onsen</a> (紅葉音) in Niseko. Here we get to the experience the smells, textures and visual qualities - and of course, the wonderful healing properties of this traditional Japanese mud bath. <br />
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<a href="http://picnicniseko.wix.com/home" target="_blank">Picnic</a> is perhaps one of the best kept secrets in Niseko. It is almost impossible to find, hardly publicised, and it is not on Niseko's best restaurants list... yet – we think. But it is one of the most special places we have been to since arriving at Niseko.<br />
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Picnic is located in the midst of a sprawling, well-tended garden, filled with beautiful flowers and herbs. A decagonal-shaped cottage with a double-storey entrance way that connects the garden into a immaculate, well-lit, homely space, where one is greeted warmly by an elegant lady, who is the owner and chef of the restaurant. Rather than being the customer at a restaurant, one would feel like a special guest in this charming space. Anywhere one is seated – in a private dining room upstairs or at a communal table at the lower level – one is able to savour a gourmet 8-course entreé with a salmon pate or Philly steak sandwich in a basket with a spectacular view of the landscape beyond. At the entrance, one would find in a basket 2 pairs of scissors and some ribbon ties for one to take home some flowers and herbs as mementoes of one's meal at Picnic. <br />
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There's an overwhelming feeling of love and joviality at this place – everything is super fresh, home-made and delicious. If the idea of a picnic is manifested into space, this could probably be it. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[photos: © angelus novus]</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902222401456949567.post-73111854619072782372013-07-16T16:28:00.003+09:002013-07-16T16:37:29.199+09:00Just released: PETER TAY ピ−ター テイ [Limited-edition monograph]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Peter Tay of Peter Tay Studio is the Singapore-based celebrity interior designer to stars, such as Zhang Ziyi, Zoe Tay and Stephanie Sun. His portfolio comprises high-profiled residential and commercial projects. He has worked on boutiques and showrooms for Richard Mille, Manolo Blahnik, Armani Casa and Poliform (Space Showroom), numerous high-end showflats for SC Global and Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) in Singapore and the region. Peter Tay is best known for his sleek, minimalist approach to design. His designs are at once contemporary, exquisite and timeless, appropriate to their contexts and able to encapsulate the pure essence of space that delicately accentuate the lifestyles of his clientele. He also works on the art of tailoring timeless beauty through the surface. The surface serves to guide design invention and outlines the way in which forms transform over time to envelope life. <br />
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In this limited-edition monograph, Peter Tay will share with us his personal selection of photographs and images, as well as thoughts behind his works.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />Published by: Sanctuary Niseko <br />Publishers: Michi Kiyomoto and Jacinta Sonja Neoh<br />Editorial Advisor and Editor: Erwin Viray<br />Photography: John Heng<br />Text and Design: Jacinta Sonja Neoh<br />Printed by: Okamura Printing Industries., ltd (Osaka)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[</span>Limited copies are now available <span style="font-size: xx-small;">at Media Shop, Kyoto<span style="font-size: xx-small;">, and <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">in S<span style="font-size: xx-small;">ingapore from September 2013<span style="font-size: xx-small;">]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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To the Japanese, a complete dining experience is a feast for both the palate and the senses. It usually begins from the journey itself and at the first encounter of the restaurant – be it a simple timber platform or an almost inconspicuous signage. </div>
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At the famed soba restaurant Rakuichi [<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">楽一</span>] in Niseko, Japan – whose name could be loosely translated as “the quintessence of relaxation and enjoyment in a momentary space” – the experience begins from a scenic drive passing farm land towards the Annupuri slopes to a hard-to-find enclave indicated by a small hand-crafted sign and the slightest hint of a humble, hand-built timber bridge.</div>
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As one step onto the bridge, one begins to savour the crisp fresh air and the beauty of the natural landscape that surround. The journey across this zig-zagged pathway is a prelude to the little rustic Japanese hut elevated on stilts where the restaurant occupies. Rakuichi's interior is homely and intimate, and it sits only 12. The vibe is raw and rustic, which contrasts against the refined elegance of its hospitality and the authentic perfection of hand-made soba made with only the best and freshest buckwheat direct from Niseko and fresh spring water by soba master Tatsuru-san.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldubx6MMJBs" target="_blank">here</a> to see Anthony Bourdain's No Reservation episod<span style="font-size: x-small;">e on Niseko]</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.rokkatei.co.jp/facilities/campana/index.html">Campana Rokkatei </a>(カンパーナ六花亭) is a newly opened cafe, gallery and shop by one of the finest and most famous sweets and confectionery brands in Japan – Rokkatei. Located on an elevated site that overlooks the Taisetsu mountain range in the midst of a picturesque landscape in Furano, Hokkaido, Campana Rokkatei not only serves its usual range of sweets and biscuits (and its popular complimentary cup of coffee), it also offers a unique experience that is quite unlike the architecture of the usual sweet shop. <br />
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The approach takes one on a scenic journey along a gentle winding driveway, arriving at a gravelled entrance plaza before the main building. Appearing almost secondary to its wondrous landscape, the architecture of Campana Rokkatei is unobtrusive yet beautiful. While it quietly establishes a sequence of experience that allows one to participate in drama of the space, it also prepares one for the gastronomic adventure that lays ahead. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[photos: © angelus novus]</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902222401456949567.post-52420088470708473182013-06-15T11:38:00.001+09:002013-06-15T11:40:01.140+09:00Zumthor \ light as immaterial material<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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made up of simple combinations – metal + red + grey + white + grey + yellow <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">as we dance in the streets</span><br />
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on these home facades on the streets of Kyoto.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Otaru Museum</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[photo: © angelus novus]</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902222401456949567.post-35933376054407754692013-06-09T23:51:00.001+09:002013-06-10T08:06:32.522+09:00rain colours<br />
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...but the tiniest could be everything.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[photo: © angelus novus]</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902222401456949567.post-21986143284297561792013-06-09T13:28:00.002+09:002013-06-09T13:28:47.695+09:00Akira Kurusawa's favourite ryokan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ishihara – this was where Akira Kurosawa used to stay whenever he visited Kyoto. A resting spot of the great film maker could perhaps be a reflection of his inner being, and a projection of his psyche? <br />
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Like a good movie, nothing is obvious at first glance.<br />
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There's something about the light in Kyoto, and it never ceases to amaze me how everything is given a beautiful filter naturally.<br />
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at the Capitol Hotel Tokyu by Kengo Kuma<br />
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