great weekend

Getting off at Nippori is crazy because the area completely changes on opposite sides of the tracks with zero transition. the picture above is the good side and the picture below is the bad side of the tracks.

beautiful coffee shop. but i panicked when we were asked to take our shoes off because I wasn't wearing any socks! luckily Georgia had a pair in her bag.

it would have been especially bad to be sockless since the floor was a sheet of glass looking down at the tables on the first floor

converted gallery space. we got a special tour of the second floor.

minimalist painting

view from second floor of gallery

off duty sumo wrestler taking a leisurely bike ride through the cemetery 

i had a second sumo wrestler sighting when I bought this crap. he got one too.

wandered into this amazing thrift store. Laurel, if you're out there I got you something from here.

same pose, 2 different days, luv u alex!

Everything I did on friday

 Diana at the Nezu Museum

 The garden was beautiful

 teal and pink combos are very Japanese

video game

the top of his hair is the same as the top of the building. by the way, if I was a boy and asian this would be my hairdo

out of place

preping his hair before his interview at Weiden & Kennedy 

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climbing the stairs to his future. (W & K office)

 prisoner.  Japanese dog. This dog looks like an Anime character.

outside of Mori tower.

view from somwhere. can't remember

siamese twins

mesmerized customer

Crit Day

Today we had a crit. I am not used to the kind of crits we have in this class. The instructor invites tons of guest critics. Today it seemed like there were more guests than students in the class. My 3 credits of public speaking skills were put to the test.

me presenting my project. I wish my face didn't look like this. A boy in my class was kind enough to inform me that more boys would be attracted to me if I stopped making this face. (Uniqlo art director pictured on left)

my project. The assignment was to produce "multiples".  I drew the 10 most common Japanese people and their vending machine beverage of choice and their cell phone accessory.

LEFT: Poodle Boy/ J pop teen/Japanese Guido                 RIGHT: Salesman of Stuff

LEFT:Hipster  (drinks an energy drink designed by Muji designer)                                                              RIGHT: School Girl

LEFT: Harajuku girl                                                     RIGHT: Coming of Age day Kimono Girl

LEFT: Business man with face mask (his cellphone accessory is a mini cellphone)
RIGHT: Bouncer (1 of the only minorities in Japan)

LEFT: Tourist. He is unadventurous so he chooses to drink water and shop at Uniqlo even though there is one in the U.S

RIGHT: Priority Seating / Raisan/ You must give up your seat on the subway

 people looking at my stuff during my crit. it's blurry because I was nervous about snapping this photo.

the backs of my drawings. Similar to the card game "memory" / where's waldo puzzle.