Day 22 Tokio - Singapore - Brussel

The early bird catches the worm, so we get up early.

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Day 21 Tokio (7)

Our last full day in Japan. Vladimir’s alarm goes off three times. I hear him snoring through the wall. It still feels too early for me to get up, so I linger a bit longer.

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Day 20 Tokio (6)

Lazy day,today.

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Day 19 Tokio (5)

Today is the last day of class.

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Day 18 Tokio (4)

We arrive right on time at the studio. We encounter the little ones again. First the pink team, then the yellow caps. The blues are getting ready to start. Vladimir is very charmed, he smiles and waves to the little ones. The response is minimal today. Maybe a bit too early in the day or too far into the week. Today we start an hour earlier so this afternoon we can go with Alexandra to the mokuhanga supply shop of Japan. It is the supplier for many overseas stores.

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Day 17 Tokio (2)

Fresh instant coffee and crackers to start the day. We leave in a good mood, packed and ready to go to Sensei. Vladimir changes to the Shinkansen gear, I connect. We set off a little late but arrive on time.

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Day 16 Tokio (2)

Today is a big day.

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Day 15 Tokio (1)

7u. They say it is going to be 25 degrees today. The sun is out and shining brightly. I switched off the light too late last night - too late for a room with paper curtains, in any case.

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Day 12 Karuizawa (4)

Mokuhanga Magic is a Belgium based research collaboration on Japanese woodcut printing or mokuhanga. The project is run with a lot of dedication by artists Soetkin Everaert & Vladimir Ivaneanu.

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Day 7 Echizen - Nara

We will travel light for the next two days. We have sent our luggage to Karuizawa via the hotel in advance of our trip. Practical and cheap. Fingers crossed that everything will turn out well. State of the suitcase: half of it is now filled with “Japan - Mokuhanga stuff”. Vladimir has the same problem and has the idea of ‘unloading’ some clothes in order to have more space.

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