tonkatsu + ebi furai
originated in the 19th century, tonkatsu is a japanese dish of breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet. while ebi - furai, a speciality of the city of nagoya, means fried prawn, which is also one of the most popular ingredients of japanese bento. & when u get to have the two together, orgasmic would be the word for it
we are shooting with john meadows
this one from SUPA lives in windsor, london. he's patient, well mannered, & gracefully dorky, so overall very adorkable. just look at those canine teeth!
the day i put on my first pair of cros & have a cigarette break at studio contact in tokyo
if you've been to japan before, you'd have known before stepping into someone's lovely home or a sick ass studio, it's the polite thing to take off your fancy shoes & put on a pair of slippers. so here am i putting on a pair of CROCS for the fucking first time & oh, my! they feel like you have nothing on at all & you're like skipping in never-neverland with a buttload of insouciance. besides, they go splendidly well with a rainly day cigarette break. oh, in case you're like wondering "quien es esa nina, who's that girl?" in the totoro terry cotton cape, she japan superstar slash fun gurl KIKO MIZUHARA
multiply !!!!
i swear when i came into town i had two of these & they must have mated over night & breeded two more!
a series of my tokyo rituals
there are certain shits that i'd do whenever i'm galavanting in tokyo town, like strolling at yoyogi park, seeing my friend kaz, sipping coffee @ filbert steps, getting a pair of new spectacles or two, finding some vintage celines', & replacing the old leather strap of my vintage mickey watch with some new ones
an ernest bowl of tempura
tempura, 天ぷら, is a japanese dish of seafood or vegetables that have been battered & deep fried; the ones that are cooked splendidly never taste greasy. together with some rice that are glistened with sweet soy source, it's always calming & fullfilling in the same time. the recipe was introduced to japan by portuguese jesuit missionaries in the city of nagasaki during the 16th century. it's been a popular food eaten at street vendors called yatai since the genroku era
we're shooting with willis & haakon
when i put these two, willis from SELECT & haakon stubberud from ELITE together for a double shot, i noticed will's head was way bigger than hakkon's & said that out loud, & will was like, "cos i have a bigger brain." then hakkon was like "but my muscles are bigger!" right after that the combat began, lol
c'mon in to the pollock's toy museum
POLLOCKS TOYS MUSEUM is a museum + small toy shop housed in two atmospheric historic buildings in london's fitzrovia since the 60's. on display is all kinds of victorian toys like dolls, teddy bears, tin toys, folk toys, dolls houses, puppet's, toy theatre's, optical toys, toy soldiers & more besides. children & adults of all ages with a certain amount of childlike sense of wonder are all welcomed
green ostrich leather
the handle of this JAMES SMITH & SONS is gorgeously wrapped on some luscious green ostrich leather
