Golden Week / Kamakura

This is post about my trip to Kamakura,Enoshima,Daibutsu(Hase)

So first me and my friends from the same Student Heights building went to Kamakura.
Most students during the Golden week make trips around,because it is the best time to make it.
Golden week is a holiday in Japan celebrating various things such as emperor's bday etc. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_(Japan) )

We started about 11am from Odakyu-Nagayama and it took us about 2hours to the Kamakura.You can see on the map we started from Enoshima,but went first straight to Kamakura and went back. The trip was tiring because last night i was partying with friends so i didnt get much sleep,so i am a lil bit sad because of that.

About KAMAKURA PASS : *USEFUL INFROMATION FOR TRAVELERS*
So as you already know we started from Nagayama, and we tought the trip will cost at least 2,000yen
But when we reached Fujisawa we asked the workers at odakyu line how about getting a pass and what is the cheapest way to get it. We were suprised because we got 1-day pass you can go everywhere you see under without paying yen more(and ofcourse in price is included the your home station). We payed around 1,050yen . which is very VERY CHEAP. Another friends we met in Kamakura went diffrent direction(Seiseki-Sakuragaoka) and they paied around 2500yen because they havent took a pass.(they didn't know) You maybe won't be starting from places we live ,but good news is that you can get pass at Shinjuku too,but you have to talk to people who are working there ! I think maybe only problem is communication because many people doesn't know English.








Funny fact was i almost get rid of the pass because i tought everything is put on my PASMO ,don't get stupid like me and try to dispose the pink paper ITS A TICKET NOT RECEIPT !
This is how the Pass looks if youre going from Shinjuku 

So i hope i detailed now everything about Kamakura pass,and if you plan to go ,this is very useful thing to have,because otherwise you will spend more money if you want to visit every station on ENOSHIMA-KAMAKURA route,and believe me you will love to visit it .

TRAIN

 
Eno-Train green couloured ,it is for me really diffrent from others trains in japan. Travel with train can be very exausting because during golden week so many people is making trip to Kamakura. So you should forget about resting in Train during GW.
when you reach Enoshima
you will have to walk to the station around 5min.
You will feel like you re not in Japan anymore,i felt that way. Like i am somwhere else in Asia ,because i am used to big buidlings and electronic stuff everywhere around,this is really escape to nature.

KAMAKURA
It felt like summer when we went out from train,because we could feel the sea breeze.
It was hot at the same time.
Kamakura is beatiful for visiting Hachimangu ,and just looking around
Some photos from Kamakura !

Towards ,many people visited , i always could find peaceful place for resting,that is why i like shrines ,they are so big and have big gardens ,so it is never feeling like totally overcrowded. The entrace is beautiful,and you can buy yourself food while walking to Temple,because of so many food stalls. Before you enter temple you have to wash your body kkkk kiding just hands(you can see in video) and then you can do Omikuji,it will tell you your fortune . It is available in english and japanese for only 100yen,so try it.


It was getting darker ,so we didn't have much time for spending around ,because we lost so much time on some things that wasn't planned.
We wanted to see Daibutsu so we went to Hase station.






DAIBUTSU

We were getting more tired and tired.

Hase station is located near sea,and you can see on map you have to go up to the inside to reach daibutsu.

But i tell you , this was so much for me because the look is DIVINE. Buddha is really enourmnous ! You have to see it in live because words doesn't mean anything.

It was awesome because i realized for only i think 20yen you can enter inside Buddha statue. It is very dark inside so please be careful . After i went out we want into garden to rest.

Then we went to the sea and it was beautiful. Personally i like seas so i was extraordinary happy because of it. I felt like a little child ,and i realized i maybe have reached the end of the world there,because i am so far from my country.



So to make end of this story i will put a video which i made during the trip ,so you can check it out too.

Living in Tokyo

So hello guys, i wanted to make a post for all you guys who likes to read.

As you know i am living my life longer time captivated by japanese culture. And for me i knew i will go one day there. I didn't know it will happen so fastly, so last year i got Scolarship and i entered Chuo University. I was very happy back there,now i just can't realize still that I am actually living here not just visitning.

So you may ask now: Akira you in Japan?!
I am here yes.

My apartment is in Nagayama so it is kinda country side. Actually when i first got to Nagayama i said "Omg,this is like Zagreb,i am wondering how the center of Tokyo looks like then"
So i could tell it is very amazing to be here,altough i didn't travel trough tokyo a lot. The place where i live is very calm, and i am really thankful to that.

First time when you visit another culture you can experience culture shock but it just depends on person how. First i was sleeping 2 days very bad because of time difference of 7hours. FIrst week i was super tired,but in same time very energetic and excited. Then i couldn't manage with my self why everywhere is so many people,
 Kanji characters are giving me a headache everyday ,so sometimes i dont know what i am buying.
Wifi here is immposible thing, and i hate that thing about Japan the most.
American food like Mcdonalds,KFC,Starbucks are here really expensive. But they provide you wifi

As for living here , their shops arent so expensive,it's kinda same as in Croatia sometimes it is cheaper so i was very surprised. For examples they have bananas for 95yen(u get them 5 i think for that price) which is less than 5kn. I will inform you about food one day.
 But clubbing and going to bars is expensive.
In croatia we always go to coffee bars,but here is that expensive thing to do every day,so until now i sticked only to shops like Seiyuu ,Family mart,Lawson. And i gather with my friends in rooms. We buy six pack beer for 456yen and drink and eat,together.

They have tabehoudai-eat as all you want and it is usually about 2000yen which is kinda expensive if you cant eat so much,but if you can drink i think it is worth the money :D (i am going to do it next week probably )

As for studying in Japan, Chuo University is so big that you cannot imagine . And buildings are so high so sometimes i late to my classes and run into sweaty. And so many students like thousands of them.I am taking Japanese language and Japanese studies literature and culture. In chuo they have so many caffeterias, So in lunch time break which is from 12.30 those things has big lines. They have ATM's also ,and a COOP it is like store where you can buy everything, i mean really everything . from food to beauty products,books , clothes etc.
I think Chuo is functioning like a little city, is better then my place where i live  in croatia.
I don't want to mention the scenery how beautiful it is.

Review:SHINJUKU,HARAJUKU,SHIBUYA

So after 23 days i had visit with my friend KangWon Shinjuku,Harajuku,Shibuya. Thanks to him i had so much fun.Accidentaly, First i saw Kabukicho ( those who are following me from before knows what kabukicho meant to me) It is the Host club heaven. Next time i'll visit it at night so i can truly experience the Kabukicho. Then we went all around and  we unfortunately didnt stop anywhere because we started from home from i think 2pm so it was no time.
We walked all trough Shibuya(we walked until 21h i guess) so we went trough big park where was Meji Jingu so i saw it too. The exit from park leaded to Harajuku bridge. And really guys Harajuku bridge is really small haha. I haven't
seen people i wanted maybe it was too late idk. Then we walked trough according to my friend trough omotesando,which is full of very expensive brand shops as Chanel,Dior etc... We started to feel hungry so we walked trough the streets to find something to eat and in the end we went to Family Mart and bought some dishes and sweets . And finnally we had a quick rest from walking.

I wanted to go to the well known Don Quijote ,but it was in Shibuya and then i begged KangWon to take me there,and he finnaly said OKAY. That was the most great part because we followed the google maps at night,and i think Tokyo at night is very special. I felt so good because it felt like i am visiting a city in Croatian sea coast(but ofcourse so much bigger and better) Tough we thought we are lost sometimes it was very fun that we started that adventure and finnaly we reached Shibuya. First i saw that is so crowdy and i stick to the friend to not lose him somehow in this crowd because i dont have mobile data yet and i really feel i could be completly lost .
,I can't describe how much people is passing there . So many fashionable people i saw. It was Saturday night so i guess people were going to visit clubs. After visiting Donki we went to the biggest crossroad and there i was so happy because really i realized my dream came true. It kinda felt like i am at the top on the world and if i die tommorow i wouldn't regret a thing.  I filmed everything so if you didn't you can check it out. Unfortunately my battery was dead in harajuku ,so :(

Next time i am going to visit Akihabara and Asakusa i hope so .


I am very busy here but i will try to inform you about everything. I know maybe some of you want to go visit tokyo so i hope i can help with those posts i'll post in future.
Many of you want to find the cheapest way ,and i am one of you guys too.
If you want to know something precise please let me know !

Until next time !

SHORT UPDATE:Japan-MIST-Fashion

Haven't posted in a while .
Recently I joined Mist crew dance cosplay group. And we are together more than 1 year. It's my recent occupation since i've got scolarship to study in Japan . So everything with fashion stopped because I am really distracted and not well concentrated and focused and inspirational toughts cannot reach me . I am not sad beacuse of it ,because i am waiting for experience of my life. This would be very great for enriching my inner self and then I think i can continue with everything i stopped now.
I was thinking of having kind of VLOG there and try to make you to experience Tokyo together. But it is only a thought.

As for past events. Mist crew won first prize in KPOP competition in Zagreb . It was preliminary for the KPOP WORLD FESTIVAL 2015 in South Korea.
I participated 2 times. Solo stage and Group stage. Solo I danced Taemin -Danger under name ACE.  And MIST danced on Danger-BTS,SPEED-Don't tease me, EXO-K-Call me baby. And we won first place.We could dance better than that ,but it 's okay since we didn't have mirrors back then. With the prize we decided to buy us mirrors .It was great investition because now we all dance better. This is photo taken recently ,so you can picture yourself our dancing room.
Now we will have a dance show at Makkon in Ljubljana so we are practicing for it.

Up is video of solo performance from KPOP preliminary for world festival . From weird angle ,but it's the only video now i own.

Before ending this post let's mention Love. Love is always here but i have tell you that romantical love is rare . But maybeeeee I felt romantic love again .  (haha). However i feel very good and energized .:

Yeah,that was the highlights ,main occupations .


Until next time ......:sending you optimism and whishes you great time:

A.REVOLVER x JAPANIZAM 2014

A.RevolveR will have a fashion show in Belgrade 3.7 . according to Japanizam schedule it will be in 19:20h
So i hope you see it like a good oportunity to see fashion show in live not only on pictures. Im looking forward to it !!

Japanizam annoucment for fashion show

A.RevolveR designs will be presented on the first day of the festival at a fashion show with four other brands. One is croatian brand MyauMania ,and the rest are local designers which i can't wait to see! 

         

During the festival you can also  see my work in person, I will have some special designs made just for this occasion. And you can see my collaboration with MarinaMika Art

"19h     -     S V E Č A N O     O T V A R A N J E    J A P A N I Z M A

19:20h - Modna revija

Otvaranje Japanizma podrazumeva glamur i pompu, odnosno sada već tradicionalni zajednički modni defile nezavisnih kreatora koji inspiraciju za svoje stvaralaštvo nalaze upravo u japanskom dizajnu. Bićete u prilici da vidite odeću i nakit najrazličitijih stilova, a ukoliko vam nešto posebno zapadne za oko, ne zaboravite da će neki od ovih dizajnera imati svoj prodajni štand na Artist Alley sajmu. Na modnoj reviji, predstaviće vam se sledeći kreatori i brendovi:

Danny Kovačević Design

Ženska kolekcija Deni Kovačević inspirisana je mangom, japanskim stripom. Namenjena je za sezonu jesen/zima. Manga obiluje najrazličitije kreiranim kostimima koji inspirišu i podstiču maštu, kako modnog stvaraoca, tako i onih koji će odeću nositi. Kolekcijom dominiraju mantili i prsluci specifičnog izgleda i kroja, pa su predviđeni za ljude slobodnijeg duha i nesvakidašnje maste. Mogu se nositi u svim prilikama i alternativnog su karaktera. Modeli su, uprkos neobičnim formama, izuzetno funkcionalni, a boje koje preovlađuju su crna, siva i ljubičasta.

Katty Ankoku

Kako Keti sama kaže, njena kolekcija muške mode je nastala u hodu, dok je koračala kroz hladne, mračne ulice zimskog Beograda u ritmu svoje omiljene muzike. Boje su se preplitale, oblici stvarali, i tako je oslikala platno svog uma jednostavnim, oštrim i nežnim formama, stvarajući svet odeven u njene ideje. Dok je stvarala, Keti je sebe zamislila u ulozi muškarca, a kolekciju odlikuje preplitanje grubog, oštrog i nežnog, lepršavog; smenjivanje nabora i jasnih linija; poigravanje teksturama; igra svetlosti i boje; istovremena smirenost i razigranost; sklop muževnosti i ženstvenosti; te težnja ka jednakosti.

Ljubica Dolašević

Ljubica Dolašević je inspiraciju za novu, žensku kolekciju brenda Ianthe Clothing, predviđenu za sezonu proleće/leto, pronašla u ljubavi između viktorijanske i gotik mode, začinjene stimpankom, koja se često viđa na svetskim festivalima, a sve češće i kod nas. Ljubica mračnu estetiku doživljava na poseban, elegantan i sofisticiran način i ovom revijom pokušava da nam dočara svoje shvatanje "tame". Estetici doprinosi i "Pumpkin Workshop", radionica za izradu kostima, koja elemente gotske arihitekture upotrebljava za izradu unikatnih modnih detalja koji su pažljivo ukombinovani sa odevnim komadima od čipke, satena, pliša i kože u crnim, ljubičastim i zelenim tonovima.

A.Revolver – gosti iz Hrvatske

Prva, jedinstvena kolekcija rodno neutralne mode za sezonu proleće/leto. Koncept brenda A.Revolver je azijska androgenost. Cilj je da odeća odaje utisak samopouzdanja, nezavisnosti i originalnosti. Kolekcija je namenjena svima koji ovu ideju kao takvu prihvataju, tako da termin "gender" ovde nije prisutan. A.Revolver krojevi komuniciraju u društvenom prostoru elementima avangarde, minimalizma, asimetrije i monohromije koji daju apokaliptični doživljaj pomoću kojeg takva odeća prevazilazi sve stereotipe.

MyauMania – gosti iz Hrvatske

MyauMania "Mori Girl Magic" kolekcija za proleće 2014. predstavljena je u saradnji s Ada Acid rogatim ukrasima za glavu. Kolekcija je inspirisana romantičnim japanskim odevnim stilovima mori girl, otome kei i lolita modom, buđenjem prirode, bajkovitim krajolicima i magičnim stvorenjima. U kreacijama prevladavaju prirodne boje, pretežno bež i bela, te slojevitost, asimetrija i spontanost, motivi biljaka i životinja kao što su rascvetane grane, ruže, ptice i bubamare. Najveći deo kolekcije stvoren je na reciklažnom i štedljivom principu, tako da su korišćene zavese i tkanine sekond hend porekla i restlovi materijala."

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN IN BELGRADE! I hope u will support my work with your scream! :D

A.Revolver first fashion show PANDAKON 2014

 A.Revovler's first fashion show was held on Pandakon 2014. in Zagreb.
Thank you all for attending ,hoping you liked it !

I want to thank people who helped A.Revolver to present it's idea truly,
Makeup artist (Mia MakeUp)
And MODELS <3 (Synth,Antonio,Matija,Tatjana,Juray,Roso,Francisus,Marin)
And Mika (MarinaMikaArt) for great graphic design she have done for us !

MyauMania as a big support <3

And thanx to Pandakon organizers,because all of this magic wouldn't happened without them !

Video:

                                                           Backstage preparations

Makeup artist <3

                                                         A.Revolver had a stall too.

A.REVOLVER design "Asian Fashion"

A.RevolveR page is made on facebook ! So if you're interested in fashion works i do then like this link :)
                                                                    

                                                      LINK----->          A.Revolver 

So i am very excited for further fashion shows where i will present my works ,i've waited for it ,and now i think i am ready finally !!
So if you are able to, please attend J-CON- Pandakon (Croatia) ,you will be able to see among first ,A.RevolveR's collection!! It will mean a lot to me if you are willing to be a part of mine world, just for a moment TvT And now i've realized , Almost a year passed since i've wrote here,so sorry for that .

Now if you are still reading ,let me introduce A.Revolver to you .

I am a student of Fashion Design and im ending IV.semester. Last year  i decided to create something with my hands and sewing machine's so i got hooked up in that adventure and by my own i started to create something that is filling my life with joy(and stress sometimes haha) . It doesn't matter for me to be perfect in the start,now it's important to focus more on exploring  and getting the right conclusions by yourself. Many times i failed,but nothing should bring us down !

As for inspiration----

My big inspiration in all things that I do is Asia ,Japan most of all. So my designs are inspired by various subcultures of Japan as Visual kei,Gyaru-o ,Host, Avant-garde looks inspired by Japanese fashion circles (Yohji Yamamoto) and Korean K-pop fashion is also very inspirational to me !

Term "GENDER CHAOS"?
I would say i do menswear but  -let's say- barrier and meaning of men in Asia and men in western country's is very radical and poor,so that confusion made me say; "Oh that chaos,is it male or female?"
So people who are not keeping up  with Japanese styles are not quite aware that Boys from Japan can be quite androgynous and wear more feminine looks that are unusual for image of boys in western cultures.

                                             A.RevolveR - A stands for Asian Fashion .

Thank you for reading this article on A.Revolver's Blog,it really means a lot to me,and sorry for my "engrish"!
I hope you will be able to attend at least one of my Fashion Shows so i could share my joy and energy with you !
So I stay here with big hope that you all will be looking forward to my works  and supporting me with your love and positive energy.

I swear with all my heart i will try my best ! も一同本当にありがとう！愛<3

Akira "NEW" Revolver

Hi guys!

I will present to you,my very first cloth creations ! ... I'm studying fashion so yeah,i do some designs and turning them into reality.(it's the most orgazmic moment for me haha)


Model is myself for now. Because the first thing in my mind is visualizing myself in those clothes ("how it would look on myself?") otherwise if you as designer wouldnt want to wear your own design,surely others wont either!

This was my first tryout

 

Yesterday i ve finished new thing.

 Im working on new stuff ! I have tons of new material so i 'll put it here

                                           as soon as possible !