21st September: Dark Castle (part 2)

Here's finally the second half of my Dark Castle photos. I posted the pictures of the dance and fashion shows earlier this week here: 21st September: Dark Castle (part 1)

This time it's all about the djs and bands that performed. I took a LOT of pictures that night, it was kind of difficult choosing my favourite ones. But here they are, I hope you enjoy them!

Jack Spooky (The Candy Spooky Theater)

Jack Spooky (The Candy Spooky Theater)

Kenzo-A (Gabriel Stiletto / Rituals)

Kenzo-A (Gabriel Stiletto / Rituals)

nAo12xu (13th Moon)

Ayako Shiratama

Ayako Shiratama

Exo Chika (Aural Vampire)

Exo Chika (Aural Vampire)

Exo Chika (Aural Vampire)

Exo Chika (Aural Vampire)

Selia

Kenzo-A (Gabriel Stiletto / Rituals)

Kenzo-A (Gabriel Stiletto / Rituals)

Can you tell that I fell in love with Aural Vampire? :P I've been listening to that band for a couple of years now and it was my first time seeing them live - hence I got excited and kind of took a lot of pictures. But in my defense, Exo Chika is gorgeous, isn't she?

But I have to say, I enjoyed every single performance that night. The performers were chosen really well. I had lots of fun!

21st September: Dark Castle (part 1)

Tokyo Dark Castle vol. 90 / ダークキャッスル

I think this is the first time that I have to split a post in two parts. I'm not even going to say much this time, just that I enjoyed this event a LOT. They had an amazing line up of performers, djs and bands! In the first part of the blog post, I'll include photos of the fashion shows and dance shows. The second part will be about the djs and bands that performed (e.g.: Aural Vampire, The Candy Spooky Theater and many more). 

I hope you enjoy the photos :)

Japanischer Kulturtag

Last week we had our "Japanischer Kulturtag" (~ Japanese culture day), an event also known as the "Kirschblütenfest" (~ celebration of the cherry blossom) even though the cherry blossoms are long gone. Basically there are several activities going on about Japan: they show different sports, you can learn about ink painting etc pp. This year we also had a little photography exhibition about the tsunami & earthquake.

Also, you can paint lanterns for the Tōrō nagashi (a Japanese ceremony) too. Around 22:30 PM they set off fireworks on the Alster. All in all, it's quite nice and I've been going there for years now. 


This time I tried taking photos too, but I didn't like them that much.. so most of the photos in this entry are actually just flowers from the Planten & Blomen xD

Tōrō nagashi

Tōrō nagashi

Lantern of Roxi (left side) and me (right side)

I liked the hearts. They also had smiley faces but couldn't capture those.

Hafengeburtstag

Last week we celebrated our "Hafengeburtstag", the birthday of the harbour in Hamburg. I really like the harbour in general, and lately I've visited it quite often on Sunday mornings. Of course a walk around there in the morning is in no way similar to an event like the Hafengeburtstag. As always, there were lots of people - though I only visited it on Sunday evening and missed the first two days this time, but I'm guessing that Friday and Saturday were just as crowded! You'll find lots of nice food there, so hard to resist buying them all! Pretty sure that Roxi's strawberry & white chocolate crepe wins the food competition! 

Apart from the nice food we enjoyed the sunny weather and I used that day to take photos again. Actually I like how most of the photos turned out, didn't expect that while taking them :) I edited some of my favourites and hope you like them too!

Vera, Lena & Susi

Roxi

Photo that Roxi took while I was eating my crepe :D