Aside from my CRCC internship at Flip Guide, I haven’t gotten up to too much this week, as I’ve been busy battling the flu!
This week at Flip I focussed on building up a social media presence for Flip Mysteries, their newest venture. Flip Mysteries, due to launch within the next month, will be a series of scavenger hunts which take people on self-guided tours of the city, depending on their interests, while teaching them about Tokyo’s culture and history. Despite only having been at Flip such a short time, I’ve already learnt to use several new social media tools and software, which have been really fun to experiment with. For the latter half of the week, I helped the Flip team shoot new video content, introducing viewers to unusual things in Japan that they might not have encountered elsewhere, particularly unique food and alcohol. While I got to try some really interesting delicacies I hadn’t eaten before, I was very grateful they’d shot the episode on Natto (fermented soybeans) before I arrived!
Over the weekend, I visited the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Shinjuku. Although the gallery was surprisingly small, it canvassed a wide range of works, from Kusama’s earliest creations to her most recent work. I was particularly taken by the installation ‘Ladder to Heaven’, a huge neon-lit ladder set up between two circular mirrors, giving it the impression of continuing on infinitely.
I also loved having the opportunity to see one of her pumpkin sculptures in real life! It’s always amazing getting to see work you’ve admired for years in the flesh (or more accurately, fibreglass).
Babes in Tokyo-land 