ANOTHER "ELBOW PIECE" TATTOOED LAST MARCH...I KNEW FROM THE TIME I TATTOOED THE FIRST ONE THAT OTHERS WOULD COME AND THAT I ALSO WOULD ENJOY TATTOOING AND DRAWING EACH ONE OF THEM...

LIFE IN SÃO PAULO FLOWS WITHOUT PROBLEMS...AS LONG AS I DON'T LEAVE MY STUDIO...

TATTOOING ALMOST EVERY DAY AND  WORKING ON MY JEWELRY...2008 SO FAR HAS BEEN WHAT I EXPECTED IT TO BE AND MUCH OF WHAT I HAD PLANNED TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN DONE AND THERE IS STILL MUCH TIME LEFT...AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE I'LL EVEN BE ABLE TO FINISH MY WEBSITE....

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It's sunday morning and after having to deal with the pollution of a city like São Paulo for more than a month without a single drop of rain the air feels fresh again....it's been raining since last night. The tattoo you see on this post was finished last week and Mr.Kyoutaro must now be finally relaxing back in Japan after a 24 hours flight and 1 week of some pain and culture shock.... I first spoke to Mr.Kyoutaro about 2 years ago when he showed up at my place in Tokyo with a picture of SUGI his dog that had recently passed away...the timing couldn't have been worse , my life was upside down and of course the tattoo never happened... We kept in touch , I mean HE kept in touch and next thing I know me and Kyoutaro are having breakfast in my kitchen...and after being away from Tokyo for so long I guess what I most enjoyed about this one was tattooing "in japanese" again... Changing the subject , it's august and speaking to friends all over the world you realize it's that time of the year when everyone is going somewhere....here below the equator we are in the middle of our winter , whatever that means , and I can't stop thinking about places like Thailand and Vietnan...maybe next summer. This year a few days on a road trip around the brazilian country side will do...I'm packed and leaving in a couple of hours.... (more...)

I'VE BEEN IN BRAZIL  FOR ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR NOW...IN OTHER WORDS , AWAY FROM TOKYO FOR THE LONGEST TIME IN THE PAST 15 YEARS...AND I GUESS THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS  WHY WRITING IN PORTUGUESE FEELS MORE  NATURAL AND SPONTANEOUS....NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT 9.5 OUT OF 10 COMMENTS ARE FROM BRAZIL. I EVEN FORGOT THE LAST TIME I HAVE WRITTEN A TEXT IN ENGLISH FOR THIS BLOG....ANYWAYS...THIS SHORT AND MAYBE LAZY ONE IS JUST TO REMIND THOSE OF YOU THAT HAPPEN TO CARE  AND MYSELF THAT THE ENGLISH THING STILL GOES ON... (more...)