DOT-A

I'm a Japanese web designer living in Melbourne Australia.
I write about life in here.

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31.
Dec.
2011

New Year at Fed square

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This is first time to take a new year in overseas.
New year in Australia is normally in Sydney but I invited new year in Melbourne in this year.

I heard a new year celebration at Federation square is the biggest and most crowded in Melbourne.
Since its such a rare chance, I decided to go to Federation square worrying about too much crowd.

I went to Federation square at 8 pm with Xavier and Sakthee who are our share mate.
There were already many people and a pedestrian mall.

Dancers and musicians were playing on stage at Federation square’s as new year celebration.
I was interested in combination of bagpipes and electro music.
I realized Bagpipes is suit to electro.

In the blink of an eye, the time was 1 min before new year.
We count 10 sec before with everyone.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Happy New Year!!!
There were so many fire works from 4 buildings that surround Federation square.
waaao!
very showy!!

New year in Australia is in summer so this has different atmosphere from Japan.
This is also nice.

Come to think of it, we already have spent 5 months in Melbourne.
It make me deeply emotive.

I found Jedi on the way home.

Category : Event / Melbourne
 
 

30.
Dec.
2011

Soooooo many Japanese food

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I was invited a year-end party by my girl friend’s place of work whose name is “Wabisabi salon“.
今日は彼女の職場、ワビサビサロンの忘年会にお呼ばれしました。

Large quantities Japanese foods and sashimi!!
ものすごい量の日本食!
しかも刺身!

I was moved because I haven’t seen these amount Japanese foods for a long time.
And I was there first time but I ate so many foods like a brazen-faced. sorry.
こんな大量の日本食を目にしたのは久しぶりで、大変感動しました(泣
しかもほとんどの方が初対面で突然押しかけて、図々しくもバクバクと食べまくってしまいました。申し訳ない。

However this restaurant foods was incredible.
I must come again.
ただこのお店の料理は本当に美味しかったので、
また個人的に行ってみたいと思います。

I am going to go Federation square to invite a new year!
ということで今からニューイヤーを迎えに、
フェデレーションスクエアに行ってきます!

Have a good new year!!!!
よいお年を!

Category : Food / Japanese / Melbourne / Restraunt
 
 
 

27.
Nov.
2011

Japan Culture Festival

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I participated in Japan culture and art festival as a stuff of a shop as I wrote before.
I decided to participate to this festival about 1 month ago.
Originally, the reason why I joined this festival was I had thought I want to do something in Melbourne.

And another reason was I met Sayoko, jewelry designer in Objet, as a accident in a cafe.
I have never expected to participate with people who met an accident.
This is an encounter!!

Sayoko displayed accessories made by herself,
I displayed T-shirts and Chisato displayed scrunchies made by herself.

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Preparing shop. まだ開店前

We gathered at 8:30 am to borrow a desk from Japaneasy’s staff.
However, I prepared slowly because other people who would open their shops were not arrived yet.

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Around 11:00 am, many guests come into the festival.
And very long line was made in front of our shop, because we were next to the takayaki shop.
I can’t despise takayaki.

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The line to eat takayaki. This is not longest line… たこやき行列。これでも短くなった時です・・・


Taking a photo with Tatsuya who helps a face painting work shops. フェイスペインティングを手伝っていたタツヤくんと

My T-shirts shop was looked by people who likes Japanese design.
And young peoples who seemed to smart, bought my T-shirts.
I caught a peace of idea that is what kind of design is popular in here.

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This is Sayoko’s part.
これはサヨコさんのほう。

Our shop was outside, and there were live musics and workshops in the Collingwood hall.
(however, I couldn’t check this because of my shop…)
In spite of this festival was second time, there were so many people due to staffs.

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I could look the live music in the end.
最後にちょっとだけ見れたライブ

The best thing in this festival is participated to this festival!
I could meet many people and tought trying at first was good for me.
I will do something in Melbourne more and more!!

And friends, Sayoko and Chisato thank you so much!!

Category : Event / Life / Melbourne
 
 
 

26.
Nov.
2011

T-shirts

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I am going to participate in “Japan culture and art festival” at next Sunday, 27 November!

In that I am going to open T-shirts shop!
I ordered at online to print T-shirts to printing company that I found in here.
And I will sell “takawo cup” official T-shits as well.

Come to think of it, this is first time for me that sell items which I made.

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Category : Design / Life / Melbourne / Shop
 

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Dota Tetsuya / 土田哲哉

Motion Designer, Flash Developer, Web Designer.

Born in Aichi, Japan.
Graduated Nagoya City University school of Design and Architecture(2005)
Graduated IAMAS(2007)

Belonging to grasp at the air co., ltd.
Belonging to Generative Idea Flow.

Adobe Flash / ActionScript3 / ActionScript2 / HTML / CSS / Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop / PHP / JavaScript

愛知県生まれ
名古屋市立大学芸術工学部視覚情報デザイン学科卒業
情報科学芸術大学院大学メディア表現研究科修了

grasp at the airにてインタラションデザイナー/Flashデベロッパーとして勤務
現在は同社に所属しつつもオーストラリア メルボルンに在住

grasp at the air 所属
Generative Idea Flow 所属