It is sure that I'm going to Japan this August. The main reason was to see ELLEGARDEN! But because that just one day, and I wanted to stay in Japan for much longer, I thought I could take lots and lots of photos in an artistic way. If I am artistic anyway.

I started to picture an exhibition in my head. The title would be "Japani trendin takana", which means "Japan behind the trend". The theme is to introduce everyone my side of Japan, what life is there everyday. No tourism stuff.

So many people here in Finland thinks Japan is just a trend, a fashion phenomenon. They think it's all about manga, anime, visual kei and hentai. But it's much more than that. Japanese people are not all weird as the media likes to describe them. I have friends there, and they are what society describes "normal". They go to school, have school activities and go to karaoke. They go to concerts, take purikura with their friends and help their moms to cook dinner.

I talked with my teacher about this on May, and she was somewhat excited about it. She said I could hold the exhibition at our school. I hope my plans will come true!

Photography is one of my biggest passions anyway.