{"id":1874,"date":"2010-04-15T02:25:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T00:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photogeisha.org\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2017-10-15T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T14:26:56","slug":"la-prima-volta-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/?p=1874","title":{"rendered":"La prima volta &#8211; The first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mi ricordo la prima volta come fosse ieri.<br \/>\nShinjuku east exit: le luci, la folla, l&#8217;insegna di Studio Alta.<br \/>\nBast\u00f2 uno sguardo, un&#8217;insignificante frazione di secondo e quell&#8217;immagine mi segn\u00f2 per sempre.<\/p>\n<p>Quel giorno io mi ammalai di Giappone.<br \/>\nMi ammalai della sua cultura, delle sue tradizioni, della sua gente.<br \/>\nUna malattia che non lascia scampo, una febbre che toglie il respiro.<br \/>\nUn amore irrazionale per una terra e per un popolo, che non conoscono nient&#8217;altro che la perfezione.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">English<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">I remember the first time as it was yesterday.<br \/>\nShinjuku east exit: the lights, the crowd, the Studio Alta sign.<br \/>\nA glance, an insignificant fraction of a second and that image became part of me forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">That day I felt in love with Japan.<br \/>\nI felt in love with its culture, with its traditions, with its people.<br \/>\nA disease that leaves no way out, a fever that takes your breath away.<br \/>\nAn irrational love for a land and a people who strive for nothing but perfection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/japan_spring_2010_mii_226_varie.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/japan_spring_2010_mii_226_varie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1875 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/japan_spring_2010_mii_226_varie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mi ricordo la prima volta come fosse ieri. Shinjuku east exit: le luci, la folla, l&#8217;insegna di Studio Alta. Bast\u00f2 uno sguardo, un&#8217;insignificante frazione di secondo e quell&#8217;immagine mi segn\u00f2 per sempre. Quel giorno io mi ammalai di Giappone. Mi ammalai della sua cultura, delle sue tradizioni, della sua gente. Una malattia che non lascia&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/?p=1874\" class=\"gdlr-button with-border excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[1139,4334,5363,5430,5757,6182,8173,8640,9264,9547,11829,11837,11946,11961,15064,15781,16573,16909],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9085,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions\/9085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}