Category Archives: Folk Culture

Guide Tour of Maison de Victor Hugo, Paris, France

Maison de Victor Hugo is a writer’s house museum located where Victor Hugo lived for 16 years between 1832–1848. The museum consists of an antechamber leading through the Chinese living room and medieval style dining room to Victor Hugo’s bedroom. Victor Hugo’s House also manage Hauteville House, Guernsey (Channel Islands).…

Guide Tour of Maison de Victor Hugo, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Flea Markets in Paris, France

A flea market is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously-owned (second-hand) merchandise. Treasures certainly abound in Paris, a city of folks blessed with phenomenal taste. The flea markets not only attract tourists looking for unique souvenirs, but also frequented by professional treasure hunter…

Guide Tour of Flea Markets in Paris, France

Architecture of the Garnier Palace, National Opera of Paris, France

The Opéra Garnier, most well known as the National Opera of Paris, is a theatrical and architectural work of art. The Opéra aims to be an academy of music, choreography and lyric poetry; it is a major element of the heritage of the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It was built…

Architecture of the Garnier Palace, National Opera of Paris, France

Guide Tour of Grevin Museum, Paris, France

The Musée Grévin is a wax museum in Paris located on the Grands Boulevards in the 9th arrondissement on the right bank of the Seine, at 10, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, France. The Grévin Museum has no less than two hundred wax figures. The museum has a new look in 2019…

Guide Tour of Grevin Museum, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Museum of Romantic Life, Paris, France

The Museum of Romantic Life is located in the New Athens district of the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It is located at 16, rue Chaptal, in the Scheffer – Renan hotel, the former residence of the Dutch-born painter Ary Scheffer and a center of romantic inspiration during the first part…

Guide Tour of Museum of Romantic Life, Paris, France

Look back of Japan Expo 2019, Paris, France

Japan Expo is a French professional event fair on Japanese popular culture, which takes place at the Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition center every year at the beginning of July. It is a cultural event dedicated to manga, video games, anime, but also martial arts, fashion, music (J-pop, J-rock, traditional), cinema and…

Look back of Japan Expo 2019, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Asian districts of Paris, France

In France, a Chinatown is found in Paris in the 13th arrondissement, located at the Triangle de Choisy. Chinatown in Paris with a unique atmosphere, its history, as well as its shimmering colors, under the iconic light of the famous red lanterns. Today, this district remains very lively, and it…

Guide Tour of Asian districts of Paris, France

Guide Tour of Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, France

The Gobelins Manufactory is a historic tapestry factory in Paris, France. It is located at 42 avenue des Gobelins, near Les Gobelins métro station in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. It is best known as a royal factory supplying the court of the French monarchs since Louis XIV, and it…

Guide Tour of Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France

The Louis-Vuitton Corporate Foundation, is a new space that opens up dialogue with a wide audience and offers artists and intellectuals a platform for debate and reflection.. The building object of the foundation is a museum, designed by the American architect Frank Gehry, located in the Jardin d’acclimatation, in the…

Guide Tour of Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Maison de Balzac, Paris, France

The Maison de Balzac is a writer’s house museum in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). Located on the hillsides of Passy, the Maison de Balzac is the only one of the novelist’s Parisian residences that remains today. Through the presentation of portraits of the artist…

Guide Tour of Maison de Balzac, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris, France

The Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris is a museum dedicated to fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, at 5, avenue Marceau, in the building where the fashion house stood. The Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris exhibits the couturier’s body of work on the legendary premises of his former haute…

Guide Tour of Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris, France

Guide Tour of Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, France

Fashion Museum of the City of Paris in the Palais Galliera, is a French museum located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, dedicated to the art and history of clothing and haute couture. The Fashion Museum was inaugurated in 1977. It brings the history of fashion to life during prestigious…

Guide Tour of Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, France

Guide Tour of Moulin-Rouge, Paris, France

Le Moulin-Rouge is a Parisian cabaret, best known as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Founded in 1889 by the Catalan Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler. It is located on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, at the foot of the Montmartre hill,…

Guide Tour of Moulin-Rouge, Paris, France

Guide Tour of the Saint-Ouen flea market, Paris, France

The Saint-Ouen flea market designates both a district and a set of markets in the city of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, on the edge of Paris. The various markets bring together nearly 2,000 merchants and extend over 7 hectares. The Paris Saint-Ouen flea market is located at a northern gate of Paris opposite…

Guide Tour of the Saint-Ouen flea market, Paris, France

Guide Tour of University of California, Los Angeles, United States

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA is considered one of the country’s Public Ivies, and is frequently ranked among the best universities in the world by major college and university rankings. The university has a vibrant student body…

Guide Tour of University of California, Los Angeles, United States

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