BC Invasion: so lost, so far behind
Months, so many months since we returned from the #BCInvasion and still, stacks of ephemera, loads of records, so many
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Japan Renegade Travel Musings (specifically *not* Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka)
Adventure Tour Guide Ted Taylor and DaveO riff in a historic Kura barn in Tsuchida, Okayama, Japan talking about exploring…
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Field Notes, Japan Life/Travel
Field notes: Kurashiki Jazz Street day-out snaps
Field Notes (brief) Kurashiki day-out during the “Jazz Street“ event (first in-person since 2019) with little pop-up concerts happening in
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Field Notes, Libraries / Museums / Archives, Postboxes
Postbox / 4 views: Yumeji Takehisa home & atelier (for #postboxsaturday)
For #postboxsaturday comes 4 views of Japan pillar style at (one of several) museums for famed artist (painter, print maker,
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Field Notes: Auroville, observations feeling lost (at first)
Intro / Disclaimer (longer than actual notes): I hesitate to publish this flashback diary, not because I fear away from
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Japan “opens up”* / A few things about #Okayama
* to tourism (not everywhere, not everyone blah blah blah) If you are curious, Japan is reopening to independent tourism
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Exhibit: Shimizu Hian Shodo Calligraphy in Ukan, Okayama, 2021
In April 2021, we visited a shodo calligraphy exhibition at a saké distillery with special floral arrangements made by Ryoko’s
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Field Notes: Kyoto’s Gingaku-ji (6 instax-views)
Japan is a land of photographers and places to be photographed. Truly, there’s an endless variety of both the photographers (and of course their equipments) and the places to be photographed. This is all to say that you will see much finer photos of the Ginkaku-ji aka “silver pavilion” which, isn’t really very silver unlike it’s cousin the “golden pavilion” which is very gold.
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Field Notes: Mayne Island (B.C.) Japanese Memorial Garden, 2008
Map: Japanese Memorial Gardens (on Mayne Island) Note: further reading and resources at bottom On a snowy day in Dec.
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Museum / Exhibit: Rodin Wing of Shizuoka Pref MoA / Japan, 2017
Along a travel by ship from California to Hong Kong, came a few stops in Japan including Shizuoka which led
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Museum: Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, 2019 (a sampler)
Blurb: On our extended skinkonryoko/honeymoon ramble, we had a stop in the city of Toyama (capital of eponymous prefecture) which
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Train Station posters & signs, various and etc / Shinkonryoko Ramble, 2019
Along the way on our shinkonryoko (honeymoon) slow travel ramble, we rode all sorts of trains which are documented in
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Museum / Exhibit: Miwaki Ruins Jomon-era / Noto, Japan, 2019
As such, while visiting with Hongo-sensei on Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa-ken, amongst the other activities including a fishing/ whaling/Marine Museum,
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Field Notes, Japan Life/Travel, Libraries / Museums / Archives
Scenic / Historical Waystation: Oyashirazu Road / Niigata, Japan, 2019 (Geosite and Community Road feat. Rev. Weston)
And, along the way, made a top at a remarkable “scenic waystation” in Niigate-ken which commemorated a unique piece of
Museum Exhibit: D. T. Suzuki Zen / Kanazawa, Japan, 2019
As such, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken (a city filled with exceptional museums – by my standards, especially small, specialized, and a little
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Field Notes, Japan Life/Travel, Libraries / Museums / Archives
Museum / Exhibit: Hokusai, print master / Nagano, Japan, 2019 (w/ minor notes)
Primary aims were to visit friends, stay at all manner of accommodations and see loads of museums, especially, spontaneous, small-ish
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