Trains, various snippets – from Tottori to Okayama
Splitting by bus from Misasa to Kurayoshi, then by train to Tottori city, and then across mountains passing hamlets to
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“i miss folding your laundry” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn montage
A not-quite-documentary. A semi-sincere travelogue. A heartfelt dispatch from the radium-scented alleyways of Misasa, Tottori—a place I once called home
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“letting the days go by” Misasa ♨️ Soujourn, p.7
After yet another long soak in an outdoor bath – this time with a loudmouth geezer running his mouth about
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“to walk & to listen” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.6
After a long hot soak with some unexpected (and usually not-allowed) colourful characters, sitting outside with a statue commemorating the
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snow day, slow lunch – Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.5
In amongst my hot spring soak, on a snowy morning… well mid-day, I enjoy a lingering long lunch, talking about
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“our lady of Radium” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.4
Radon, derived from radium is the central magic potion to these Hot Springs so, as such I wondered towards a
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“tea & oranges” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.3
Back at my lil “café nook” from the outdoor bath – because that is what I do, I take baths,
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“we are not 2, we are 1” Misasa ♨️ sojourn, p.2
Carrying on with personal archeology for biographers who may never emerge, I sit (respectfully of course) at the shrine –
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“i’ve got this gift” Misasa ♨️ sojourn, p. 1
Arriving in a mountain valley village of Misasa, Tottori – holding loads of memories from a previous life – for
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A Good Man Down (and ambiguous mysterious musings)
Whilst tidying up beloved Kura Barn Studio, remembering to remember the passed on pal – a proprietor of an Italian bistro,
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“My pardons if I didn’t answer your Internets” PS disappearing for a while
Memo: i’m very tired, going to take a very long bath at medical hot spring ♨︎ – as such, disappearing
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“100 Items from 2024” (with Olson Family band), video remix
Postcards from Gravelly Beach featuring a Hungarian habit of recollection from creative endeavors to life admin, communiques and campsites, flowing
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Festive Christmas vibes montage {short vid}
A montage of vibes and activities around Christmas in Okayama including a couple Santa Claus appearances, random trees, a candlelight
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(i wanna get you on a) Slow Boat to China #ukulele
[really not very good so you probably shouldn’t watch but trying anyway for a kohaku New Year’s song party with
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Strip mall Santa Claus says “send coffee”
Just before my Santa Claus gig in the neighborhood in Japan, I put forth a humble request: Send coffee –
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