Outing: inland sea beach and pizza (and camera goofing)
Along our adventures, in this case, June 2022, we made a return visit to a stretch of beach called Nishwaki […]
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Outing: Hosokawa Bizen-yaki Pottery studio
Along our adventures, we went to the notable pottery town of Bizen to visit master potter Hosokawa-san (you may recall
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Japan Life/Travel
Llama & Legend discuss Kominka & Akiya #video
Minka Storytime video with Jaya Thursfield (Tokyo Llama) & Alex Kerr (Chiiori etc). Both speakers at the recent Minka Summit
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Outing: Somen day out in Kurashiki
We were recently (mid July 2022) invited by our friend Hatsumi (you may know her as the flutist in the
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Outing: Tsuchida (mini) Matsuri
With the public health conundrum is the last few years, the usual neighbourhood festivals have been cancelled including our small
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Ichiro meets Ichiro sensei + airplanes and fireworks in Noto
(Then i noted): He comes home today. I used to wanna be a rockstar or a pro hockey player and
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Japan Life/Travel, Spontaneous Snaps
Time traveling to Café Independants (sic), 2015 / 2022
Time traveling to sometime between the wars in a basement bar somewhere in France (or maybe more recently in Kyoto
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Japan Life/Travel, Portraits of the Artiste
Gold & Silver, Silver & Gold / daveo at Kyoto temples (years apart)
“Stake my future on a hell of a pastLooks like tomorrow is coming on fastAin’t complaining ’bout what I gotSeen
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Japan Life/Travel, Kinfolk + Pals, Portraits of the Artiste
Family at Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto
Your Olson pals at Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto (wiki / map / inside kyoto) on a trip in April 2022. Blurb: Ginkaku-ji
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Diary: visitors see new life & family + trip to Teshima w/ Ichiro annotations
A mysterious brilliant visitor from overseas – first in three years – captured me, at home, in my new life.
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Japan Life/Travel
Event: Kominka Summit, April 2022, Kyoto
To: Friends in (mostly rural areas of) Japan Re: Minka Summit 2022 (not just for Kominka) in Kyoto-fu Memo: Folks
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Dossiers of Kerouac in Kobe (& me in Okayama) to global beats
Finally going to sneak up to Kobe just before the end of the Jack Kerouac exhibit (aug 3/4/5). Was hoping
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(are you an) Okayama Farmer or Gardener seeking compost?
Are you a Gardener &/or Farmer in Okayama area seeking Compost? Good news! My pal Mac Kobayashi at Rural Caprine
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From Creative Social Media to Postcards Stories on “Seeking Sustainability” audio
I was guest on JJ Walsh’sSeeking Sustainability in Japan live video streaming show (which transmits via YT, FB and several
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Slow Life on “Seeking Sustainability” talk-show storytime with JJ Walsh
I was guest on JJ Walsh’s live video streaming show (which transmits via YT, FB and several other channels using
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Travel: Trip to Yubara Onsen and Katsuyama, part 1
[From March 23-25 2020] Leaving the workers to their work as they switch to more “modern equipment” with nail guns
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