Poetry transcription: “finding home”
{transcription from an “field notes” notebook while in bed… stashed here so I don’t misplace} Finding homeNo longer dauntedBy subterfugePayola […]
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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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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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Collection: (Pay)phones (vol. 11) – assorted Japan hotel/ryokan house phones
As part of on-going documentation of various collections of payphones. this gallery features examples of phones in various states of
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Collection: Payphones (vol. 10) – assorted varieties / Varley Trail, Hong Kong, Bali, Japan
Pardon any redundancies, this collection definitely includes several that just haven’t fit into previous archives but maybe one or two they already are out there, there’s too many to count anymore. In this wormhole, we range widely however from the Valley Trail in British Columbia to Indonesia to Hong Kong, to points around Japan.
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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Collection: (Pay)phones and whatnot (vol. 9) – around Nagasaki & Gunkajima
In the various collections of payphones (as well as hotel house phones and other related analogue communication tools) throughout this archive, the
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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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Museum / Exhibit: Shinse Kinenkan / Kanazawa, 2019 (feat. traditional apothecary)
Basics about Shinse Kinenkan: This culture and folk art museum in Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken (visited on our Shinkonryoko Ramble in May/June
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