Ichiro in the summer (with cicadas & fish)
Snippets from the park a few weeks ago with my pal Ichiro. This is what Japan sounds like in the […]
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Kinfolk + Pals
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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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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Improving Campsite
Kura barn / storehouse turned studio, consulate and lounge (round-up/catch-all)
Summer 2021: Glorious Kura barn 125+ yrs old got a century retrofit with heat-pump/cooler, electric upgrade with breaker box &
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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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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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Personal Musings
Ramen (with yuzu and spring vegetables)
I don’t have any cat pictures on hand but I did photograph today’s Ramen with spring vegetables, yuzu peel and
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Diary: (trying) to bounce up with various pleasing tasks
Various notes before heading off on a lil roadie to Shimane prefecture (across-ish on Sea of Japan side). Ichiro’s 1st
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Diary: Shrine, Peace & Bevvies
Shrine visit for peace & health (& wild boar). We wrote a little message on ¥500 wooden prayer tile, each
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Items: record shop stop (feat. BTO Japan Tour)
yesterday, report / diary: Finished medical appt and somehow a magnetic impulse pulled me into a tiny record store –
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Improving the Campsite (odds and ends diary)
A little bit lost – &/or found – of late, but the dishes are finished, laundry started and the rabbits
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Notes to Future Self
Note: Japan and (my) Amusement
Worth noting that Japan is loaded with great stationery, so many trains, a fantastic Postal Service with post boxes everywhere
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Diary: Seeking Brussel(l) Sprouts, Finding Lobster (+ other festive prep)
Memo: Today, i am *braving* the wilds of Okayama (our minor provincial city) in search of brussel sprouts, yams (not
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Post'd (cards + letters)
Post’d: Japan Post (and magic little motorbikes)
One of very best parts of Japan Life is the stellar Postal Service >> Japan Post always impresses with diligence
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