Japan Generational farm house and cottage story
+ Introducing our compound in Tsuchida, Okayama + I joined a Kominka (trad Japanese country home) renovation, acquisition & enjoyment […]
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Diary: Ichiro back in action, stroll on
Ichiro back in the saddle after bringing a rough cold home from nursery school which he passed to his delicate
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Personal Musings
Diary: Bubble Family, making steps…
Big moves in our lil bubble compound: My wonderful in-laws Junko & Takushi are getting Pfizerized on Sunday here in
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Artifacts: Commemorative item-making devices at Korakuen
Stamping documentation at Korakuen Garden here in Goldilocks Okayama Japan. Tip: Always have a notebook with you (and/or buy postcards)
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Diary: 3 wooden stick projects (sign post, postbox, wind phone)
Mounted three pieces of raw wood into Tsuchida tsuchi (soil) with concrete (or is it cement? – which do you
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Kitchen: making Miso from scratch (ready in New Year)
Pretty sure I earned a Japanese merit badge today. Made our own Miso from scratch! Will sit in this old
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Diary: Rocking out (buying stones)
Wife (arborist/ trad landscape designer) let me tag along on some rock shopping expedition. I am amused at logistics of
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Snaps: Korakuen Gardens (Mother’s Day out)
4 (more) views at Korakuen Gardens, Okayama – One of three “great, official, significant/something“ gardens in Japan built during the
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Diary: Day out to Ukan village
I mean, how can i not adore all of this scene? {Ukan village, Okayama-ken} Visited a shodo calligraphy exhibition at
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Spontaneous Snaps
Snap: Backstage at the oasis
Backstage at the oasis… Was surprised to find a painting of me in this mural :-) >> Complete with suitcase,
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Diary: Ichiro starts Wakaba Nursery school
+ First 2 weeks of Nursery School (almost) finished + Our lil Ichiro Stanley was accepted and enrolled in a
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Personal Musings
Diary: Grateful for hanami picnic (& projects finishing)
Grateful for the usual days (amongst the tumult) ~ Spontaneous picnic along the canal in pleasantly provincial Okayama. A few
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Tsuchida Cottage Construction Roof Raising (time lapse + snaps)
After a 3+ weeks of digging out and laying foundation, connecting to various systems and preparing all the timbers with
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Personal Musings
Riff: about Tsuchida Cottage construction + vids
A few notes originally written to a friend as a letter in Feb 2021 riffing about the “Tsuchida Cottage” (soon
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Items: Storage vessels & weighing weights
Containers and related at “salt house” in Kojima, Okayama for: * rainwater (perhaps) * weighing (salt) * koji (trays) *
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Spontaneous Snaps
Noticed: Kei-trucks at the cottage (+ couple more)
Perhaps more rare than Sasquatch, a Kei-truck that is *not* white {or every once in a while silver, or occasionally
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