Post’d: New Year’s cards 2020, wave 1
Batch one of New Year’s postcards sent to seven countries. 95 items in this wave, many more to come… I […]
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Post'd (cards + letters)
Transport Rolls
Trainspotting: Freight Train Pulling Out of Okayama (Japan) Station
Nothing special, just a freight train pulling out of Okayama Station (with announcements in the background). Just an ambient observation
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Thrift Store annotation
Reason number 182 I love Japan life: thrift stores/recycle shops are absolutely fantastic! This one features racks and racks of
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary / Museum: Tea ceremony, PM Inukai house + grave & trains plus citrus fruits
One of these two is a former Prime Minister who was assassinated while his house guest Charlie Chaplin (also allegedly
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Field Notes, Japan Life/Travel, Tactical Wandering
Japan: Travel primer / places to go, getting around, accomms, culture, etiquette and geography
A rather rough overview originally compiled in advance of friends coming to Okayama for wedding. Re-purposed in slightly more general
Japan Life/Travel, Tactical Wandering
Japan: Travelling to and Around Okayama, Primer
A rather rough overview originally compiled in advance of friends coming to Okayama for wedding. Re-purposed in slightly more general
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Field Notes, Libraries / Museums / Archives
Field Notes: (Return to) olden Japanese Cemetery, “Walville” WA (Sept. 2018)
Near Pe ELL, Washington Such an interesting slice of Japanese Vancouver history (of which there is so much!). Reminds of
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Autumn Miscellany / coffee, ramen, sandwiches, Godzilla, peach tree, ikebana…
While dispatches and re-caps of various outings and events exist elsewhere in this archive, life is so wonderful right now
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Video Dim Sum
Boocuss (ska punk from Okayama, Japan) at a community festival
Saw a great band Saturday, Nov. 23rd at Mukunomi Fureai Matsuri (where Ryoko’s Mae Maes also performed) called Boocuss ,
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Video Dim Sum
Trio: Sax, Drums and Singing at a Japanese Festival
An interesting trio with jamming alto sax, quirky on-in-one drum kit, and trad vocals as seen at Mukunomi Fureai
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Japan Life/Travel, Transport Rolls
Rolling Elsewhere: Kanazawa to Toyama, Japan (ambient, excerpts)
Pleasant ambient countryside views from train window rolling from Tsubata (Ishikawa) to Takaoka-Yabunami (Toyama), Japan. Stops at stations, some
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Video Dim Sum
3 Pack of Drummers, variety from Russia, Australia and Japan
3 very different styles of drummers from 3 countries: Beginning with a short clip of Ilugin Trio from Russia
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Japan Life/Travel, Video Dim Sum
Taiko drums at a Setouchi (Japan) Community Festival
A small friendly group of taiko drummers have a good time at a community arts and culture festival in Setouchi,
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Setouchi Out n About / community arts festival with Mae Maes
I tagged along with Ryoko and her Mae Maes band for a gig in Setouchi at a community centre. There
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Kurashiki / handmade market with Mae Maes + pet show
Ryoko’s band Mae Maes had a performance lined up at a handmade goods market fair at a convention centre type
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“Akiya” abandoned, cheap/free* houses in Japan / annotations, resources, riffs, musings, stories
An Akiya (abandoned) building (former post office?) with a splendid postbox – taken from one of many sites I’ve dug