You could be forgiven for thinking that my life involves entirely eating delicious food and drinking fantastic coffee as you […]
Diary: Days go by – filled (mostly) with coffee, food and and sundry tasks Read Post »
Hello to the people in the future, What follows are public telephones created in a time when phones did not
Collection: Payphones (vol. 7) – assorted / Japan, Whidbey island Read Post »
[videopress pk72nzXf] Konnichi-Mae! To complete the trifecta of tunes from Saturday’s Matsuri comes my favourite! Ryoko’s band Mae Maes played
Mae Maes – Ryoko’s band at Mukunomi Fureai Matsuri Read Post »
Nothing special, just a freight train pulling out of Okayama Station (with announcements in the background). Just an ambient observation
Trainspotting: Freight Train Pulling Out of Okayama (Japan) Station Read Post »
One of these two is a former Prime Minister who was assassinated while his house guest Charlie Chaplin (also allegedly
Diary / Museum: Tea ceremony, PM Inukai house + grave & trains plus citrus fruits Read Post »
A rather rough overview originally compiled in advance of friends coming to Okayama for wedding. Re-purposed in slightly more general
A rather rough overview originally compiled in advance of friends coming to Okayama for wedding. Re-purposed in slightly more general
Japan: Travelling to and Around Okayama, Primer Read Post »
Saw a great band Saturday, Nov. 23rd at Mukunomi Fureai Matsuri (where Ryoko’s Mae Maes also performed) called Boocuss ,
Boocuss (ska punk from Okayama, Japan) at a community festival Read Post »
An interesting trio with jamming alto sax, quirky on-in-one drum kit, and trad vocals as seen at Mukunomi Fureai
Trio: Sax, Drums and Singing at a Japanese Festival Read Post »
Pleasant ambient countryside views from train window rolling from Tsubata (Ishikawa) to Takaoka-Yabunami (Toyama), Japan. Stops at stations, some
Rolling Elsewhere: Kanazawa to Toyama, Japan (ambient, excerpts) Read Post »
A small friendly group of taiko drummers have a good time at a community arts and culture festival in Setouchi,
Taiko drums at a Setouchi (Japan) Community Festival Read Post »
An Akiya (abandoned) building (former post office?) with a splendid postbox – taken from one of many sites I’ve dug
Coffee stand, cute and tiny (clad with olden board) at the Agri-garden market area in town of Maniwa Ryoko was
Diary: Maniwa Out n About / hot springs hotel, bowling, agri-garden and lonely stations Read Post »
Rolling Elsewhere: Kurobe Gorge Railway, Toyama / Unazuki to Keyakidaira stations (ambient excerpts) Ambient meditative scenes of riding the narrow
Rolling Elsewhere: Kurobe Gorge Railway, Toyama, Japan (ambient, excerpts) Read Post »
