Japanese Culture and Language Primer
A few notes and tips and phrases compiled for guests coming to wedding but likely useful for most anyone coming […]
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Japan Life/Travel, Tactical Wandering
Collections of Artifacts
Goat Farm Party 35mm Film photos, vol. 2 / Dave + Ryoko 4-21 Kekkon-shiki
Guests were also encouraged to take a snap with 1 of 3 instant camera to stick into a guestbook along
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Collections of Artifacts
Goat Farm Party 35mm Film photos, vol. 1 / Dave + Ryoko 4-21 Kekkon-shiki
From the wedding bonus ceremony and party at Rural Caprine Farm on April 21 2019 (Heisei 31) comes a variety
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Parties + Events + Invites
Welcome Packet + Maps / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki
For the international guests coming for the wedding celebrations, we wanted to make travel easy so we produced a Travel
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Japan Travel Ephemera Scrapbook / Shinkonryoko Ramble
On our Shinkonryoko (honeymoon) travel, we rambled around Japan via various trains, occasional rental car, trams, busses and a coach
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Japan Life/Travel, Transport Rolls
Rolling Elsewhere: Joetsu to Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan (ambient, excerpts)
Scenes out the window on a train ride from Joetsu to Tokamachi in Niigata, Japan, including stops at various stations.
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Personal Musings
Watching steps… / Shinkonryoko Ramble (garden poetry in Kanazawa)
Along the way on our shinkonryoko (honeymoon) slow travel ramble, we rode all sorts of trains which are documented in
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Japan Life/Travel, Transport Rolls
Rolling Elsewhere – Thunderbird Limited Express Train, Japan (excerpts)
Just rolling ambient views looking out window at countryside and stations in-situ while aboard the Thunderbird Limited Express train –
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Elsewhere Scenes, Personal Musings
Tea Ceremony in Sketches
My darling Ryoko studies Japanese tea ceremony with a group of others from Okayama and Kurashiki. Recently i was invited
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Messages (poems, guestbooks, stamps etc) / Shinkonryoko Ramble
Along our shinkonryoko (honeymoon) travel, there were many chances to sign guestbooks, write notes for folks, as well as fill
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Collections of Artifacts
Shinto Wedding Vow / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki
Shinto wedding vow, Read by Dave and Ryoko in Unison at Munetade Jinjya (shrine), April 20, 2019 Phoneticized from Japanese
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Collection: Payphones (vol. 6) – assorted varieties / Japan Shnkonryoko ramble
Hello to the people in the future, What follows are public telephones created in a time when phones did not
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Jurisdictions, passed and stayed / Shinkonryoko Ramble
On this Shinkonryoko (honeymoon) ramble, we ventured from our home in Okayama to various locations, most of which are noted
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Personal Musings
Back to Tsuchida cottage / Shinkonryoko Ramble
So many trains, various accoms, pals, museums & kisses. Back where we started at Tsuchida cottage, Okayama. Next up: spouse
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Visiting Friends / Shinkonryoko Ramble
One of our objectives on the honeymoon ramble was to visit and pay respectful greetings to various friends including bringing
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
A lot to tell you about… / Shinkonryoko Ramble
A lot of things to tell about… We’re rolling slow, visiting tiny museums and riding various trains. Also have ordered
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