on the way to hanami by bus
we’re on an awsum quest via bus to a sakura blossom picnic kitted out with rucksacks, tote bags, tasty bread […]
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Personal Musings, Portraits of the Artiste
so, you’re coming to Japan? oh good! dig tactics
yes, yet another overview of traveling around Japan, possibly with links to other narratives and videos about traveling around Japan. Usual variety of tips, anecdotes, tactics and my love of minor provincial cities, goat farms, coffee, tea and jazz… Plus post offices well, you know all this by now
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2025 = Top 10 + 1 (& related musings)
{Note to reader: what follows is a spontaneous, stream of consciousness recap of the year… of course i thought carefully
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Calendars, Fruits, Coins and Kindness – Musings from an Orchard
a series of festive-ish digressions w/ ukulele with many namechecks while i meander through topics from: Lego play, to Uncles in Utah, to seeing ya amidst holiday blues – oh right: calendars, coins and bottled tea accumulation
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Takin’ care of sweet potatoes (& pod plugs)
Ergo: Video chitchat where I confuse myself trying to say things while catching you up on a few recent projects on a bright autumn day with diminishing ukulele skills – maybe you’ll watch anyway :-)
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Tram to Memorial #poem
* tram to memorial *Sept 1, 2025Okayama the jackhammer buildingsomething probably doesn’t need builtor not for me,after allthe streetcar line
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*Sixty Tests Later* with crispy pajamas & ukulele “album cover”
Hospitals are so helpful! I think got album cover art for my “grateful dad” ukulele jams with Ichiro & Ryoko
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Travelling Notebook from Québec (sorry no pandas)
Of late, I received a notebook via a friend who is part of a project to fill pages for a
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Super Powers – assorted & etc (with ukulele)
Spontaneous chitchat in between dishes and laundry while having a noon time coffee made with a variety of ceramic ware,
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Trains, various snippets – from Tottori to Okayama
Splitting by bus from Misasa to Kurayoshi, then by train to Tottori city, and then across mountains passing hamlets to
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Personal Musings, Post'd (cards + letters)
Showa Vibes & Postcard Therapy
Back from the radon hot spring (you probably watched all my amusing and informative videos & onwards to Okayama University
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Chilly Morning, Hot Springs Echo – Okayama Resettling
Back with my darlings in Sunny Okayama… Hard to believe that I was stuck in the snow 24 hours ago
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Old Suitcase, No/New Songs – Wandering Again
I’m on the road with my old time suitcase covered in stickers and my ukulele slung over my back like
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Japan Cottage Musings
Ryoko Olson singing “Fly me to the Moon” with TKOBB big band, at “Blue Blues” in Okayama Japan
Ryoko Olson singing “Fly me to the Moon” with TKOBB big band, at “Blue Blues” in Okayama Japan #jazz
Postbox: Bikan district, Kurashiki, Okayama (for #postboxsaturday)
For #PostboxSaturday I bring you this functional and historic beauty from the Bikan district in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan A trading town since
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