Field Notes: Tepemok Record Fair in Ushimado
Feb. 2, 2023 Ushimado, Okayama, Japan: as it goes, we learned about a record fair at a unique community creative […]
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Feb. 2, 2023 Ushimado, Okayama, Japan: as it goes, we learned about a record fair at a unique community creative […]
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July 7th, 2024 – contemporaneous annotations follow: Make a start: Because I’m a hermit, this kind of slipped past my
Field Notes: Hokusai & Hiroshige – woodblock masters exhibit in Okayama Read Post »
Field Notes: Anyway, this preamble suggests this article will share something useful about the region however it does not :)
Since then, I’ve learned much more but really the best resources are below in the form of Setouchi Explorer blog and Island Art Center’s dispatches. But hey, some fun snaps of ferries, outdoor installations and other cafe and villages vibes here.
Consider this a placeholder for further documentation {if you have something “non-generic tourist pablum to share, let me know}
My experience, despite living so close, is very limited and in this case the following snapshots are from a simple day trip to Naoshima in which I visited zero museums
You see, in June 2019, my arborist wife was working nearby Uno port, a jumping off point to the islands, so I bussed over (along, the way documented my reading, coffees and flashbacks per usual
Field Notes: Naoshima art island & Uno Port, Setouchi 2019 Read Post »
Pardon brevity: busy times there! (years past much more mellow) but we visited our friends The Hosokawas [kiln firing, studio
Diary: quick hits from Bizen Ceramic Fest Read Post »
Amongst our outings, me and my darlings Ryoko & Ichiro, found ourselves at Bird Live House [map] here in Okayama
Outing: Live House Bird Christmas jam, Dec. 2022 Read Post »
Come hang out in my bedroom while i’m a little bit loopy from a pre-birthday busted foot and chit-chat about
Broken Bone Birthday Postcards Storytime Read Post »
Personal archaeology pod storytime with Kevin on Just Japan Holy smokes pals! hold onto your toques & trilbys – 2
Creativity and Adventure from Canada to Everywhere on “Just Japan Podcast” Read Post »
For the record, I am completely mental in love about this incorrigible, amusing, intrepid, courageous kiddo #io I’m always dropping
Catching up & goofing around with Ichiro #io Read Post »
While out and about on various expeditions, snap snap’d the usual days and the glimpses of regular life. {With generally
Scenes of life: spiral staircase, library signs, basket of balls + pink door Read Post »
what follows is a post-dated diary of various activities in and around New Years day copied from various notebooks, memos,
Diary: New Year Dragons with foods, gardens, bevvies, and themes #calm Read Post »
Nov. 22 AM: Quite paralyzed by exhaustion and overwhelmedness – but things to do so I’m just saying this out
Field Notes: overnight’r w/ sports, kids, bunks, baths, ports & burgers Read Post »
For starters: Usual routine, photo evidence, heading for treatment by bus (with my fare card) every fibre in my adorable
Diary: seitai, bento, buses & snaps Read Post »
We picked up Ichiro from preschool and came to our favorite Ramen place. {Darling wife is working so hard &
Ramen magic – spontaneous outing for resto’s anniversary Read Post »
Background: Had a real rough go of it yesterday trying to complete one of those seemingly impossible errands that one
Diary: home safe from ill-fated errand (with Ichi funtimes) Read Post »
Unfamous Okayama is having a bit of a moment: lots of new houses going up, Iris Oyama making a factory
Okayama’s “moment” + a few checkpoints and sustainable enjoyable life Read Post »
I mean, I know no one is really worrying about this or hardly paying attention, but I have a strange