Thank You! I saw it made!
One of my best windows into Japan and things Japanese is a series called “The Making”. They’re all of fourteen minutes long, and are well worth watching. I’ve been watching these […]
Category Archives: Things Seen
Blue Tile Roof: Ao!!!
Here in “Nor’England” there are few tile roofs. Over there, in Japan, are many. I don’t know a lot about these roof tiles. In Japanese they’re called “kawara”. Here’s a […]
Facing The Tracks
I was walking into Oppama, and was waiting for a train to pass… when I noticed the backsides of the buildings that line the tracks. They were asking to have […]
Niwaki Has Stole My Heart
We arrived late in Japan, and went to bed not long aftewards. The next morning it was raining, but on rising early went for a walk anyway. The very first […]
Japan: Vehicles Seen
The Streets here are full of interesting cars and trucks. I so wish that these were available in the US, but they’re mostly not. Here is a series of vehicles […]
Japan: Things Seen
I’m feeling a tad schizophrenic, experiencing this place I’ve never been to before. There is a jagged line separating and uniting my known home culture and this other culture on […]
Details and Close-ups.
For your viewing pleasure, here is a collection of things-seen. Steel bamboo. Flowers near an entry gate. Welcome to spring. Lamp in a park. Plants in a wall. Tended birds. […]
Things Seen: Wood Hole
On a street in Woods Hole, we were headed from the ferry the car, after some days on the “other side”. Two framed works caught my eye, and of course […]
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