Fresh flowers tend to catch my eye.  This friendly hand wrapped selection was offered for sale by a florist in the Ginza.  The florist was not on the Main Street.  Rent? There is something loving Read More …

Wandering the streets of Akihabara there is an “ebb in the affairs of men” evidenced by the shift of focus on digital toys to visual dolls.  The advent of Otaru culture, on and in the Read More …

In an experience offered by theatre Lab in Tokyo we were moved through a historical visual zoo that featured a variety of extinct dinosaurs in a synthesized environment.  The exhibitor provided us with a “new generation” Read More …

I agreed to meet a stranger near the cop shop at the Takasaki station in the Gunma precinct of Japan.  Now it was near the noon appointed time and I was unsure of where we Read More …

Through the clouds the peak of Mt Fuiji appears naked.  The white-silver crown pouring down rivulets toward the sea — pausing in rice paddies on the way.  There is a level of denial about gambling Read More …

Often conversations between friends can be considered confidential — sometimes labeled as “under the dome” with the implicit understanding that the topic won’t be discussed elsewhere.  There was a moment when we took the tram Read More …