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 …

In the mall-way en-route to the Dogo Onsen Hot Springs a colourful mural plays hide and go seek with all those imposed in photos.  Those who wave between hats and ceramics, between celadon and melamine. Read More …

The frowned wisdom emerges from a wood block in a type-setters’ shop.  The technology is old but the face is new.  The pressures are those of an emerging industrial powerhouse. The clouds could be both Read More …

Just before crossing the swing bridge that leads onto the sandbar at Amanohashidate we ventured into an old Buddhist temple.  There prayer wishes were inscribed on miniature fans as they symbolized the spreading out of Read More …