Kyoto Blue Hour
Misty Mountains and High Speed Trains
ISLAND IN THE EAST
This is a retrospective travel log about an island in the East and about a country called Japan.
Misty Mountains and High Speed Trains
Timetraversing preparatory meetings and securing of evidence.
On a rainy day paying a visit to the inland gate.
One of the most awe inspiring temples, ever seen. Something is sleeping there, connecting deep into another time.
The Writer’s Desk (… imagine or remember …)
There is a set at a studio where when people have left, a figure appears, again and again …, listening to that silence.
Following the busy Mr Cat through the Studios of both Toei and Shochiku in Kyoto.
The odd nature of the Wedding Industry
… to commemorate the casualties of aerial bombing during World War II and to appease the spirits of people who died in air raids all over Japan …
There is an area near Osaka Further info: Universal Studios Japan described on Wikipedia
Hidden in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture there is the old Ikuno silver mine. Visiting the site and crawling in its dark tunnels unearths memories of times long gone by.
Personal Memory Lane
Near the Castle the Memory Lane
Looking at the leaves moving in the wind. Thinking of Obon.
A brief visit to this temple complex that is surrounded by the sacred mountains of Katsuragi.
An exhibition dedicated to Fukuzawa Yukichi, author, translator, educator, entrepreneur and one of the intellectual founding fathers of modern Japan.
Up Hitachi Tower to not see the end of this city.
TODAY A TOUR TO OSAKA! THE SUMMER FIREWORKS!
Mosaic Garden without the Sight
at Amanohashidate
Scenic Splendour and a Bridge to Heaven.
It is August, it is summer. But it is raining. Yet the sun flower fields are calling.
A place that sings a quiet song.
In the Pursuit of Akashiyaki
Fish! Marvelous Fish!
Here and somewhere on a very hot day
A free afternoon. A trip to the neighbouring city. This blissful feeling called summer.
Touching the Ground and Arrival