Kyoto Blue Hour
Misty Mountains and High Speed Trains
Type of Report
Kyoto Magic Research Day
Timetraversing preparatory meetings and securing of evidence.
Chion-in
On a rainy day paying a visit to the inland gate.
BOND ISLAND – return journey
Goodbye, Naoshima …
Island of Double Light – II
On the other side of the island lies the village of pomegranates …
Island of Double Light – I
A late afternoon with the scarecrow family.
Bond Island Expedition II – Island Views
All the weird and the wonderful, what a splendid day it was. At a place that can only be called Bond Island.
TOWARDS OTHER SHORES
Wherever the journey will take us, ahead lies the sea and unknown islands full of promise.
Greeting Matsue
Just a quick touching base, wishing to return again …
A TRIP TO YOKAI VILLAGE
Misuki Shigeru, a little yokai boy and Sakaiminato
Toei’s Cat
Following the busy Mr Cat through the Studios of both Toei and Shochiku in Kyoto.
Encounter with the Giant Spider
At the port event, unexpectedly, a giant spider was lurking – taller than a house, spitting out steam and swinging its far too long legs.
Yokohama Afternoon Stroll
Strolling through one of Yokohama’s Western influenced areas. Looking for memories.
Yokohama Port Exhibition
Commemorating the encounter with the Outside
BORDERS
Borders, Boundaries become apparent unexpectedly.
The Negishi Racecourse Grandstand
Low Clouds encountering the earthly everyday …
Wedding Affairs
The odd nature of the Wedding Industry
Kanazawa Yusen
There is a little museum with an onsite workshop for the traditional craft of painting silk cloth and patterning kimono.
Garden Studies (Kanazawa)
Kanazawa’s traditional houses are surrounded by gardens of rare beauty and simplicity.
Ninja Dera
Ninja Dera (Ninja Temple) or formally known as Myoryuji Temple …
Masks, Armour and Ghosts
Again and again encounters with masks and memories of ghosts … (the Kanazawa collection)
Wooden Lattice Houses and Streets
Higashichaya, Nishichaya and Kazuemachi are the three traditional entertainment districts in Kanazawa.
Gold Leaves
Stunned at the friendliest gold selling shop …
Odd Western or Semi-Western Houses (Kanazawa)
It is called little Kyoto but somehow in some areas there are these houses that evoke Yokohama and the era before the world wars …
A House in Higashi Chaya
exploring one of the houses in the area …
Showa Style Allround Sweet Shop
Unexpected Time Tunnel in the Middle of the Street
Kanazawa – First Explorational Stroll
A first exploration through little Kyoto.
HIMEJI WAR MEMORIAL
… 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 …
UNIVERSAL VILLAGE (STUDIOS)
There is an area near Osaka Further info: Universal Studios Japan described on Wikipedia
TO THE SILVERMINE (Ikuno)
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.
A NOBLEMAN’S HOUSE
Faint echoes of something at the reconstructed Hosokawa residence near the castle …
THE GINKGO CASTLE
Remains of the day and reconstructed memories. The dark castle in the South.
Castella, Castella
A cake from the West, a cake from the East
Nagasaki International Club
and Tomisaburo Kuraba
GLOVER GARDEN
In Memory of the Glovers (and the Nagasaki Foreign Settlement during the late Edo, Meiji Period and its echoes in the Taisho Period)
