January 2012, Kanazawa.
Posts Tagged ‘Kanazawa’
Kazuemachi in the Snow
Posted in Kanazawa, Photography, tagged chayagai, 茶屋町, Kanazawa, Kazuemachi, photography, snow, winter, 冬景色, 主計町 on 2014/01/10| Leave a Comment »
Separated from me by miles of mountain and rivers
Posted in Blog, tagged japan, John Stevens, Kanazawa, moving, poetry, Ryokan, Translation, US on 2013/05/26| 6 Comments »
…Suddenly I thought of an old friend
Separated from me by miles of mountain and rivers.
Will we ever meet again?
I gaze toward the sky,
Tears streaming down my cheeks.-Taigu Ryôkan (1758-1831), translated by John Stevens (Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf)
Mt. Hakusan, July 2010
Cloudy Sakura at the Former Takamine Residence
Posted in Kanazawa, Photography, tagged cherry blossoms, cloudy, 花美, hanami, Jokichi Takamine, Kanazawa, sakura, spring, Takamine residence, 桜 on 2013/04/15| 3 Comments »
While we did get a few spectacularly sunny days in Kanazawa for hanami, two cold fronts and storms rolled through during the two weeks of blooming. Kanazawa, moody as always.
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Utatsuyama Plum Grove
Posted in Kanazawa, Photography, tagged 金沢, Ishikawa, japan, Kanazawa, March, photography, plum, plum blossom, plum grove, spring, 梅の花, 梅林 on 2013/03/24| Leave a Comment »
Utatsuyama (卯辰山) is a small mountain in Kanazawa that stands taller than even the castle, and the Utatsuyama Park (卯辰山公演) area, accessible from Higashi Chaya-gai (tea district), is home to a number of gardens, including the iris garden I visited last summer. Last week, I hiked to the plum grove, which, in addition to Kenrokuen’s much larger plum grove, is one of the best places to view the plum blossoms in the city.
Petals on a Wet, Black Bough
Posted in Kanazawa, Photography, tagged Ezra Pound, flowers, In the Station of the Metro, Ishikawa, japan, Kanazawa, petals, photography, plum blossoms, plums, poem, poetry, spring, Travel on 2013/03/09| 2 Comments »
“In a Station of the Metro”
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
— Ezra Pound
Kanazawa no Ame (Kanazawa Rain)
Posted in Architecture, Kanazawa, Photography, tagged autumn, 紅葉, 金沢, fall, foliage, garden, Ishikawa, japan, Kanazawa, Kenrokuen, photography, 兼六園, 写真 on 2012/11/24| 3 Comments »
Photos take at Kenrokuen, Kanazawa, 17 Nov. 2012.
Text: selections from「金沢の雨」(Kanazawa no Ame) by Miyuki Kawanaka (川中美幸) (my translation)
東京言葉と 加賀なまり
I love Tokyo words with a Kaga accent
Halloween in Japan: Decorations
Posted in Consumer Culture, Expat Living, Halloween, Visual Culture, tagged decorating, decoration, Halloween, Halloween in Japan, japan, Kanazawa, pumpkin on 2012/10/31| Leave a Comment »
What have we learned about Halloween in Japan this year?
Kanazawa Forus
Although Halloween seems to be mainly marketed through food in the broader consumer world, Halloween decorations in retailers and for home use seem to be growing in popularity and availability.
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