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Kazuemachi in the Snow

Posted in Kanazawa, Photography, tagged , , , , , , , , on 2014/01/10 | Leave a Comment »

Photo of Kazuemachi tea district, Kanazawa, in the snow

January 2012, Kanazawa.

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Separated from me by miles of mountain and rivers

Posted in Blog, tagged , , , , , , , 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

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Cloudy Sakura at the Former Takamine Residence

Posted in Kanazawa, Photography, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 2013/04/15 | 3 Comments »

Sakura Roof @The Lobster Dance

 

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 , , , , , , , , , , , 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.

Utatsuyama, The Lobster Dance

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Petals on a Wet, Black Bough

Posted in Kanazawa, Photography, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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

Plum Buds 2012

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Kanazawa no Ame (Kanazawa Rain)

Posted in Architecture, Kanazawa, Photography, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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

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Halloween in Japan: Decorations

Posted in Consumer Culture, Expat Living, Halloween, Visual Culture, tagged , , , , , , 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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