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The Moonlit Road: Kanazawa Tsukimi Koro Light-Up 2011
On Sept. 22-23, Kanazawa’s Higashi Betsuin and Nishi Betsuin Temples are hosting a light-up with votive lanterns and hikari no objet (光のオブジェ), light-up objets d’art, some of which were displayed in...
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Kanazawa no Ame (Kanazawa Rain)
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 愛するこころに...
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Mirror Pond: Myojin-ike
On Silver Week 2012, I went hiking in Kamikochi, heading on a relatively easy path to Myojin-ike (明神池). Myojin-ike is also know as Mirror Pond (鏡の池), and is comprised of two ponds, one large and one...
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Momiji at the Seattle Japanese Garden
I got out to the Seattle Japanese Garden to do some 紅葉狩り (momijigari, maple viewing or “maple hunting”) on October 28. Momiji season is a few weeks earlier in Seattle than in Ishikawa. The garden,...
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Momiji at the Seattle Japanese Garden (2014)
Dear readers, my apologies: November has been a lousy month for writing. A lot of personal issues are eating up all my time, and I hope to get to some of that backlog of posting in December. That said,...
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