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Pics from the Ka-Mi-Ya-Market

Sofie and I went up to Kamiyama for the special market today. Lots of good ...
2010-11-28 | Claire |  2 comments
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Sofie's Adventures: Akiya Machiya

    Today, Sofie had the day off school because they did Sports Day on the holiday ...
2010-10-12 | Claire |  2 comments
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KAIR 2010 Open Atelier

Yesterday was the open atelier day. It was the first cool day we’ve had for ...
2010-09-24 | Claire |  12 comments
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Golden Week in Kamiyama

Today was the last day of the Golden Week holiday, and my daughter and I ...
2010-05-05 | Claire |  2 comments
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Snapshots from the Ka-Mi-Ya-Market

Sunday was the first ever Ka-Mi-Ya-Market! I was lucky to be able to make the ...
2010-03-22 | Claire |  3 comments
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Sofie's Adventures: KAIR 2009 Final ...

Today was the first day of the KAIR 2009 Final Exhibition. The exhibition will be ...
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Open Atelier Tour Report 2009

Long time no see! Sofie and I have been busy going here and there, but ...
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Driver Girl

I started going to driving school during the KAIR 2008 residency. I’m happy to report ...
2009-05-21 | Claire |  2 comments
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Sofie's Adventures: YRG Cafe

Last week, Sofie and I went to the YRG Cafe in Tokushima City, and brought ...
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Sofie's Adventures: Maui

I think traveling might just be Sofie’s fate in life. We already have several trips ...
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Sofie's Adventures: Shodoshima Tour

(↑ Sofie and her buddy Mr. Ominami share a love of photography! Here they are ...
2008-11-28 | Claire |  3 comments
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KAIR 2008 Art Tour Report

This year’s Kamiyama Artist in Residence final exhibition art tour on Sunday November 2 had ...
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Final Preparations

Everyone is rushing around making final preparations for the exhibition which starts this Sunday. I ...
2008-10-31 | Claire |  2 comments
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Eye in Kamiyama

I’m a little late, but this is a report about my visit to Kamiyama last ...
2008-10-27 | Claire |  2 comments
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Sneaking a Taste at the Cinnamon ...

I went to Kamiyama on Wednesday and wound up spending most of my time up ...
2008-10-10 | Claire |  7 comments
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International Cooking Party Report: Behind the ...

I’ve been living in Tokushima for five years now and I’m embarassed to admit that ...
2008-09-28 | Claire |  2 comments
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September 24 in Kamiyama

I felt  a renewed sense of motivation yesterday after last week’s paltry diary entry. This ...
2008-09-25 | Claire |  7 comments
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Team Karin

Yesterday, Mr. Mori took Karin and Pat around to some of the local stone dealers ...
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Sofie's Adventures: Fireworks Party

Sunday was the harvest moon, and the shrine close to Mr. Ominami’s house was having ...
2008-09-16 | Claire |  1 comments
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Can't Get There from Here

I got a message from Keiko on my phone just as I was heading to ...
2008-09-11 | Claire |  4 comments
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Strong Branches and New Leaves

I caught the bus to Kamiyama this morning. Everytime I ride that bus, I notice ...
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Kamiyama-ten

There have been lots of reports and photos from the Naruto Graduate Students Exhibition, “Kamiyama-ten” ...
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Sofie's Adventures: Camera Nut

Most kids have a “pose” that they tend to pull whenever a camera is aimed ...
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Sofie's Mom's Adventure: Kamiyama Photo ...

On Wednesday morning, I got up, sent Sofie to daycare, and got on the 9:35 ...
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Sofie's Adventures: Kanazawa

Sofie’s adventures keep getting further and further away from Kamiyama… this week we went to ...
2008-07-09 | Claire |  5 comments
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Sofie's Adventures: Kyoto

We went to Kyoto! Sofie and her grandma and I took the three-hour bus trip ...
2008-06-20 | Claire |  1 comments
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Sofie's Adventures: Rainy Holiday

On Sunday, we all got in the car and headed towards my husband’s parents place ...
2008-06-16 | Claire |  3 comments
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Sofie's Adventures: Awa Jurobe ...

I’ve been living in Tokushima City for five years now (four of them involved a ...
2008-06-09 | Claire |  1 comments
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Sofie's Adventures: Earth Day ...

Whenever I go somewhere with Sofie, I usually end up focusing on her most of ...
2008-06-02 | Claire |  8 comments
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Yamani Diary - Day 1

The funny thing about taking a holiday by car, is that you can bring along ...
2008-05-07 | Claire |  1 comments