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IRRASHAIMASE!

Official Welcome Party 2010 for the KAIR artists.  A Jazz Orchestra provided the sounds and ...
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Buitsu san, shukaku, kome, kikai

Buitsu san is harvesting his kome (rice) at the moment.  I gave him a hand. ...
2010-09-02 | itoi+ru-san |  3 comments
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Renovations of an old shop in Jinryo: ...

I’ve been helping the crew with the renovations of the nagaya.  It’s been good, satisfying ...
2010-08-31 | itoi+ru-san |  1 comments
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Somen, Udon, Soba, Ramen

Visiting the Yamao san’s for lunch. The grandchildren had to come up with a ...
2010-08-31 | itoi+ru-san |  2 comments
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Polished Rod

The annual ‘Polished Rod’ event (or Bouzuki) in Kamiyama occurred a couple of days ago ...
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Lots of fireworks at this time of the ...

Lots of them.  Reminds me of    Something like Polke.    The combination of somen in a hamburger.    The taste ...
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Awa Odori, Tokushima City 2010

  Huge crowds    along the riverbanks.    We ate okonomiyaki    with sauce.    We sat on the road for a while, eating, ...
2010-08-18 | itoi+ru-san |  4 comments
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Adam's Town Office Adventure

Adam visited Kamiyama Town Office.  It was a much needed respite from the top floor ...
2010-08-17 | itoi+ru-san |  4 comments
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Rakuon Rakujitsu

The Rakuon Rakujitsu Tea House has just begun to serve icy desserts called Kakigori.  Kakigori ...
2010-08-14 | itoi+ru-san |  1 comments
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Renovations of an old shop in ...

MEANWHILE a group of student architects from Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku (Tokyo University of the Arts) ...
2010-08-12 | itoi+ru-san |  1 comments
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How to make Awa bancha

Awa Bancha is fermented green tea.  It is made in just a couple of places ...
2010-08-08 | itoi+ru-san |  3 comments
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Visiting Shosanji Temple

  A musician with a video camera films the empty car park.  He must see something ...
2010-08-05 | itoi+ru-san |  2 comments
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What a Waterfall Walk

We have been in Kamiyama now for roughly four and a half months and this ...
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Hatake san

Rainy season is behind us now, a long hot summer ahead.  The plants are thriving ...
2010-07-26 | itoi+ru-san |  5 comments
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Sanagochi Plateau

Sanagochi borders Kamiyama.  You might pass through it on your way to Tokushima City and ...
2010-07-18 | itoi+ru-san |  2 comments
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Shimobun Tanabata Festival 2010 (Part B) - Construction ...

Prolonged rain and then super high humidity hampered the construction effort but thankfully ice cold ...
2010-07-12 | itoi+ru-san |  2 comments
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Shimobun Tanabata Festival 2010 (Part A) - ...

Hiromi san kindly asked Mutsumi, Eri and I to renovate a float used last year.  ...
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R 's' A 'e' I 'a' N 's' Y 'o n'

It rain for three days then afterwards the mountains and the river steam.  There is ...
2010-07-02 | itoi+ru-san |  4 comments
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Tanabata Preparations in Shimobun (Shiwake - 'Sorting Things, in ...

This evening we helped the preparations for Shimobun’s Tanabata festival by engaging in shiwake.  The ...
2010-06-24 | itoi+ru-san |  6 comments
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Wildlife

                                    
2010-06-24 | itoi+ru-san |  3 comments
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Down on't 貸出菜園

The rain and the humidity over the past week or so is perfect for the ...
2010-06-24 | itoi+ru-san |  9 comments
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Coast海岸

A trip to the seaside with Retired Buisness Man, Mutsumi, Eri & I.  We all ...
2010-06-20 | itoi+ru-san |  1 comments
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Allotment 貸出菜園 (with 'Powerpoint Office non-style remix' photographs) ...

Having been given the opportunity to cultivate a patch of land we’ve thrown ourselves at ...
2010-06-13 | itoi+ru-san |  8 comments
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Ningyō Jōruri Session No.3

As an alien, I thought I might try to interpret the story based on what ...
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The Regeneration of Terrace Cultivation by R-Style (R stands for Relation, not Rufus or ...

R-style is the name of a project through which local university students are encouraged by ...
2010-06-05 | itoi+ru-san |  2 comments
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Ningyō Jōruri Performance @ Kamiyama ...

   Watching the Joruri performance on Saturday afternoon I realised just how abstract the experience was. ...
2010-05-26 | itoi+ru-san |  1 comments
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Charcoal Oven Project

Higashitani-san has a charcoal oven.  We visited him on a rainy day and he explained ...
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VAAM (Nests)...

Ongoing series.                      
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Poster Gallery Kamiyama

At the moment, there is an exhibition of work along the river opposite Kamiyama Onsen ...
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Ningyō Jōruri

Ningyo Joruri practice session in Kamiyama.  Next Sunday there will be a performance @ Kamiyama ...