I’m a little late, but this is a report about my visit to Kamiyama last Wednesday. Wednesdays in Kamiyama are a little different than the comparatively busy weekends, but during KAIR every day holds new discoveries and new developments. On October 22, I got on the bus and rode up to Kamiyama.

We tried to go to Hidenoya for lunch but there was a “closed” sign out. There was some speculation that they might have run out of food due to the wave of visitors (Mr. Nishimura and friends) the day before! So Mr. Nikishima and I swung by Yorii-za, picked up Rika Aki, and went off in search of some lunch. Then, as we drove down the road, what’s this? It’s a jaja-men stand! Just hours before it hadn’t been there. What luck and good timing! We had big bowls of jaja-men with miso soup full of veggies and egg, and onion tea (!!) for just one coin, 500 yen.

Since Rika started her work at Yorii-za, I hadn’t been in to see her studio even once, so this week I thought I’d see what she was up to and take some pictures. Here’s a short photo report from the trip:

The KAIR 2008 final exhibition will be held on November ２ to ９, so I hope everyone will make the trip up to Kamiyama to see everyone’s completed works! I especially recommend the art tour scheduled for Sunday November ２.