2011: Kyoto Butoh

Ima-Tenko (Butoh) x Itaru Oki (Trumpet) Improv. Performance [Paris ∞ Kyoto] vol.4

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2011: Umbrella

Up early, futon stored away.
Breakfast later at a favorite market spot.

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2011: Ohanami

“Cherry Blossom 2011” has been delayed and extended due to cool weather.

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2010: Holidays

November 29     I came to Big Canoe in the mountains for the first time since my return

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2010: Kyoto Koyo

LEAVES dominate my late fall/early winter in Kyoto and Big Canoe.  The development

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2010: Fall Wandering

There is a small “river” 2 minutes north of my house in Kyoto that is one of my favorite

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2010: Sanju-sangen-do

I have been touring friends Lee and Ginger from Savannah all around Kyoto for a week

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2009: Year of Water

This rainy day in late December in the mountains of north Georgia will keep the creek flowing

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2009: 1440 Minutes

KYOTO: 24 Hours in the Life
1440 minutes (thanks to “Rent”)

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2009: First Hours

Departed 190 Harben @ 10:30 am EDT 9/28.
Hours spent 9/27 online, on phone

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2008: Too Much Stuff

Fog shrouds and filters the forest of barren trees.  Water droplets hang from twigs.

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2007: Kaunakes & Kraut

“New York, New York it’s a wonderful town.”  It is still true long after “On The Town”,

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2006: Tableaux

Early November at Big Canoe in the north Georgia Mountains is a riot of color.

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2005: Taihen desu ne!

Georgia Winter. The landscape is one of black and tan. The stark verticals of the barren

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2004: Itsukushima

As I begin to write this letter the first goldfinch has arrived at the feeder and the first

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2003: Ogawatei

The day is bright and sunny with a clear blue sky above the distant tree line that is a tangle

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2002: Maku

Winter Greetings! Early winter in Athens this year has brought forth enough rain to end

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2001: Mountains

It is early morning in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. The foothills of the Rincon Mountains

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2000: Passing

WINTER is here! It came to Athens earlier than anyone can remember. We had snow

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1999: Study Abroad

After a hiatus in 1998, I was able to return to Japan in 1999.  We converted to the semester

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1998: Transitions

This fall was one of the longest, mildest, and most beautiful in color that I can recall.

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1997: My Old House

In the distance the tall trees of Tadasu no Mori show tinges of fall color that float over

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1997: Machiya Garden

I returned to Kyoto about two weeks ago and I have been getting this new (very old

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1996: Shimogamo

A clear blue sky scattered with small puffy clouds contrasts sharply with the grey tile

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1994: Busan Nouveau

The highlight of this fall season was a two-day trip to Mt. Koya (Koyasan), elevation 3000

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1993: Family

This fall has been an unusually mild one, so we now have an abundance of both roses

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1992: Kanreki

A few weeks ago, I traveled north in Kyoto Prefecture with my assistant of the last 2 years

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1991: Fushimi Inari

The fall color was not as spectacular as most years, and my schedule did not allow much

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1991: Perspectives

My feeling of truly returning to Japan this year was triggered by seeing the fresh green

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1990: Insadong

My only fall outing was a long walk along the small river behind my house my last week

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