I did my usual trip or two to Kyoto; once on my own and again with a dear friend (you know who you are). She had never seen Rokkaku-do temple where the art of ikebana (flower arranging) was born. It’s a six-sided temple, or “six corners” if you translate directly. Do you think I could … More Beyond Osaka 大阪以遠
A wee note first: After WordPress changed the format of the way photos are viewed, it seemed that the comments I created for each photo could no longer be accessed in the slide format they now get displayed in. I’m happy to say I discovered that if you click on the “permalink” under any of … More Around Osaka 大阪の周辺
OK, I finally got images scanned and processed from my trip to Japan last month. Sorry for the long wait. はい、分かっています。久しぶりですね。二月は忙しかったけどフイルムがスカーンをしました。お待たせしました、すみません。 This entire post is from my day photographing Takami Kuniichi at his workshop. The process he was doing is called “tanren” which essentially translates to “forging”. Put simply, it’s during this process of making … More Tanren 鍛錬
