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Butterflies @ Ishikawa Fureai Insect Museum (石川県ふれあい昆虫館)
@BirthofSake
I watched a beautiful film (The Birth of Sake) set in Ishikawa and the Noto Hanto this morning at the Ashland Independent Film Festival. I came home to this random, desktop image from the same general location and felt I should share.
My random, desktop image of the day reminds me that six years and two months ago I had an incredible day in snowy Nikko.
Iwaso dinner course (Miyajima, Japan)
I posted photos of dessert and another course before.
@TuttleBooks
Tokyo on Foot is not what I expected. And that’s not a bad thing. I was expecting something like Foot Loose in Tokyo or A Flower Lover’s Guide to Tokyo in which the reader is given guidance on various walks in Tokyo. While Tokyo on Foot could potentially be used in this way, I look at it more as art/manga appreciation than a guide book. Florent Chavouet’s art is fantastic. The attention to detail and capturing of Tokyo scenes is captivating and the type of work that you can frequently revisit without becoming bored.
If you’ve visited or lived in Tokyo I think you’ll like it more than someone who hasn’t (not that a future visitor won’t want to take a look at this book to get an idea of where to go and what to see in Tokyo). Remembering views that are slumbering just beneath the surface of your memory can be lots of fun.
Yasuhiro Ogawa (小川 泰弘) of the Yakult Swallows (Hiroshima, Japan 2013)
MLB begins today. NPB has been going for a couple weeks.
Ogawa, pictured above, is one of Japan’s finest. He is 1-1 on the young season with an ERA of 1.20. Over the past few seasons he has a combined ERA of 3.11. His rookie season, when I took today’s photo, was his best as he went 16-4 with a 2.93 ERA. Last year Yakult nearly won it all, but they are off to a rough start so far in 2016.
