Their songs were sung without a care
for those who slumbered soundly there.
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This morning, I was happy to be awoken by the cheerful songs of some little barn swallows.
Kofu, Japan
July, 15th, 2017
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Category Archives: Japan
One Thousand Hopes
Please burn us when dark evenings yawn.
and joyful days will surely dawn.
I recently finished folding one thousand origami cranes (known in Japan as Senbazuru) as a gift for a friend who is expecting her first child. This was my first time completing such a project. When I began the folding, my cranes looked a bit bedraggled, but after making 150 of them, I began to develop a technique.
There is a Japanese legend that says a wish will be granted to anyone who folds a thousand cranes. It is common for people to present them as gifts to family and cherished friends.
electrical elevation
An electrician in Kofu, Japan wires a newly built supermarket for electricity.
2017/June/17
flicking away flies
A participant in the 2017 Shingen-Ko Festival waits with her horse during a break in the procession.
2017年4月8日・Kofu, Japan/甲府
夜のしだれ桜・Weeping Cherry Tree at Night
六義園/Rikugien
Tokyo, Japan
2017年3月27日
Where You Roam
A horse at Taniguchi Farms in Kiyosato, Japan enjoys an afternoon snack.
2016/September/25
wet wings
A bird in Kofu, Japan weathers a late summer typhoon rain.
September 2016
Untitled
Two young boys expend excess summer energy at Kofu’s Kose Sport’s Park.
2016年7月27日
Kofu, Japan
summer eyes
In Kofu’s Sonekyuryo Park, two moths rest near a shrine.
Kofu, Japan-2016年7月22日
The Bluest Eye
This is one of our neighborhood cats; I have named her “Myrtle”. Myrtle doesn’t seem to belong to anyone and since she is fairly scrawny, I do occasionally feed her. Now that Japan is in the rainy season, she has been sitting beneath the eaves in our back courtyard in order to keep dry.
