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Morikoro Park – Fireworks and Fair

Once a year on the 18th 19th of July Morikoro park has fireworks, a fair, a famous Jpop singer,  hip-hop bands and tons of international food stalls.  They also had many hands on crafting like Japanese fans, chopsticks, flying things and solar powered frogs/monkeys.
Morikoro park was the site of the 2005 World Expo in Aichi-ken, [...]

Tokoname, Japan walk – GPS tracks

Here are the tracks from my GPS while walking along taking photos in Tokoname which is just outside Nagoya and right next to the airport. They do provide a map at the visitor station but it isn’t to scale. We did the A and B walk on the map. There is [...]

Tokoname, Japan – Richard and Mieko Pottery

Richard and Mieko have a pottery business in Tokoname called Olive Tree Pottery. The area around his place is such a nice area in Japan with many trees, hills, ocean, history and it’s quite.  Richard showed us around and gave us some history on the area.
By the way, Richard is offering pottery internships to people [...]

Tokoname, Japan – Back streets

Typical streets around Tokoname.

“Old persons home” was my favorite

Avant-Garde China: 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art Show – one of my favorites was the “Old peoples home”. It had a bunch of very real looking men in wheel chairs all in one room navigated by automatic computer control. A lot of things went by in my mind when I saw [...]

Picasso Club 展

Picasso Club 展

Keila’s first art show.
2009.3.14(Sat)・3.15(Sun)
OPEN 12 h -19 h
会場:TAiGA
愛知インタ-ナショナルスク-ル、ペインティンググル-プ
の子どもたち 8人の作品展を開催します。
Aichi
International
School
Daichi
Keila
Lisa
Anna
Ibuki
Soma
Heloisa
Yunona


   Japan 2009

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Japanese cola ingredients and flavors

Japanese cola ingredients and flavors

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Osu Kannon Temple and Shopping Mall – Spherical Pano

Osu Kannon Temple and Shopping Mall – Spherical Pano

The Osu Kannon Temple and shopping mall located in central Nagoya has a classic Japanese pagoda style Buddhist temple that is a popular tourist spot. Osu Kannon first was established in 1612 but the current temple is a replica built in the 1970’s. The price of goods at this huge outdoor type shopping mall isn’t the [...]

Wagunohama

Wagunohama

I did a fishing trip with about 10 friends in Wagunohama and beach south of Nagoya in Mie prefecture, Japan.  We must of caught fish off the pier every 2 minutes from 6am to 10am.  It’s a great fishing spot and beach just located about 2 hours south of Nagoya by car. Official websites [...]