After the Post-Gazette article appeared I received a very moving email from Masashi Narita, a medical trainee here in Pittsburgh:
On Dec.7th 2006, I was asked the same interesting question from different persons ” Do you know what is the day today?” I can recall immediately that the day is unforgettable memorial day for Americans, [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Remembrance, understanding and forgiveness
Posted in Afterword on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Photographs
Posted in Afterword on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I started uploading pictures to a Flickr account. My first group are from the tori no ichi celebration I went to in Tokyo. You can see it here. The celebration is held to insure prosperity for businesses on rooster days in November. Vendors at the temple sell bamboo rakes to help rake in the money. [...]
Hotels
Posted in Along the way on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I made most of my hotel reservations online, with some trepidation, because i was unsure about locations and because a number of them required payment in advance. I think if I had been able to work with Japanese websites advance payment might not have been required. First let me say everything worked out beautifully; there [...]
Editing
Posted in Afterword on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Since my intention is to turn this blog into an artist’s book I would like it to be a fairly inclusive document. I’ve gone back and added links to information about things I’ve mentioned and more pictures. Click here to see what I’ve done. I’ve been going through my pictures, deleting the worst ones and [...]
Tuesday, November 13
Posted in Along the way, Tokyo on November 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Plugged in at the airport. It was another beautiful day, blue skies, fluffy clouds. I got to Tokyo Station about 8:30 am, just in time to cope with those waves of people coming off the train. It’s not too bad if you have patience, but I’d hate to be one of the hurrying ones. The [...]
Monday, November 12
Posted in Tokyo on November 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Another good, long day that began with bright, sunny skies, and because Monday, no open museums, so I took myself to Asakusa to the Sensoji Temple. I vividly remember coming here 20 years ago and I’m certain all those tourists weren’t there. It was a zoo. To the right of Sensoji is Asakusa shrine, [...]
Sunday, November 11
Posted in Tokyo on November 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I began the day by going to tori no ichi, a market festival held on the days of the rooster in November. I really didn’t know where I was going. I foud out the festival would be held at Otorijinja, a 10 minute walk from Iriya subway station. I came out of the subway [...]
Saturday, November 10
Posted in Tokyo on November 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Museum-going beckoned to me on this chilly, rainy, autumn day. My hotel, only 4 meters from the subway, is very convenient. Without getting wet, I went to the other end of Tokyo to go to the Japan Mingeikan, the Japan Crafts Museum founded by Soetsu Yanagi, and found, for the same price, I could [...]
Friday, November 9
Posted in Along the way on November 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting in the train working until the battery dies; probably soon. We took the same train from Matsue, 2 ½ hours of beautiful mountains, then an hour to Shin Osaka, fifteen minutes to Kyoto, where Shalmit left me. She is going to meet with a VIP in Japanese art history. I may see her again [...]
Thursday, November 8
Posted in Izumo on November 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Another great day, but with a not so great start. We decided to take the 9:35 train to Izumo, but when we got to the station found that train had been canceled and we had to wait for the 10:20. Instead of sitting at the station we went for a walk and found an interesting [...]
