The plum trees that were planted in the backyard are blooming for the first time. I wish the blossoms would last a bit longer.
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- Train to Nara (奈良市)
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- Around Zermatt (Pt 2)
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- Tokyo in 35mm
- Around Izumo Grand Shrine (出雲大社)
- Overnight to Izumo (出雲)
- Fukagawa Hachiman Festival (深川八幡祭り)
- Dancing Tokushima (徳島阿阿波おどり)
- Exploring Onomichi (尾道)
- Around Kurashiki (倉敷)
- Mt. Koya Candle Festival
- Around Osaka
- Exploring Kanazawa (金沢)
- Around Noto Peninsula (能登半島)
- Around San Francisco
- In Carlsbad
- Random Tokyo
- Around Whistler-Vancouver
- Around Tokyo Station
- Around Kamakura
- Around Nagano – Onsens
- Around Mt. Tateyama (立山)
- Around San Diego
- Lingering Summer
- Around LA
- Random Tokyo Summer
- More Random Tokyo Street
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- Ise Grand Shrine – Part 2 (Naiku)
- Ise Grand Shrine – Part 1 (Geku)
- Arashiyama Kyoto
- Fushimi Inari Shrine
- Around Daikanyama
- Around Aoyama
- Fresh start of spring
- Mt. Fuji from Lake Kawaguchi
- Random Tokyo Street (Pt 2)
- Mid-Century Modern Japanese Style
- Random Tokyo Street
- To Whistler and Back
- Carlsbad Beach Sunset
- Honolulu Winter
- Strolling Nagoya
- Menu? You have to catch you own food…
- A Carlsbad Christmas sunset
- Looking out from the bullet train
- Meandering Fukuoka (福岡)
- Usuki (臼杵), a town in Kyushu
- Island hopping by train – Shikoku to Kyushu
- Tokushima Awa Odori Pt. 2 (徳島阿波踊り)
- Around Tokushima
- Meandering Tokushima
- Tokushima Awa Odori Pt. 1 (徳島阿波踊り)
- Tokushima Seafood Lunch
- Wakayama City (和歌山市)
- Mount Koya (高野山)
- On the tracks to Mount Koya
- A hot and humid Tokyo Sunday
- Shangri La Honolulu
- Honolulu Shock
- Unwinding in Hana – Pt 3
- Unwinding in Hana – Pt 2
- Unwinding in Hana – Pt. 1
- It’s a Sony….RX100
- Around Vancouver
- Paia Lunch Stop
- Around Carlsbad
- Tokyo Street
- Vancouver Meandering Pt. 2
- Vancouver Meandering Pt. 1
- Vancouver Waterfront
- Vancouver Middle of the Road
- Around Oahu
- Modern Kaiseki at Nanzan Giro Giro
- More from Osaka
- Osaka Street Ballet
- A Morning Walk in Koshien
- Kidzania
- More from Nagoya
Pursuing Wabi 
その長続きしないところが、いいのよ。いっつも咲いてたら、ありがたくないじゃないのー。しかし、これは本当に梅なのか？桃ではないかと言われたが。確かに梅はもっと枝が曲がっているのが記憶にあるなあ。
I found your blog by accident while researching alternate siding materials for a project that I am working on. I think the home that your architect achieved for you is remarkable in its beauty and simplicity and strength of form. Being a designer myself, I am very interested in learning who your architect is. Searching through your blog, I found it extremely disappointing that you never credited your architect even once. You seem to have credited everyone else, even the architectural photographer – yet you never give credit to your designer. Please post his information. Word of mouth generates the majority of our business, and in these tough economic times, where architects were hit particularly hard, we need all the referrals we can get. Please give the firm the credit it deserves.