20100924

feel like astronaut


These pictures were taken from a plane bound from Tokyo to Okinawa, taken by my cousin.

It made me feel like an astronaut when I looked the pictures...
Mt.Fuji came to surface of the earth beautifully....
Beautiful Japan...and Beautiful planet....

We got to cherish our only planet.... EARTH....

20100919

Lotus pods

Lotus pods and berzelia

It's heartwarming that having a plant in usual life.

20100912

Satoko

My friend Satoko, she has a dream, having an own store which selling her hand made clothes with ecologically friendly way.

Last weekend, She got a chance to sell her original kid's clothes.
So, she has taken a step forward to the dream. 
Kid's baby's bib, pants, Organic cotton T-shirts etc.... Those are very pretty stuff.

Above all, The organic cotton T-shirts is something special.
There is pretty embroidery on the back.
It is Japanese lost custom doing embroidery for clothes (probably Kimono at the time) of baby or kids as a charm against evils, protecting precious lives in the Edo period.
so, It's kinda cool ! 

We have old saying,
“We tend to be good at those things we like.”
「好きこそものの上手なれ」

Sewing was her hobby, but now she is trying to get more skills and wants to share her tastes for others.
She seems like finally found the way to express herself.
However If it became business, things are not always fun. That is the difference from hobby.
But I believe one day ! she will have her own shop !! がんばれ!    

 

20100909

Garden party

A garden party at my friend's.


It was a Potluck party.
I love eating outside, even our meals tasted better !!
Home made meals, Cold beers with good friends.
Good time...



And This beer 「秋楽」“AKI RAKU” it's for a limited time.
The Kanji character of 「秋」 means fall, 「楽」 means fun.



Drinking beer in a bit cooler late Summer.
Taste good !
We are hearing some crickets.
Fall is coming.

「秋楽」
Yes, as the name suggests, Let's enjoy this coming fall.

20100908

Late summer

I spent one late summer weekend in my local beach area. 

A beach bar in Hayama, named “Blue moon” is coolest place to spend late summer night. We went there for a live concert of a musician Ikue Asazaki from Kakeroma Island Amami Oshima where lying in the sea south of Kagoshima.
Ikue Asazaki, she is in her 70' however she is singing beautifully high-piched voice. 


She said “Amami culture is preliterate culture, our songs are passed on to younger generations from person to person, voice to voice over thousands of years. The songs were sung without instruments but the sound of waves and wind, all the nature sounds have created our music together.”



The night, the sounds of waves joined her music just so perfectly.
It was such a beautiful moment.
It was beautiful late summer night.

Next day, we went to hike down to Jyogashima in Miura peninsula.

Cloudless blue sky and blue of the sea, green of the mountains and farms....
I realized how beautiful the nature of the places I grew up.


There are more natural beauty of my country I haven't met ! I want to travel my country more....