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Quite a journey to have a rooftop and backyard school garden in super expensive Tokyo. Though with limited space, time and budget, I envisioned the gardens as haven for educational activities, nature art open-air classrooms, venue for bbq/outdoor parties, morning/afternoon …
Today I received many students and guests in one of our newly-built school gardens. I also had a ”plant-exchange” with a Japanese pastor’s wife. What a blessing to have more herbal plants like apple mints, thymes, garden strawberries, etc. I …
An Osaka-based “idol group” made up of women whose average age is 66 has released a rap music video in English to welcome the Group of 20 summit that start— Read on www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/22/national/lets-dance-osaka-granny-group-releases-english-rap-video-welcome-g20-summit/
www.facebook.com/Keizerin-Masako-Owada-419983515501145/ When the ceremonial & political leaders around the world came to witness the enthronement of the only living emperor in the universe… Indeed, it’s a spectacular historical event in Japan yesterday. Banzai the Land of the Rising Sun!
As I think of the new theme for this new month, I can’t help but continue with OIJ’s. This morning, I’m one of the millions of people around Japan and maybe around the world waiting for the name of the new …
Photographs & MemoriesGreat new start today! A wonderful beginning, indeed. Sharing with you my reflection on the last day of 2018 as I await alone for the New Year Countdown. Oh, I actually had a virtual reunion with my family …
My stint in photography drew me to this annual trip up to the Imperial Palace. The lingo to downtown flat Route 1 is “going up” though locals come from the mountain areas. Grateful to my adult student who taught me …