Not much today, just two shots of Teshima‘s countryside (just before entering Karato when coming from Ieura), not even great shots, but I like the colors and the view, so I wanted to share them with you.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
While I mention Kōbō-Daishi quite often, I never talked in detail about him. And as this post will mostly be about the ceremony I attended last June in Zentsu-ji for his birthday, maybe now is a good time to tell you a little bit about his life. I obviously won’t write a […]
Tonight, I watched Kikujiro (Kikujirō no Natsu – 菊次郎の夏) by Takeshi Kitano. It was actually my second time watching it. The first time was almost four years ago, when I was just starting getting interested in Japan. From Kitano, then, I only knew Sonatine (possibly the first Japanese film I […]
If you don’t mind the heat that will most likely be present, August is the perfect month to visit Art Setouchi, as many of the artworks are open longer than usual because of Obon, and many events and activities will be held. I won’t be able to list them all […]