Last week, Douglas Brooks, who is currently in Kagawa, was invited to Shodoshima for something very special and fascinating. He invited my friend Cathy and I to tag along. So we took the ferry to Kusakabe on this cold morning of late January, and from there headed to the village […]
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If you visited Ritsurin Garden these past couple of years, you know that now there are a couple of boats on the south pond that allow you to discover the garden from a different perspective (full disclosure: I have yet to ride one of them). Also, if you’re a […]
Last night, we waved goodbye to Bengal Island and the summer session of the Setouchi Triennale. Here is a small report about this eventful and emotion rich evening. When I got there at around 4pm, pretty much everyone was getting ready to head to the Sunport “tent” (not a […]
On Saturday, the traditional Japanese boat that was built at Bengal Island was launched. For reasons beyond my control (I had to work that morning, when I usually don’t work on Saturday mornings these days… Grrrr…) I couldn’t attend. I’m not too happy about that. However, in order to […]
Last weekend was Bengal Island‘s next to last weekend. Now, I’m really a “regular” of the place, I know pretty much everyone there, if only by sight, and I don’t go there with the purpose of finding new things anymore, but rather to just have a good time in […]
Almost two weeks ago (sorry for the delay, but you know how life has this nasty tendency to get in the way at times), an event both very official and quite confidential happened in the Takamatsu marina. I’m talking about the launch of the Bangladeshi dinghy from Bengal Island […]
You may have noticed that boats have been a recurrent topic on the blog this summer. Well, this is not over yet, and here is one more post about them (and a few more are on the way). Today, I want to tell you a little about a project […]
Wow, it’s the week-end already (yes, my week-ends start on Sundays) and I haven’t told you about my latest trip to Bengal Island yet! I got to hurry as the next trip may be in just a few hours… In case you forgot, Bengal Island is this “village” that […]