Welcome 2009!
May it be a wonderful year!
With a jubako filled with fantastic food and enough mikan to last a week, now let us welcome the new year (as the poet Rilke wrote) filled with things that have never been.
Last night's NHK music special was the best ever.
This morning's sunrise in Tokyo was as perfect as a sunrise can be.
The greeting cards delivered early this morning are waiting to be read.
Yes, this year is off to a great start.
Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.