kyoto university reseach activities (magazine in english) vol.5 no.1 is out last month, with my drawing on cover – field office in ashiu-forest, miyama, kyoto prefecture, built in 1931. 今年...read more

my Cebu postcards (orig. made for my Cebuana friend’s wedding) will be on sale soon at Karafune-ya paper craft shop, near Heian Shrine, Kyoto! Karafune-ya 505 Higashi Monzen-cho, Higashi Oj...read more

It’s already summer, and along the Kamo River (esp. between Sanjo and Matsubara, on the west bank of the river), restaurants built the seasonal wooden terrace over the misogi-gawa. I like lo...read more

Steam Locomotive Kita-Biwako-go, between Maibara and Kinomoto Stations, Shiga (view from Nagahama Railway square / museum). At the back it says “9条は世界の宝” – Article 9 of the...read more

finally finished colouring Nishi-honganji Temple. Recently I took a bit of a thorough-walk inside the temple, thanks to the monks who open the doors to even non-followers (it was the day when many...read more

琵琶湖疏水の桜 Cherry blossom (sakura桜) today! It was really nice day; went up the Inari mountain稲荷山 and ran along the Biwako-sosui 琵琶湖疏水(canal). Happy to be in Japan in this season! 今日...read more

My drawings at Maeda Coffee Meirin Branch (Kyoto Municipal Art Centre), thank you! 春の頭ひねもすのたりのたりかな、的に曜日感覚も無くなってしまっていますが、サプライズ〒お便りで目が覚めました。前...read more

Kyoto City 311 event poster “this earthquake was different from others in the past, because of the TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant explosion” – well said. It’s ...read more

Though it’s raining hard again the weather was nice yesterday, so I went to Arashiyama嵐山 (western side of Kyoto City) after 6 months. I didn’t do much (like visiting World Heritage T...read more

I was thinking of drawing Kitano-Tenmangu shrine’s plum/梅ume blossoms but tomorrow’s already hina-matsuri (also called as peach/桃momo blossom festival, wishing girls’ healthy u...read more