invited school friend + mum to home and received dora-yaki (Doraemon’s staple) with D-emblem! あっという間に新年度です。4月と言えば、入園・入学・進級・進学・就職など「スタート」の季節です。 ...read more

This year I couldn’t go to plum blossom hana-mi (flower-viewing pic-nic) but I happened to see deep pink plum blossoms in Sanjo. Initially I thought it was some artificial flower arrangement...read more

8 years since 311, Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear powerplant disaster. just hope the victimes rest in peace, and no more disasters. （今日の京都新聞・気仙沼津波火災の記事。保育園の園長先生...read more

(as of Feb 25, just finished colouring Mt Fuji) finished Tokyo series! hope my clients like them この冬の東京シリーズ完結です。ホッとしてます！ 具体的な指示のあるご注文でありながら、私の描きたい風...read more

These days I am drawing Tokyo series, for a company website (not finished – yet to be all coloured).　年末から東京シリーズを描いています（彩色した完成品の公開はまだ先です）。 多分初めての、依...read more

(cute house in kamigyo ward, kyoto 電柱あってもいいからあと2mくらい左に移動して頂ければ！) I started joining yoga lesson after a long time (last time I did was I think November 2007 in 13e Paris) ...read more

cute shiba dogs in front of a vegan cafe At first from a distance, I thought they are very well-made artwork or object. Their natural pose, almost-real fur texture (not porcelain or normal garden ...read more

went up the candle-shaped Kyoto Tower after 4-5 years (and was my third time. First time I was taken by my jr. high classmates, to go to hot spa / onsen in the tower building). Just love to see al...read more

beautiful dawn, lake biwa, shiga – my hometown びわ湖の向こうから昇る太陽。 あまりに神々しく、「お天道様」という言葉がぴったり。 色々あっても、びわ湖があるからいいか！と思う滋賀県民です。 ...read more

Thank you for your message from this HP – it seems the email address you gave me doesn’t accept my reply, so I will write it here (hope you read this!) I am happy to hear you liked my d...read more