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1Jan2019
happy new 2019
(old charming house near my parents’ house; there used be another one, right next to this one, with almost identical design… 実家と母校の間にある洋館。この横を歩いて通っていたのですが...read more -
26Dec2018
happy holidays
Venite adoremus Dominum♪来たれよ拝まんわが主を♪ 河原町三条のご降誕ミサに行きました。あまり深く考えず(昨日時間的に一番可能だったので、司教座の)英語ミサに行ったのですが、20年くらい前とは人口図が違...read more -
12Dec2018
year of the pig
北野天満宮 kitano-tenmangu (worships Sugawarano Michizane, god of academics), now with big ema wooden panel with wild boar 🐗- 2019 zodiac. Last time when it was the year of the boar, I was in Hon...read more -
6Dec2018
initial setting
(beautiful red leaves in Nagaoka-kyo) My PC broke down and I had to re-set (put it back to initial setting and install everything again)… now it seems better for a while, but I haven’t...read more -
16Nov2018
shun hing – panasonic
(photo: by courtesy of Prof Yoshiko Nakano, HKU) my drawing became an annivesary gift – 65th anniversary for HK’s Shun Hing Group and 100th annivesary for Panasonic Corporation. Thank...read more -
6Nov2018
fruit water
香港在住の中医、楊さちこ先生の新著『フォンダンウォーター』発売。フルーツ漢方で手軽に美味しく健康に美しくという美容レシピ(+ところどころに散りばめられた香港食エッセーもとても楽しい)本です。 西...read more -
31Oct2018
fukuoka airpot
my 9-yr old got fukuoka airpot children’s drawing award grand-prix! コンペ一位入賞した絵をカード(金券と福岡空港株式会社が使う年賀状)に使ってもらう…って一応絵の仕事をしている私でもなかなか...read more -
18Oct2018
Shimogyo ward
nice autumn weather – walked from Kawaramachi Sanjo to Keihan Hichijo/Nanajo, and found this cute shop building (still used, but seems not for general customers). wonder for what kind of bus...read more -
10Oct2018
hong kong 1960s
(early 1960s hong kong street, with policeman in the middle) finished drawing old hong kong – one of the most densely depicted drawing, with 6 small shots in 24cm-33cm paper. sore eyes and h...read more -
29Sep2018
Moe Nagata
My favourite illustrator Moe Nagata’s works now on Hankyu Railway! 今、永田萠先生画のラッピング阪急が走っています。先週末偶然それに乗ることが出来、嬉しくて写真をたくさん撮りました。 (願わく...read more