Restaurant Window

To a late summer's dinner.

Surfer

Preparing Kimono

Take them apart, wash them, iron, fold, cut and eventually sew!  It's a process.

Rippled Stone

Yamagata Paradise

Nothing like a swim in a mountain river when it's hot in town.  Refreshing for body and soul.

Hasu

Dragon Flying

Looking fierce.

Beer Goggle View

Little Snake

Peering out at me.

O'bon

When the spirits return to visit and we head off to Temples to meet them.

BBQ Backdrop

Snuggling Watermelon

Every Cloud

Has a silver lining.

Budding Lotus

Found round the back of a Shinto Shrine in the most peaceful setting.  Can really understand all the spiritual symbolism surrounding these blooms.  Rising up gracefully from the muddy depths.

Zao Dam

Beam of Sunshine

New Incinerators

Five shiny new incinerators to burn all the tsunami debris. Piled so high, we walk through it all to the surf spot, a constant reminder.

Fifteen Months On

Back to my regular surf spot.  Amazing how nature creeps back in and fills all the empty spaces with flowers, fish and insects.  Beautiful.

Rooves of Tendo