Why I returned...

Family home floats
On a sea of rice paddies
Far away, away...

Even the manhole covers are pretty!

Old friends

Tetsuya and his daughter Chihiro, whom I last saw when she was 9 years old... Argh! I am getting old. Regardless of age, though, we downed about 15 plates of sushi before heading off to the airport so I could fly back to Tokyo, back to Washington DC...

Daisen from Kugo-cho

The most lovely Mount Daisen ("Big Mountain"), as seen from the Kano's backyard in Kugo-cho. I could see Daisen from the balcony of my apartment in Sakaiminato, but without the stretch of rice fields and the singing cicadas. (And the telephone pole -- ah well!)

Touristing in Tottori

Images from my trip to Japan... the Shimane peninsula, as seen from Kaike. I used to live near the TV tower that's faintly illuminated against the mountains.