This week, the cherry blossoms in the Kanto region were spectacular. Last Sunday night, some friends and I gathered on the porch of the Kannon-do temple at Ueno Park with the pink petals outdoing the vermilion of the facade. Nice. Many people are exercising 自粛jishuku, which means self-restraint. The park was mostly dark, and there [...]
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Developments this week, mid April 2011
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2011 |
Japan Tsunami documentary
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2011 |
This documentary includes news video footage that we watched live, and much that was recorded by people and surveillance cameras all over Eastern Japan. The scientists explain the enormous tectonic forces that caused the earthquake and tsunamis, and the effects on the land and people. The earthquake that shook my house caused a deafening roar [...]
Watching from afar
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m watching the MIT nuclear information hub blog. They are far away from the action, as am I. And I won’t be that close when I arrive at Narita on Sunday. I’m looking at Japan from the outside today. Sensei says we need 神眼 shingan, the eyes of god, to discern truth from falsehood, and [...]
Space, timing, balance and disaster
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2011 |
You already know by now about the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that struck Japan March 11th. Watch this blog for info in the next two weeks about relief efforts, nuclear crisis information and analysis, and my impending return to Japan after taking shelter in Vancouver, Canada for two weeks. For now, here are [...]
明けましておめでとうございます
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2010 |
明けましておめでとうございます。I wish all my fellow budo-ka a very happy Year of the Tiger, 2010. 頑張ってください。Keep going!
大光明祭 ２００８ Daikomyosai
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2008 |
This year’s Daikomyosai is in 清水公園Shimizukoen in Noda City. At the entrance to the park is 仁王門 Nyomon, the gate guarded by fierce deva kings. This gate once stood on the grounds of the Hananoi house in Nagareyama, and was moved to this location in 1971. The gardens are famous for cherry, azalea and maples. Daikomyosai coincides [...]
The dojo at the end of the world
Posted in black pyjamas, Japanophilia, music, Uncategorized on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This morning, Mr. Gray was busy at work, and ML was away, so that left me, Jrock and Swedish D to train with our Men in Gray regulars. We each brought some ‘homework’ from Soke’s Tuesday and Friday night trainings, and from Shiraishi sensei’s midweek trainings. J, D and I took it in turns to [...]
