One of the peculiarities to notice in Japan is the level of cuteness of objects in the living world. Here everything has a “cute” value. I plan to make work for a show in Kyoto this June relating to this topic. Recently I entered a store called bulldog that sells many cute [...]

Returning home from a gallery exhibition I entered the constantly moving arteries of Nagoya City which shuffle people and goods here and there with all the compassion of a well oiled cold machine. This is just one of the human transporters gliding down metal rails on a single spot of the globe among many [...]

America is the land of liberty right? “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Maybe it should have read “yearning to shop” or [...]

I took a trip to Okazaki (岡崎) to visit a friend and the castle grounds there. As I explored the area around the moat, I came upon an interesting sign. The caption in English read, “The monument to the memory of the Alamo.” Plaques similar to this are not uncommon but I [...]

Today I was working on my laptop when I began to hear large booming sounds. I live in Seto City which is famous for is pottery roots and I thought the the massive clay manufacturing business was using dynamite in its quarries. The noise continued and grew louder and closer. Eventually it [...]

Mimi and I went to see a rather unique fall festival or matsuri near Nagoya. Fall is a busy season for festivals because of the rice harvest. Many festivals are aimed to excite and entertain the gods so there is a good harvest. The matsuri that we attended had a two figure [...]

Just like steak houses that have their customers grill their own meat in the US, Japan has its fair share of establishments that specialize in prepared ingredients rather than finished meals. After the opening at Noda Contemporary, Mimi and I went to an Okonomiyaki resturant. (Japanese Vegetable Pancakes) This restaurant was [...]

The park I visited on my first day of exploration turned out to be quite the place. After taking Mimi there a day before she decided to do some photo test shoots there for her next project. We set out with photography equipment, her bunny suit and lots of bug spray. The [...]