Jim O'Neil's photos
Koi
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You know what koi are, what more need be said? OK, they were at a temple in Tokyo and if you ask, I'll tell you which one. :-)
EDM challenge 252, Draw a pine or fir
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Subsequently I did this sumi-e (Japanese ink & brush painting).
The last couple of days I've been trying to do a bull in sumi-e but all my attempts end up producing a cute, rather than fierce animal. Maybe that's understandable as I've just returned from over a month in modern day Japan, -where cutesy rules!
Ink on 9"X13" hand made "rice" paper (washi) that I just brough back from Japan.
evening
full service
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You pull up to the pump... immediately 4 kids are there pumping your gas, washing all your windows, -not just the windshield, etc., etc., and then stopping traffic on the highway so you can pull out easily.
on the corner
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I see fewer beer and sake vending machines on the streets but a lot are still around.
maybe
Falls
Matsuyama castle
Ha ha
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This is my friend Kumiko's 94 year old mother. Kumiko got her a sketch book and, since she had a stroke, she's relearning to draw with her left hand. Ha Ha, by the way, is nihongo, is Japanese, for mother.
Falls 2
Engineers View
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The train that serves Umenomoto runs on a single track. At some, not all, of the stations the rail splits at the stations so that trains running in opposite directions can pass each other. Timing is everything!
Contemplate
more autumn
In the Saga district, Kyoto
Friends in Fukui
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My friend, Tomochan, took us to her favorite izakaya (居酒屋) in Fukui. So here I am with the owners after a night of sake, beer, shochu sashimi, sushi, fresh caught crab, etc.
1200 stone images
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At the Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple, just outside of downtown Kyoto, are 1200 stone images of Rakan, disciples of Shaka, founder of Buddhism. My friend Eiko's father was the head monk of the temple and responsible for the restoration of same and now her brother is head monk.
sunset at the shrine
field work
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During my morning and evening walks I'd often find this guy working his garden plot and as often as not, the heron would be there supervising him.
