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Detail of My friends left me behind and went to the by Kazuki Takamatsu Although my gallery visiting opportunities have dwindled, I wa...

The Chicken Mobile delivers!!! Seriously, who would want their dinner delivered in a yellow Cadillac with a chicken's head and tai...

Crimson tints in light and shadow Well, I've been promising a period in which my blogging will mainly consist of "Image of the...

Japanese Garden at the Huntington : Arbor of Pure Breeze A while back, I promised you all some photos of the newly reopened Japanese Ga...

Bonsai : Japanese Black Pine This weekend was the California Bonsai society's 55th Annual Show, held at the Huntington Gardens . I...

Dandelion in a field I don't have much to post right now, but I figured we could listen to some music. Throughout the day, I tak...

Fumie Suguri performing her Free Skate at the NHK 2005 (Photo: Itsuo Inouye)  Fumie Suguri was born on December 31, 1980, making to...

Happy Birthday, Hello Kitty !  On this date in 1974, Hello Kitty was created!!! It's hard for me to imagine a world without the...

Pine Wind Garden : Three Level Waterfall  Size is not the determinant of quality. It's all about how skillfully you utilize that w...

Yellow Lotus among the lily pads at the Water Garden at Suiho-en .  The Old Pond (By Basho , trans. Fumiko Saisho) The old pond-- ...

Suiho-en : View of the Shoin Building from across the lake.  In the city of Van Nuys , there is a gorgeous Japanese garden, Suiho-en ...

Breaking the Girl by Yoskay Yamamoto I always enjoy art shows that involve the blending of multicultural influences. LaBasse Projects ...

Netsuke : Tiger by Matsushita Otoman  Just a quick post today. I've been meaning to write about the excellent collection of netsu...

Midori Ito at the 1996 Figure Skating World Championship (Photo by J. Barry Mittan) Here's wishing a Happy Birthday to figure sk...

Cloudy Sky (2010) by Hideaki Kawashima A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to see an exhibit of Hideaki Kawashima's works at th...

Coast Redwood by Elissa Hoxie I had the opportunity to attend the Bonsai show at the South Coast Botanic Garden . Although I'm not ...

Yuki Nagato as a nekomimi The traditional media does a terrible job of covering stories about science and technology. Fortunately, the ...

Hina-Ningyō The South Bay of Los Angeles is home to a fairly diverse ethnic community. The city of Torrance in particular is home to a ...

BIO by Yuki Yoshida Gateway: Japan is closing tomorrow at the Torrance Art Museum . If you can swing by to check it out, I highly recomme...

It's easy to overlook small community museums and art galleries. The common image that many art enthusiasts have of such local small ve...