I will offer my blog to the two ladies I love.

When I was young, I worked for an American military family in Fukuoka, Japan attending college at night. They were a nice couple. Mr. Haff was a naval officer. After his retirement they returned to California where their daughter had been waiting for them. She had once visited Japan to see her parents and then I went out with her in Tokyo. She was beautiful then. Of course , she still is. So I have kept in close touch with them. I went to the States three times to see them, but the last time was a trip to visit his grave. Mrs. Haff has been sick in bed since the fall before last being nursed by her daughter.
I am heartily eager for her early recovery. I am always thinking of them. I am sending my big hug and kiss to them from Japan.


" Temple of the next morning after the Snow "

We had the first snow in winter Dec. 16 here in Sugeo. Then it snowed several times. It was about 6 or 7 inches in depth when the snow lay deepest on the ground. The next morning after the snow I happened to pass by a temple covered with the rest of the snow.


Children's Story " Two Japane Cedars of Inari Shrine Hill"

An Inari shrine is the one where the god of the harvest is worshiped. And in Japan a fox is supposed to be a bearer of the god or to be the god. You can see red little gateways to an Inari shrine by two Japan cedars. When you look at the photo, maybe you can make a children's story for your kids. Why don't you do that?


" Maki Shrine "

There are great number of temples and shrines in Japan. Most of them must have been built with Japanese cypresses, which are beautiful like you see. This shrine is now under construction. It is brightening in the rising sun.


" Maki Shrine under Construction "

Digital Photo Art " Flowers of Light out of the Bamboo Forest "

This is my new art " Digital Photo Art ". I have a bad habit when I take a picture. A camera moves slightly once in a while. This photo is slightly blurred. But I thought of it as interesting. So I really worked and treated the slightly blurred photo. It looks like to be quite another photo now.


Digital Photo Art " Mountains of a Drawing in Indian Ink "

Have you ever seen a drawing in Indian ink? It is a traditional art in Japan and is also called a landscape painting in Eastern Asia. I tried to make a photo look like it by using my new art technique. I am sure that I succeeded in it.


Digital Photo Art " Mountains in Takamori of a Drawing in Indian Ink "

Digital Photo Art " Watercolor Painting "


Digital Photo Art " Green Evening "