Monthly Archives: October 2006

3 of the meibutsu here include shochu, ashitaba and kusaya fish. We stopped at the kusaya shop where they dunk fish in vats of fish guts before drying.  All very smelly and sort of not anywhere near being on my … Continue reading →

We had a workshop this afternoon and got to attend a weekly practice tonight.  I’ll post more when I have more of a brain.  I am having a grand time learning more about Hachijo-jima and Hachijo Taiko. At the very … Continue reading →

I was joking to a friend the other night that I was headed off to a small volcanic island somewhere in the middle of the pacific.  Not long after I happened to see a poster of an aerial view of … Continue reading →

In 1981 Sacramento and Matsuyama became sister cities.  I was a Freshman at Hiram Johnson High School.  My grandmother was very active in the sister-city program in part because I was so enamored of Japanese culture.  We would get exchange … Continue reading →

Hello from Matsuyama.  It’s been a heckuva trip, but great all things considered. My United flight from SFO to NRT was cancelled, tried to get out on the ANA code share flight so I could make my connection at Haneda … Continue reading →

School shows today in Strathcona, tomorrow is Langley…and Imafuku-san goes home and the Saihou Kotengu folks stay for another day of school shows but I don’t know where they are. I have access to gmail occasionally, but the very best … Continue reading →