Not only is the Observer able to pound out essay after essay on topics of immediate interest, he is able to do it while living in Kamakura.
Were I living in Kamakura, I would be hopeless.
I would visit temples, fiddling about with an ever-increasing array of photographic equipment (This lens just does not do this scene justice! Time to visit Yodobashi Kamera...again)
I would study shodō or biwa or Rinzai zen or temple inscriptions.
In the afternoons I would take my dog to the beach, my board strapped to my bicycle. I would leave my dog to guard my stuff (he's cool about that) and lose a few (just a few?) hours catching some waves. At night I would wander the lanes with above mentioned dog, maybe buy a purple sweet potato ice cream cone and suddenly wonder, "Is tomorrow really a work day?"
White manjushage - also called higanbanaGrounds of Myōhōji
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
September 17, 2007
White ginger - Shōga- Hedychium coronariumGrounds of Myōhōji
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
September 17, 2007
Finial of the Main Hall, MyōhōjiKamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
September 17, 2007
Heavenly King, ChōshōjiKamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
September 17, 2007
Up through the cracksKamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
September 17, 2007
Windsurfers, YuigahamaKamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture
September 17, 2007
Yep, it's not all sarariman, racchi jiken and shakai kakusa. There's the Shōnan alternative.
Later - It seems that Lionel Dersot was in Kamakura too, right on the beach, right about the same time as moi.
Zushi beach to be more exact, that is next door Kamakura. What a lovely sunset it was, n'est-ce pas?
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I went to that gorgeous city last year. For those, like moi too, who ADORE Kamakura, I higly recommend them having a look at June 1st issue of Pen (with new attitude!), the Japanese design magazine: 鎌倉の旅へ. Just oh so cool.
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Does anyone have an idea of the price of a little house there?
oh, wish to God you could ...
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