Nara Kohuku-ji 奈良 興福寺 7/20/10 part 2

Continue wondering around Kohuku ji. Date 7/20/2010
After leaving Sarusawa Pond, I am heading up to Kohuku-ji temple. By side of the stairs, there are zizos and deers near little temple buildings on the way.
I tried to take photos of deer. One looked at me, but when I took pictures, he/she looked down. tricky.

シカちゃん写真撮る時何回撮ってもなかなかカメラ見てくれなかった。
動物はムズイ。

(I recognized blogger has new format that I am writing now.)

I have never seen Maria looking zizo child. Normally zizo child also has a bald hair.

Nara deer is sacred like and Nara people treated as animal god.

Nanba Osaka, 4/17/2010

With a self guided walking map, I walked around Nanba, downtown Osaka, Japan. There are some traditional or new funny stuff/people I have never seen when I walked before.

Mizukake Fudo (watering Buddha)

Nanba Yasaka shrine

Nanba Yasaka Cherry Tree

I used my own glasses for the filter effect.

Shrine temple

globefish restaurant, & amusement building behind.

He is a character from the Osaka Yoshimoto comedy theater.

Jizo for Children Update

I was doing volunteer at Jizo for Children at Pine Mountain Club in California during the summer, 2009. As a result of my effort and Ruth Handy kindness, she will put me in her NPO website as a visiting teacher.


This is my bio will be at her site. She BBCied documents to her designer.


.  Tomoe Nakamura resides in Osaka, Japan and San Francisco, CA.  Ruth and Tomoe met at the 60th Anniversary of the nuclear bombing in Hiroshima, Japan in 2005.   Tomoe is the official Japanese translator and Japanese community liason for the Jizo Peace Center.  She shares traditional knowledge about Jizo and helped lead the Memorial Ceremony for Lost Children in May, 2009.  Currently she is pursuing a college degree in fine art and photography.




Picture with Ruth and Margarite at Getty museum. It was fun.

送信者 Santa Monica, LA, Pine Mountain

I will upload her site when the design is done after holiday.

cheers and Happy Holiday to you all.