When I was a kid, my brothers & I had small toy field guns (野砲) which fired matches*. Nowadays that kind of toy isn`t popular & is hard to fin...

When I went to Fukui last week, I was pleased to find some more fishing floats on the beach. I added a few* of the nicer ones to my display case colle...

Last week I visited the Gifu Museum of Fine Arts for the first time. It had just re-opened after renovations. My first surprise was that entry was fre...

I bought some old postcards at a fleamarket last Saturday. Like me, they are old, discoloured (日焼け) & devalued (値下げされた). However, I like this colo...

These are the items I made for our school fair on Saturday. They are all made of recycled wood. By the end of the evening I had sold all of the plant boxes, a few of the butterflies, and two of the cars. I asked the man who bought the red car, "Do you have a son?" He said, "No, it's for me - I like it!" Grammar - 'mad...

I made these wooden cars for our school fair tomorrow evening: https://jp.bloguru.com/teragoya-gifu/355833/instagram Are you free* then? Please come t...

I recently blogged about Mr. Horie, the barber & photographer: https://en.bloguru.com/otto/350731/hories-hobby On Sunday I went to see an exhibiti...

毎年この時期に開催されるArt Around Adams。Normal HeightsからKensingtonの間の2マイル程が歩行者天国になり、さまざまなベンダーがそれぞれのアート作品を展示・販売されます。ライブミュージックが聞くことが出来たり、ビアガーデンがあったりと、一日中楽しめるイベントです...

This morning I was in Nagoya & I had some time to kill, so I visited the Tokugawa Museum. It has various objects such as old art, scrolls (巻子本) an...

On Sunday I went to the annual (= every year) 'Nitten' Japan Fine Arts Exhibition at The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in Sakae. I took my young dau...