by Nan Rae | Apr 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Courtesy Eileen Ogle. Dateline: Nagano, Japan – Friday March 28th, 2014 Lead by our intrepid guide, Eva-san, shortly after 12 Noon, eight of us arrived at the trail head in the mountains of Nagano to begin hiking through the forest to see the Japanese Macaque...
by Nan Rae | Apr 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Just overnight in Osaka. It’s hard to believe that my artwork had traveled to Osaka 20 years prior to my being here. (It was in an exhibit sponsored by Sony that later traveled to Paris.) With special thanks to Amy for being such a wonderful guide during...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
….and his Ink & Brush shop ‘Suiko-do’ in Nara where we went shopping after the Deer Park adventure. It’s in the most interesting shopping arcade I’d seen so far….. And here we are….in the land of the ‘big...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Toshogu Shrine with Yomeimon Gate in Nikko designated as national treasures or Important Cultural Properties. (A mixture of Shinto & Buddhist styles.)Meiji Shrine….( a Shinto Shrine).The Snow Monkeys in Yudanaka. I took the day off but word is...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
…..away from it all on Mt. Koya, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The Sekishi-In Temple. It’s quite high up there and the road is steep and winding….sort of shut your eyes going around the curves’ drive. But so incredibly beautiful with trees...
by Nan Rae | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
BBONNIE-SAN: THE CHERRY TREE This morning. I was seated in the restaurant facing a magnificent old Cherry tree growing in a waterfall garden. I was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion and began to weep, tears streaming down my cheeks – for those I have...
