Kamaka Pottery

These lovely pots together with Bingata dyed materials and large wooden chests were wonderful to see. I am sure that Ali Baba would have fo...

Two pictures from my house. The top picture is of a small wild garden by my back door , the other is from my dining room window. Both thes...

With frequent Spring showers the grass growth this year has been phenomenal. Having had problems with my old mower I decided to change to a...

The next pottery we visited in the area along the Japan Sea coast was the Fujina Pottery. With these stacks of wood it was obvious that we h...

Unfortunately I was unable to get any photographs of this pottery's work but the kiln was an excellent example of a climbing kiln and th...

These pictures were taken looking out my dining room window where the blossom trees and dogwoods are now flowering beautifully.

Here are two images looking out my sitting room window to a black bamboo which was sparkling with raindrops. The other is looking out my ba...