Return from Japan December 14, 2007
Posted by Geoffrey Wilson in : Diary , trackbackJust got back from a two week visit to Japan. Wow!
Highlights?
Plunging into the ambience of an Onsen (steaming hot volcanic sulphur baths) and experiencing the Ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) with Jaime, JB and Mari. Nightfall. Psychedelic Mist. Extreme heat. Penetrating cold. Snow flakes. Healing. Meal over the hearth. Sake. Sleep like no other.
Discovering the spirit of a waterfall in the depths of the forest with Pete. The mountain. The walk. Pure water at a pit stop.
Chowing down with Mari’s mother who cooks a feast for us to eat – and finding out about our mutual interest in Takemitsu. Hijiki. Kiriboshi daikon. Mountain potato. Nabe.
The Shinkansen (bullet train) to Tokyo. New York on acid. Cocktails on the 52nd floor of the Hyatt and we also get delightfully lost in translation.
Nanzenji and the living spirit of rejuvenation. Vermillion, red ochre, yellow and green trees. Futons and Shochu. The nightlife of Gion and the hunt for a geisha in the floating world.
SOS:
9 hours of video film supporting the above references that I can’t download because the HDC SD5 camcorder that I buy in Fukushima is fuelled by Japanese software that apparently (so I am told in Australia) does not have an English counterpart. In other words, I can’t read the disc and some of the file extensions are unknown. If anyone who reads this knows of a solution I would be grateful to hear it.
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Sorry I’m tech illiterate.
Glad you had a great time.