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Last post from Kochi…

Posted in Family, Kochi, Life in Japan, Pottery, tagged Family, goodbyes, hamster, Japan, Kochi, moving, Pottery on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Tomorrow night we will be in Tokyo, and the night after that we will be in Pittsburgh. We have been super busy this past week as I’m sure you can imagine. All week I have been saying that we are almost done packing, but all the little things we have to do just seem endless. [...]

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We love pottery!

Posted in Pottery, tagged Kochi, pottery sale on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Junji’s pots from his last two firings will be for sale at our house on Friday and Saturday of this week! If you live in this area, please come on over! We will also be selling other household items including a kotatsu, English books, bookshelves, etc. Everything must go! We will be here on Friday [...]

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weekend photos (a few days late)

Posted in Family, Kochi, Life in Japan, Pottery, Saya, tagged clay, Family, Pottery, Saya, summer, weekend on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We had a lovely weekend as usual, but this week has been a rough one for us–we are just swamped with work and a big translation project that we have to finish. (Plus all of the moving stuff that we have to think about.) Junji and I have divided up some of the moving tasks [...]

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kiln opening

Posted in Pottery, tagged ceramics, clear glaze, firing, handmade, Japanese pottery, kiln opening, mug, Pottery, rice bowl on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We all went with Junji today to open the kiln that he fired over the weekend. I wanted to support Junji, of course, but I also wanted first pick of the new pots. (Saya couldn’t wait to get her hands on the pots too!) Junji was really happy with the results of the firing. I [...]

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weekend photos

Posted in Family, Kochi, Life in Japan, Pottery, tagged Japan, Kagami River, Kids, Kochi, river, summer on July 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I am so exhausted after this weekend, but we had some fun adventures. The rainy season is over, and it is really hot these days, so most of our outdoor activities involve water.

On Friday afternoon, Saya and I biked along the river. We met this cute little girl. She had two nets, so she let [...]

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new pottery

Posted in Life in Japan, Pottery, tagged cobalt slip, Japanese pottery, porcelain, rice bowl, soba choko, Tobe, Tobe-yaki on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We bought a few new pots on our trip to Tobe last weekend. Tobe is a pottery village in Ehime prefecture–about a three-hour drive from Kochi. In Japan, each pottery village has it’s own style, and Tobe is known for porcelain tableware with cobalt slip decoration.

A small rice bowl for Saya.

A bigger rice bowl for [...]

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Sunday

Posted in Family, Kochi, Life in Japan, Pottery, tagged bonsai, Japan, Japanese pottery, Kochi, Masuda Tsutomo, old Japanese building, Pottery on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today we walked and walked and walked. We left the house at 1:30 and returned at 6:30. It was the perfect day for it–there was no sun to tire us out. We stopped at a park, ran into some people we know, took some photos, visited a friend in the hospital, and [...]

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Photos of the day

Posted in Family, Kochi, Life in Japan, Pottery, Saya, tagged baby, bowls, cups, daisies, flowers, Kochi, my neighborhood, park, photos, Pottery, walking on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

My camera has been at the shop for the past week, so I haven’t been taking many photos recently. But yesterday I finally got it back, with a new zoom lens! The first thing I had to do when I got my camera was take pictures of Junji’s pottery. It was frustrating [...]

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