It is lovely being home in Australia again and seeing David and my family .... I feel spoilt going to Japan and having such a wonderful...

I am flying out of Tokyo tomorrow so today was a finishing up day in a way. Going down to the hotel lobby I found this little robot that...

I went to the Tokyo National Museum specifically to see the above piece of ancient pottery from the Jomon Period (loosely between 12,000...

This morning I treated myself to a coffee in a little coffee shop Cafe Miyama, which was such fun and the coffee was great. I like green...

Today I went for a small excursion north ish of the city to a shop called Paper Nao - a beautiful shop that sells beautiful hand made...

Through my hotel window - 14th floor - Tokyo Yesterday I travelled by fast train back to Tokyo, stopping off at Nagoya for a few hours to...

Tomorrow I go back to Tokyo via Nagoya where I hope to visit the little town of Arimatsu, a place where shibori was an essential trade...

Yesterday we went to a little village north of Kyoto where there are beautiful thatched houses. We saw Hiroyuki Shindo's Little Indigo...

I travelled to Kyoto with a woman from the Workshop, using my JR rail pass which I activated at the Shinjuku Station. We arrived here in...

There are two days after today to go on this workshop - has gone amazingly quickly. Today we have an ikebana talk and a lady will come...