Totoro!

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Helen Ai He

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Sushi restaurant

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Helen Ai He

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Aikido 合気道

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Helen Ai He

Dedicated to my new friends at the Nara Aikido Club (part of SanShoZenJi Temple Aikido Dojo). aikido

Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day, Japan)

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Helen Ai He

Hinamatsuri

Nara Park

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Helen Ai He

I love walking into the open grassy field of Nara Park, leaving the hoard of tourists and settling down at one of quiet benches, buried in the trees and facing Todaiji Temple and its golden shibi (stylished animal tails).

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Five story pagoda (Nara, Japan)

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Helen Ai He

Mastercopy of a sketch by local Nara artist Satoshi Tatsumi. On a slow, carefree Thursday in February 2016, I had the pleasure of meeting him and his lovely wife at their shop in charming Naramachi. See the originals of Satoshi Tatsumi’s art here. P1040301