Funny group..

Funny group..
Originally uploaded by shoko.

Several years have passed from univ. graduation, friends of those days gathered and had a trip to celebrate one of member's marrige. Some are still in Tokyo, others are working different parts in Japan, therefore we met in the middle of each location, Hakone. Each works on different industry spending one's own life in various way, though it was funny that we found each other nothing different from our school days. In addition, it's not often that I could have thought-provoking communication (sometimes become controversy ^^;) which comes from interesting stories & ideas in each life. Thanks to it, the trip intellectually stimulates my sagging brain. Maybe each member's future will change dramatically, I've got to give as good as one gets.

Beauty of "Wa"

Wabi garden ("Manshuin" kyoto)
Originally uploaded by shoko.

Like several other asian countries, Japan has consecutive holidays in May called "Goalden Weeks". Few years, I didn't try to go out during the holiday because it's too expensive & crowded everywhere.
This year, however, I went to kyoto for the first time in last 10 years following my parents, who's trying to take me out being afraid of this would be last time to go with before I got married. Ha, I quite HOPE so. (laughter)
Anyway, I reawared of the original sense of beauty in Japanese traditional culture. Almost everything is Art in Kyoto. What the most impressive is, there's always exquisite harmony between artificial stuffs and surrounding nature. After a few experience living in or visiting other side of the world, the ability of intuit variatioin of natural environment, including change of leaves color, sounds of rain, and so on, must be the God-given talent of japanese. Therefore, it is also crisis for us, the earth's environment changing worse caused by our lifestyle. Must do something we can do.