Art of Fire - Survival rice cooking

Art of Fire! - It isn't the art you think of here, but the one you'd need to survive when your life line is cut.

What if earthquake hit you and you have only cans of beer, water, rice and milk pack from the garbege? Yes, you can use this method. Click "Secret of Saba-meshi" and the video.


from www.asahi.com



For the real ART of Fire, you can refer this site. From ceramic exhibition
held at Meguro Museum of Art, Kumin Gallery, 86 works were
exhibited which were made by amatuers except the last four pieces
on the second page. I personally liked the following pieces:

Naoto Tabata, Ishikawa Pref.


Motohiro Nagano, Saga Pref. Reiko Hashimoto, Tokyo Sanae Date, Shiga Pref.



Invited artists were; Tsubusa Kato, Katsumi Ueno and Junji Nomura,
showed the following works.


"Standing Animal" Tsubusa Kato


"Tall Vase with Kin-yo Glaze" Katsumi Ueno


"Yakishime Kingin-sai" Junji Nomura



"Akae Yutanpo Vase" Junji Nomura

New hot spot in Kyoto

A new cafe named "Berry Cafe" opened along side of the long corridor of the Kyoto Station
on the Shinkansen-side. They have a eat-in space and there is always a long line
of people waiting outside the cafe.

Looking at the show-window is also so much fun although having a piece with a cup
of coffee sounds a lot better!

Chuya Nakahara Museum

entrance of the Chuya Nakahara Museum, Yamaguchi Pref.
memorial of the poet, Chuya Nakahara





There is a unique museum comemorting the poet Chuya Nakahara (1907-1937)
in the central Yuda Onsen (famous hot spring resort town), Yamaguchi Pref.,
650 miles Southeast of Tokyo and 240 miles of Kyoto.

Inside of the building, there are numerous of his writings, photos and documents
on the poet being displayed and full of memories of the poet who is compared
to the French poet Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891).