冬至（touji) Winter solstice

December 22nd, 2007
Taking a long bath with yuzu

It is a tradition to eat squash and sweet red beans cooked together, and take a warm bath with yuzu (a highly aromatic citrus fruit) to stay healthy and strong against the bitter cold winter in Japan.

sirakaba

December 14, 2006
White birches of Hokkaido

After spending all day locked myself inside the room working, I went out and took a bit of a walk.
The air was clear and smelled like winter.

cyclamen

December 10th, 2006

It was snowing all day.
In side of the house, our cyclamen is now blooming almost fully, and I regretted that I didn't painted it earlier when the buds were still very small. The flowers are beautiful but they were even more beautiful and enchanting before blooming to my eyes.
Now, could we say the same thing about our lives, careers, and dreams... ?

on the way to

December 6th, 2006

At around 6:30 in the morning, I was on my way to work. Slowly going down the road to the town below, the sun was just starting to rise behind the clouds, in the eastern sky.

on the way from

December 6th, 2006
On the way home

Walking back up on the road after work. I turned around and saw the clouds reflecting the sun very low in the western sky.

Two kitchens, Two coffee makers

A kitchen with a black coffee maker in the morning sunshine.

A white coffee maker in a kitchen shines in the afternoon light.