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Ryoanji
Miyajima Koi Pond
Making jinashi shakuhachi with John Neptune
Urs and Kate partying
Shakuhachi Roots Pilgrimage 2015 Shirt Design
Tsubaki Jinja
Misogi at Kinryu Myojin no Taki (the sacred waterfall), Tsubaki Jinja, Suzuka, Mie
Koukokuji, Wakayama
Yokobue deva on toro lamp
Kumamoto take yabu
Yokobue deva on toro lamp
Shakuhachi deva on toro lamp
Shakuhachi deva on toro lamp
Endo-san
Old shakuhachi friend, Lawrence Huff, Kamogawa
Bamboo museum, Beppu, Oita
Tanaka-san the bamboo craftsman, Oita
Photo with Kaoru Kakizakai at his keikoba in Tokyo
Group photo with John Kaizan Neptune
Playing taiko with Makoto-san, grandson of Daihachi Oguchi
Bamboo museum, Beppu, Oita
Katsuya Nonaka
Oita bamboo arts
With my great inspiration, Koinuma Hiroyuki
With Hiroyuku Kodama
Having fun after lessons at Yoshinobu Tanguchi’s dojo
Hyotan Onsen, Beppu
Tsubaki Jinja
Koukokuji Shakuhachi
Making shakuhachi at John Neptune’s workshop, Kamogawa, Chiba
Iccho-ken Temple, Fukuoka
Abura nuki dreaming
Iccho-ken Temple, Fukuoka
Beppu bamboo museum, Oita
Tsubaki Jinja
Alcvin giving an offering of sake to the bamboo spirits of the grove before harvesting
Peter Smith playing jinashi at Rryokan in Nagano after taketori
Abura nuki, Nagano
Lesson at Kurahashi Yodo’s home in Kyoto
Kamakura Daibutsu
Rengejoin, Koya-san
Chichibu Yomatsuri
Alcvin harvesting bamboo in Nagao in 2003
Group photo in front of Kurahashi Yodo home in Kyoto
Atsuya Okuda and Jean Mihell harvesting bamboo in Nagano
Abura nuki in Kumamoto
With Nishimura Koku’s son, Koryu at their home in Kumamoto
With shakuhachi master, Yoshinobu Taniguchi, Mineyama, Kyoto
John Kaizan Neptune giving us a workshop on shakuhachi consstructoin
Kinya Sogawa giving us a shakuhachi construction workshop
John Kaizan Neptune giving us a lecture on the physics of shakuhachi constrructoin
Iga-ryu Ninja Museum
Koya-san
Koya-san
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Michael playing Tamuke at annual Zensabo student recital, Kokubunji, Tokyo
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Koya-san
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Milan doing abura nuki in Nagano
Rengejoin, Koya-san
With jinashi shakuhachi master, Atsuya Okuda at the annual Zensabo student recital, Kokubunji, Tokyo
Rengejoin, Koya-san
Nagano bamboo
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Abura nuki
Bamboo haze
Nagano bamboo
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Fukuoka
Bamboo craftsman’s work space, Oita-ken
Koukokuji
Suijin, Koukokuji
Nagano bamboo
Kumamoto Castle
Koukokuji
Koya-san
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Sweet treats for the train ride
Spending time with my great inspiration, shinobue master, Hiroyuki Koinuma
John Kaizan Neptune working on a long shak at his workshop in Kamogawa, Chiba
Statue of Fuke, Koukukuji
Bamboo Man, Kamogawa
Meian-ji, Kyoto
Garan, Koya-san
Rengejoin, Koya-san
Kyorei-an, Koukokuji
Bamboo harvested in Nagano
Kannon-sama, Koukokuji
Abura nuki
Oita bamboo art
Playing “Saji” at the Zensabo student concert
Tempura restaurant, Kumamoto
Kyochiku Zenji carving, Koukokuji
Koukokuji
John Kaizan Neptune at his workshop in Kamogawa
Hakata, Fukuoka
Nagano bamboo grove
Beppu Bamboo Museum
Rengejoin, Koya-san
Koukokuji, Wakayama
Koya-san Hottoke
Koukokuji, Wakayama
Koukokuji, Wakayama
John Neptune Kaizan Chikuza, Chibai
Koya-san at Rengejoin
Hakata, Fukuoka
Oita bamboo art
Oita bamboo art
Suijin, Koukokuji, Wakayama-ken
Garan, Koya-san
Okunoin, Koya-san
Rengejoin, Koya-san
Nagano bamboo harvsted
Taketori, Nagano
Koya-san
Offering honkyoku at Hakata Iccho-ken Temple, Fukuoka
Tsuwano, Shimane
Atomic Bomb memorial, Hroshima
Miyajima
Posing Fudo-Myoo, Miyajima
At the cemetery of Meian-ji Shakuhachi Temple, Kyoto
Scroll which reads “Suizen” at the Annual Myoan-ji Honkyoku Taikai, Kyoto
Kurahashi Yodo II playing honkyoku at the annual Myoan-ji Honkyoku Taikai, Kyoto
Alcvin playing shakuhachi in front of the Symphony Hall in Osaka
Shimura Zenpo playing shakuhachi at his museum in Osaka
Lauren playing an Edo Period shakuhachi at Shimura Zenpo’s shakuhachi museum in Osaka
Offering prayers at Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Dominic and Eric testing out flutes at Yamaguchi Shugetsu’s home in Nara
Mende Ryuzan gving a class on Kai and Kariboshi Kiriuta, Hiroshima
Kate’s face after tasting oysters at Miyajima
Alcvin and Lauren playing in the Meian-ji Cemetary, Kyoto
Bougakuso Inn, Nagano
Todaiji, Nara
Kii-yura Station, Wakayama
Koukouji, Wakayama
Group photo with grand master, Kurahashi Yodo II at Meian-ji, Kyoto
Playing at Kongo-Sammai Temple, Koya-san
Koya-san
Koya-san
Urs and Kate (Bambooshka)
Koya-san
Koya-san
Hiroyuki Kodama, Nagano
Taro Miura demonstrating Kyudo, Japanese archery
Richard Conway!
Shibata-san and Ochia-san of Tsubaki Jinja, Suzuka, Mie-ken
Dominic engaged in abura nuki with Hiroyuki Kodama
Playing at Ryoanji, Kyoto
Bamboo freshly harvested in Nagano in 2013
Bobu-chan (Robert Brevoort)
Group photo in front of ryokan in Hakata, Fukuoka
Photo of samurai demonstrating posture
With Akikazu Nakamura in his recording studio, Tokyo
With Akikazu Nakamura in his recording studio, Tokyo
Matsunoto Castle, Nagano
Group photo in front of Myoanji-Kyoto
Taikodani, Inari Jinja, Tsuwano, Shimane-ken
Dominic enjoying walking around Matsumoto City, Nagano
Playing in front of the Geku, Ise Grand Shrine, Mie-ken
Tsubaki Jinja, Suzuka, Mie-ken
Atsuya Okuda at Zensabo, Kokubunji, Tokyo
Atsuya Okuda during taketori in Nagano
Misogi at Tsubaki Jinja, Suzuka, Mie-ken
Misogi at Tsubaki Jinja, Suzuka, Mie-ken
Atsuya Okuda at Zensabo, Kokubunji, Tokyo
Posing in front of Daibutsu Den, Todaiji, Nara
Harvesting bamboo in Kumamoto
Nishimura Koku sculpture, Kumamoto
Chiba bamboo
Tempura Teishoku in Kumamoto
Bamboo from Kumamoto
Katsuya Nonaka harvesting bamboo in Nagano
Koya-san
Koya-san
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro, Mie-ken
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro, Mie-ken
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro, Mie-ken
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro, Mie-ken
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro, Mie-ken
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro, Mie-ken
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro, Mie-ken
Tsubaki Okami Yashiro, Mie-ken
Miura Taro at Soufu-an, Mie-ken
Koya-san, Wakayama
Koya-san, Wakayama
Koya-san, Wakayama
Koya-san, Wakayama
Tsuwano, Shimane
Richard playing in Yamaguchi-ken while waiting for train
Atomic Bomb site, Hiroshima
Hiroshima Peace Park
Miyajima, Hiroshima
View from Mt. Misen, Miyajima
View from Mt. Misen, Miyajima
Hakata, Fukuoka
Hakata, Fukuoka
Nara at Sunset
Koukokuji Temple, Wakayama
Koukokuji Temple, Wakayama
Hakata, Fukuoka
Koukokuji Temple, Wakayama
View of Tsuwano from Taikodani Inari Shrine
SRP 2013 Route
