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March 29th, 2010 | 
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Beautiful skyscapes beyond the trees choreographed to the mesmerizing sound of “Daylight” by Kokin Gumi from their “Zen Garden” CD. The music for this CD was written by the late Masakazu Yoshizawa, who is also heard performing in this recording. For more info visit: www.kokingumi.com, or visit the ‘more info’ section of my “There’s More To It” video, featuring “Snow” by the same great artists of Kokin Gumi. The depictive photography was carefully choreographed to quotes written by me that are sure to awaken your spirit, stir your soul, and provoke your thoughts.
Photography by me. Hope you enjoy 
Doesn’t the cloud at 5:36 look like a bird?
Duration : 0:7:4
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Sunflowers are starting to bloom here in Japan. There are many around where I live and I think they are quite fabulous to see. They can get pretty big and the yellow is very beautiful. This is just a short clip taken with the Creative Vado HD to give you an idea of how they can be seen in Japan. This particular shot was taken near Nagano city in a residential area. Although these are pretty big, you can actually find sunflowers much bigger than this around the countryside. There are also a lot of bees around them too so you have to be careful. Video by Jim Atwood Photography at http://www.jimatwood.net
Duration : 0:0:54
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Tags: Atwood, city, Flowers, James, japan, japanese, Jim, jimatwood, landscape, Nagano, nature, photography, season, Street, Summer, Sunflowers, Tokyo, Urban |
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Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS) illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, MONGOL. Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, MONGOL delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. MONGOL shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, Borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor.
Filmed in the very lands that gave birth to Genghis Khan, MONGOL transports us back to a distant and exotic period in world history; to a nomad’s landscape of endless space, climatic extremes and ever-present danger. In a performance of powerful stillness and subtlety, celebrated young Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu (ZATOICHI, LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE) captures the inner fire that enabled a hunted boy to become a legendary conqueror. Asano’s achievement is matched by those of his co-stars, including the radiant newcomer Khulan Chuluun as Temudgin’s courageous, spirited wife Borte, and the Chinese actor Honglei Sun (THE ROAD HOME) as the Mongol chieftain Jamukha, Temudgin’s dearest friend and deadliest enemy. Masterfully blending action and emotion against some of the most arresting terrain on earth, Bodrov delivers an exciting and awe-inspiring tale of survival and triumph, and a love story for the ages.
MONGOL will be released on Friday, June 6th, 2008. 124 minutes. MPAA Rating — R.
http://www.blacktree.tv
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Film by Midi Onodera
The story unfolds through a Canadian-born Japanese woman’s voice-over as she dreams her way though Japan. Ostensibly searching for an emotional connection with her aging father, the woman contemplates her own inherited culture and familial touchstones. Her North American pop culture sensibility fuses with a distorted Japanese perspective to create a surreal interpretation of a “Japan of the imagination.” This fictional landscape is peppered with invented Japanese myths, ruminations on memory loss, the temporal space of digital photography and the ghosts of inherited imagination.
77 min. experimental narrative, digital video, super 8, Lomographic Supersampler, Barbie Wireless Videocam, Intel Digital camera, Tyco & Trendmaster toy video cameras
Music by Lewis Kaye, Sound Edit and SFX by Chandra Bulucon of Puppy Machine, Sound Mixer by Kevin Tokar.
For more info on this film: www.midionodera.com
Duration : 0:0:57
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Tags: bulucon, chandra, documentary, dream, experimental, father, film, hachiko, japan, kaye, lewis, midi, narrative, onodera, video |
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ABOUT CASANOOAH, INC. http://www.casanooah.com
The Casanooah showroom features authentic handmade Japanese ceramics and garden ornaments that originate from two of Japans most historical cities Nara, Japans oldest city, and Karatsu, the city that links Japan to China.
JAPANESE CERAMIC POTTERY
Featuring Karatsu, Bizen, and Shigaraki styles of Japanese pottery, Casanooah offers the finest and widest selection of ceramics. We work with acclaimed artists who are known for their impressive exhibitions and have received countless accolades for their work in Japan. Fit for royalty, many of the pieces have been presented to generations of the emperors family. And although the pottery is Japanese in origin, it incorporates seamlessly with any décor.
Casanooah features custom ceramic busts, as well as a wide variety of styles and sizes to display in either the interior or exterior of the home. We also feature a special collection of Japanese tea ceremony cups (macchawan); they season with use and enhance the flavor of tea over time.
Casanooahs Karatsu ware artist, Masamichi Nakano, from Tochi Nakano kiln, is a famous ceramic sculptor known for his elaborate and delicate workmanship.
ZEN GARDEN DESIGN
A zen garden in the backyard of the showroom creates a peaceful environment for shoppers. Designed by Japanese garden designer, Yoshihiko Kawatake, it is adorned with antique hand carved lanterns, chozubachi (stone water basins) and garden rocks all of which are available for purchase.
In addition to providing southern Californias most exclusive collection of antique garden ornaments, Casanooah uniquely cooperates with Kawatake to design any type of Japanese garden for any type of landscape. Casanooah features tsubo niwa (enclosed-garden), which can be a small sanctuary in a garden or even in any interior space.
Please visit us at the showroom in Newport Beach, California. We are always available to
answer your questions.
http://www.casanooah.com
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Photographer: Austin Gratzer
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: 18-55MM Nikkor
Polarizing Filter
Duration : 0:2:11
Noriko Furunishi’s monumental landscape photographs inaugurate New Pictures, a semiannual series dedicated to innovative work by emerging artists from around the world. Presented each fall and spring, the series highlights the vital experimentations in photography and new media undertaken by artists who grapple with making images that address today’s culture.
http://www.artsmia.org/new-pictures/
Furunishi, who was born in Kobe, Japan, and lives in Los Angeles, uses a large-format 4 x 5 camera to make several film images of geographical sites in the United States. Each image represents a different point of view, typically including one with a span from the tip of the artists toes into the foreground and landscape. After selecting four to six images, Furunishi scans the negatives onto a computer and then digitally stitches them together with Adobe Photoshop to create seemingly continuous landscapes. A close look reveals that some images have been flipped upside down or rearranged within the composition. The vertical orientation of Furunishi’s photographs recalls the complex formal compositions of historical Chinese and Japanese hanging scroll paintings, providing a contemporary perspective on the MIA’s renowned Asian collection.
Furunishi’s photographs suggest the new visual conditions and technological possibilities of our own time through their subtly warped vistas, which upend preconceptions about the land beneath our feet and the skies overhead.
Duration : 0:4:1
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Tags: abstract, arts, exhibition, furunishi, HD, institute, landscape, minneapolis, museum, newpictures, noriko, of, photographs, photography, photoshop |
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Travel to Japan during the Spring to Summer season to see a wide variety of flowers in bloom, abundant bird life, pottery, crafts and culture. Toursgallery operate exclusive tours for people who want to see more than the common tourist attractions. Join a small group of about 10 to 20 discerning travellers from UK, Canada, USA , New Zealand and Australia escorted by a tour leader and translator who can show you the quirky and obscure places that independent visitors never see. For over 25 years Ken Osetroff and Mayumi Gray have been creating ‘behind the scenes’ tours to Japan that you can buy directly from Toursgallery.com
National parks, gardens, craft studios, pottery kilns, art galleries, bird watching, nature tours, trains, spa resorts, honeymoon and architecture are all included in the range of tours from Destination Management – Toursgallery.
May and June are excellent months to visit Japan after the huge crowds of cherry blossom tourists have vanished and azalea, iris and wisteria bring colour to traditional Japanese landscape gardens, Zen gardens and even the wild natural areas.
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This is a movie version of my book. It has more images than the printed version but it is still one persons very subjective reaction to living as a “Gaikokujin” (outsider) within the formal beauty of Japan.
Duration : 0:9:30
A short video made from Japanese winter landscape photos that can be seen in Panoramio.com and in Google Earth. Music is from HIMEKAMI: Earth Flame. http://www.panoramio.com/user/11781.
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