30th.April Ann chan flies back to Scotland
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Saw Ann chan off on the train to Narita airport in the morning. Then O-jiichan set too playing with the train set Kata's aunt bought for all the Katagiri children to play with when they are in Sendai! |
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| Kata had to go to Sendai to be presented with "a letter of grattitude for services to the cultural life of Sendai city" by the mayor. We then went to see the new "Mediatech" building which has just opened as Sendai's flagship project for the 21st century - we actually had a tour of the building when it was still under construction and it seemed a shame that they had had to cover up the amazing structure with walls and floors! Bumped into Michael Frank of Namaiki Design (part of the incredible DELUXE - see links) who is exhibiting some pieces in one of the exhibitions on at the moment, so Ann chan, Kata and I went back in the evening to meet him for a drink when he told us about some of his incredible projects. )KT) |
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While in the middle of a game of hide and seek Mori san arrived with his 2 children and Kata, well as Mori knows us by now, I think he was a little surprised by 2 large foreign women emerging from the undergrowth covered in twigs. (KT) |
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Kata's parents came up to Morioka to take Ann chan and all of us out for a Chinese meal. (KT) |
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Last shot after a final all night photography session. (KT) |
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Mori san and his assistant arrived for a 3 day marathon of photographing Kata's and my sculpture for exhibition catalogues. (KT) |
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| The traditional egg rolling competition was this year extended to include an indoor egg spinning event. Prizes all round ofcourse but the grand prize, hand delivered by Ann chan from Thornton's Chocolates in Edinburgh , went to Rene Adhar. |
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Emily getting all gooey about baby Megan.
Eldon, Gary and Emily setting to the serious business of painting their eggs for tommorrow's egg rolling competition. (KT) |
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Ann chan trying to encourage her grand daughter to pick up habits her daughter did not develop!? (KT) |
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After the long winter break work started again on the ongoing construction job for the children's treeless tree house. (KT) |
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Dr Victoria James, the Daiwa scholar came to stay at the introduction of Junko Kono from the Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation. She proved to be a lovely guest.
We later found out that she is a journalist as well as a scholar - see the Japan Times page 3 (never thought I would end up a page 3 girl) May 10th for the description of what Emily and Sean were telling her about the stone and our sculpture. (KT) |
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Ann chan, Kata, Emily and Sean all went to the opening of our friend Kato's show in Morioka, Meanwhile I was having a weekend of art events with Johnnie Walker, Director of the Tate Tokyo Residence, in Tokyo having been to the opening reception for the British Art Now Festival on 5th April. (KT) |
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Our Koi nobori in their seasonal quest to swim upwind. |
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Ann chan arrived from Scotland - and we are all DELIGHTED to see her. (KT) |
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Sean looks as if he thought this was a very bad "April fool", but no stiches were needed. (KT) |
