April 16, 2025

APR 16: Japan visit, Osaka EXPO 2025








Ausro-Japanese piano

sign for Canada pavil








April 13, 2025

APR 13: Japan Visit, Kyoto shrines

strumpidity: a neologism describing a narcissistic suspension of reality

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More photos from Japan:


at Fushimi-Inari Shrine, Kyoto


View of Kyoto from Mt Inari (rainy day)

Golden pavillion, Kinkakuji shrine





April 10, 2025

APR 10: Japan Visit

Day 10 of our Japan visit:

After mostly pouring rain in Tokyo and Kanazawa, the weather improved in Kyoto.

Viruses brought with us are now abating in the sunshine.  

Innumerable walks on the agenda,  through gardens, shrines, castles, using very crowded buses to reach the peripheral regions of the city where many of these treasures are located. 


Mouth-watering sashimi at Kyoto station



Sakura: cherry blossoms, in full bloom













celebrants in costume for sakura




rhododendron blooms

April 9, 2025

APR 9: Neologism

Proposed Nobel-Prize-winning economic theory:


 STRUMPIDITY