私は「仲間由紀恵事件」との関与をきっぱりと否定します。 I strongly deny the report of my involvement in the Nakama Yukie Incident. I was, er, at home watching TV at the time. My cats are witnesses.

僕のヴィム・ヴェンダース時代でした。この若い女の人はアレハンドロ・ゴンサレス・イニャリトゥの『バベル』 の端役女優でした。January 2007, during my Bruno Ganz/Wim Wenders period. The friendly young lady on a day-trip from Osaka had just been …

群馬県のチンピラが好きそうな車ですね〜。私も好きです。何の意味だろうか？Not least this one, spotted in front of Kyoto City Hall last Sunday.ドイツ系のアメリカ人でしょうか？ Jeez, in an attempt to describe this vehicle I came up with a new …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTUIHK7gHRE Or, er, oh well... a geetar may suffice?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcgTalkin of horns:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJVGMNiwY9gAccidents never happen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3…

Just wondering if anyone ever reads this blog? Or is it going the way of our friend here? 誰かこのブログを読めますか？ドードー君のたどった道をたどるかな〜？"Naruhodo" said the Dodo When advised Of his Demise.

As Fairport Convention once sang. Akihiro and Sasha, once upon a time in Kyoto:And, Kev, on another distant shore:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpF0MoyS0c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUcJEgyz…

On Tuesday I saw this fantastic exhibition at the Kampo Museum in Okazaki. I highly recommend it. For those of you within shouting distance of my house, I have free tickets if you'd like some.It was one of those exhibits which is so good, …

Jens today was talking about the 'survival training' he will once again undertake with his Saxobank team-mates in preparation for the 2010 racing season.Quoth Jens, in his inimitable style: "Of course, I am looking forward to days without …

BTW, hi Aaron, I used the Hatena Screenshot tool to upload these pics. Very convenient, thanks.My students and I have been watching Roman Polanski's 'Macbeth' in preparation. I wonder what he is watching, in the confines of his Swiss gaol.…

Kotaro Iizawa is a famous photographic art critic, and full-time mushroom nerd. He will be giving a talk at Coccon Karasuma on Saturday at 7pm. There will be 'mushroom music', and catering by Juri Suzuka's 'Cafe Millet'. I shall be there. …

An avocet. They were extinct in Britain, until, during World War 2, the government turned the area adjacent to the Wash in East Anglia, into swampland (to deter a German invasion). The Bosch tanks never showed up, but the avocets did.If yo…

Taken circa 1937. Dad's the youth on the right at the front. Their defence was leakier than Bradford City's (they conceded 23 goals in ten games). Not dad's fault. He was a forward. 前の一番右の人です。お父さんかっこい！

She sent me this, twenty years ago. I stumbled across it while tidying up the other day. This, and her old cookbook, are the only pieces of her handwriting that I have.The landscape is up in North Yorkshire. Note that the train is pushing …