Tuesday, May 29, 2007

shodo --May 10, 2007



A lady from Finland joined today's class. Though that was her first experience, she was so observant of writing with a brush. We had a nice chat over coffee and Japanese first flush green tea "shincha".

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Cooking-May 7th,2007











Bamboo shoots, udo, new potatoes,kinome(Japanese pepper leaves),&suzuki fish are in season now. We enjoyed cooking them and made delicious dishes!

Friday, May 04, 2007

Hikaru-sensei has a new born baby!


On 6th of April, at 18:58, a boy became a member of Hikaru-sensei. His name is MOTONARI.

Mother and Motonari are fine. She says that she will be eventually be back to the Hikari School. She has been encouraged by the Tsukushiclub mothers who attend the culture programmes soon after having a new born baby.

Shoto-20th of April,2007




Three people of different nationality enjoyed the lesson today.We had a fun chat over coffee.

Graphic Art-19th of April,2007




To make original things is a quite fun. Ladies were enthusiastic for chosing best match color papers and arranging them on a shikishi(=a square of heavy decorated paper). When we bleech in a shape of a real leaf, we could get good results using firm leaf which the veins stand out. Pictures show you attractive pieces.

Shodo-19th of April,2007


A member's friend visiting from Germany joined us for the shodo class and experienced Japanese calligraphy for the first time.

Shodo-16th of April,2007




Here are some examples of the squre style, the semicursive style and the cursive(running) style.