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1. SDJFG_090722_009.JPG: Note the water coming down and filling the bamboo tube. It fills up and then tilts and empties and then refills itself.
2. SDJFG_090722_071.JPG: [Weird grammar is from the sign] Kitamae-Sengokubune: Japanese style of cargo ship, which made the rounds from Osaka-Kyoto and the coastal area of the Island Sea the northeastern district and Ezochi (now Hokkaido) form in the late Edo area to the mid-Mejii era, was called Kitamaebune after the transport and trade sea route. With a cargo of sake (rice wine) and miscellaneous goods such as paper, tobacco, rice, cotton, sugar, salt, straw matting, they sailed from Osaka to and reached Hokkaido in late May. After having sold out the goods there, they purchased the marine products such as pressed dried herring, herring roe, kept in late August and brought back them to Osaka in December through the inland sea in the typhoon season. It is said that new shipbuilding cost was sometimes covered, after a sea trip, with the enormous profits made by taking advantage of the price margin in a remote place owing to the poor facilities of communication and transportation in those days. For this ship's most active periods, this dangerous marine transportation brought many wealthy merchants. Later on, market prices were standardized and the price margin got less. Besides, since the network of railways was constructed and the Mejii Government took the policy for modernization of shipping, Japanese style of sailing ships for marine transportation were gradually supplanted by western style of sailing ships and steamboats. How Kitamaebune is a ship that lives only in history, it's the only thing we can imagine the real ship from votive picture and model of the ship to a shrine along the one-time sea route. And yet, it is difficult to imagine what remains of former picture and model since they are damaged and broken down. Kunitaro Matsumoto reproduced this extinct ship model with his whole heart and soul. This ship model is one fortieth scale model of the actual size and yet reconstructed most accurately. We can come in touch with the soul of the valiant seaman through this ship model.
3. SDJFG_090722_080.JPG: FUJIKO ISOMURA Growing up in Tokyo, Japan, seeing myself as an individual unique woman was not necessary because blending in with others gains security within the society. Therefore, when I came to America, I realized the existence of "myself" more clearly. Throughout this experience, I began to develop my own ideas of life. "Happiness and harmony in life comes from the recognition of individual differences and the sharing of good hearts and thoughts." In everyday life, we are influenced by each other without knowing it. This is what my artwork is about. Many cultures have applied gold leaf to pictures. It came to Japan from China and Korea along with the Buddhist faith and the painting of icons. In the sixteenth century, Japan developed its own unique styles and techniques, especially in secular painting. This is the style I use in my work today. As the modern artist I begin my work by computer manipulation, collaging, and the printing of images. I then return to the formal art techniques of painting and gold leafing to complete my work. In my work I bring together old and new icons and images from American and Japanese culture. These combination of images represent the history of two cultures as well as my personal thoughts about the world I am experiencing. In the middle of rapid globalization, I would like to share my passion, experiences, and visions of living in diverse cultures through my artwork. And perhaps to make the world more aware of what we are, the times we live in, and harmony each of us can create and enjoy together.
4. SDJFG_090722_163.JPG: Light of Friendship
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Description of Subject Matter: For many years a Japanese Garden has been the dream of San Diegans, many of whom recall our original Japanese Teahouse.

Built in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition,
the Teahouse stood for more than thirty years as a symbol of the strong cultural and commercial ties that link two of the world's leading nations.

The Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego has roots in the 1915 World Exposition.
After the Exposition, strong community interest kept the Japanese Tea Pavilion open for thirty years within Balboa Park, San Diego's Culture Center. With the development of San Diego's Sister City relationship with Yokohama in 1950, forty years of gift exchanges followed, kindling feelings of shared ideals represented by the Japanese Garden.
The above was from http://www.niwa.org/display/History.asp
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2009 photos: Overnight trips this year: Niagara Falls, NY, New York City, Civil War Trust conferences in Gettysburg, PA and Springfield, IL, and my 4th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles, Yosemite, Death Valley, Kings Canyon, Joshua Tree, etc). Ego strokes: I had a picture of a Lincoln-Obama cupcake sculpture published in Civil War Times and WUSA-9, the local CBS affiliate, ran a quick piece on me. A picture that I took at the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium appeared in the National Archives' "Prologue" magazine. I became a volunteer with the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs. I've also got a Nikon D90 and a newer Fuji -- the S200EHX -- both of which are nice but I still prefer the flexibility of the Fuji. Number of photos taken this year: 417,000.
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