Saturday, June 12, 2010

Kiyosato


Pictures from our trip to the mountains in Kiyosato during Golden Week

The mountain house

Sunset on the trip up. Looks like the mountain is on fire
Dinner the first night

Snow still covers the peaks in early May

The gang at an overlook

The red bridge

'Insect Casings' exhibited in the gardens of the Nakamura Keith Haring Museum

Fukui, demonstrating some Dragon Ball Z techniques.
Nakamura Keith Haring Collection

Entry hall to the galleries

Looking up in the entry hall

A multimedia exhibit of Keith's early streetart in NY City. Fukui and Sakagami are standing in the middle of the video giving it a 3-D appearance

One of the pieces on display

Interesting how the museum itself becomes part of the artwork

Sit down with me...

Sculpture courtyard

Keith's famous dog symbol

You can run, but you can't get out of this picture

Wetland at the rural botanical garden and insect museum

The gardens still support agricultural production of fruits and vegetables, and are intended to serve as an example of traditional farming techniques and crops

A butterfly on display

The curator has collected insects from all over the world. And stated that only about 1/100 of his collection is on display.

Amazing that such a comprehensive collection is in such an unlikely place

Beetle

Beetles from space?



It is amazing to see the colors and patterns of nature.

A small village near Kiyosato that hangs Koi kites across the valley each year. The Kio kites are used to celebrate Boys Day (Kodomo no hi) the 5th of May. There is also a girls day (Hinamatsuri) on March 3rd.
Will and Mikakoda-san taking a break

When a families son's grow up and they no longer celebrate Boys day at home, they donate their kites to the village for this annual display.

A beautiful display in a gentle breeze

So many different colors and styles of kites. You can tell that some have been on display for years, and may not have much life left

sunset at the farmers market. The last rays of the day peek over the mountaintops.
Hiking in Kiyosato. It feels very much like the Blue Ridge...just in a funny language


Looking down on the trail up the ridgeline

Celebrating reaching the top

lunch at the top is a popular activity

Sakagami claiming the mountain for Okinawa

The Miyakoda's claiming the mountain for Miyakoda-san

Will about to fall off the mountain after 2 beers at lunch

Fukui daring someone to try and take his mountainCelebrating how much easier it is to go down than it was to go up

Mudani Gallery - probably the coolest gallery of art (for sale) I have ever seen. A very traditional building type that follows the topography of the land with rooms at different levels being connected by stairways and hallways that are open to the landscape.

even nails in the wall look cool here


View from one of the "rooms." demonstrates the integration of interior and exterior spaces

The way the artwork is displayed is an art in itself


Hiking to a series of waterfalls

serious

smiling
hiking back down

an ants-eye view at a photography museum and hotel in Kiyosato
Will and Miyakoda-san critiquing the landscape design

The rear plaza of the museum

Relaxing on the terrace. Notice the same chairs as Paley Park in NY?
A nice rhythm of space enhanced by shadow

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