Thursday, May 17, 2007

I heart Japan!

After not sleeping for a long long time we finally got to Japan. Yesterday we walked around a lot--we went to the Fine Arts University (Geidai), a shogun graveyard and met an incredible man named Maeno-sensei.



Maeno-sensei is picking up pods. He is into them. Also, he started the Historical Preservation progam at the Fine Arts University. He looks like this fox statue we saw or Yoda. He sketches people and likes to drink beer.

*A word about Japanese beer: Either it's because of the elevation or the minimal alcohol content in the beer but I haven't been drunk since we got here and believe me I've tried (been having trouble sleeping).



This is a sculpture preservation student at Geidai. He is working on a replication of an 800 year old temple sculpture.

We met the graduate and doctoral students of Tokyo University's Urban Design program last night and they're all so nice and funny and quirky and interesting. Though I'm tripping out completely, this is a fantastic place to visit--strange and lovely and fascinating all at once.

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