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posted July 31, 2010
“My Nippon” Micah Gampel photo exhibition

Weekends in August 12:00-18:00 at Hanagumo Bar on Miyagawacho in Gion, Kyoto.  Party Saturday, Aug. 7, Closed Aug. 8.
All my photos were taken by my ketai camera as I work and play around Kyoto and Osaka mostly. It’s my Nippon world, but I feel like the viewer, not really part of the parade. [...]

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posted July 31, 2010
“My Nippon” Micah Gampel photo exhibition

Weekends in August 12:00-18:00 at Hanagumo Bar on Miyagawacho in Gion, Kyoto.  Party Saturday, Aug. 7, Closed Aug. 8.
All my photos were taken by my ketai camera as I work and play around Kyoto and Osaka mostly. It’s my Nippon world, but I feel like the viewer, not really part of the parade. [...]

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posted July 22, 2010
3rd “For Gaza Charity Concert” benefiting humanitarian aid group JVC Saturday at UrBANGUILD, Kyoto

“For Gaza” is a Kyoto based collective that creates events to raise awareness about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, combining music, dance and politics with guest speakers, films and discussion.

This should be a great evening- with the proceeds going to JVC as has been the case with our previous events.

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posted July 21, 2010
Kids ride free on Kyoto City buses during summer vacation: Eco-summer campaign

Elementary school kids ride free on Kyoto city buses (normally kids are half adult fare) through 8.31  by saying “Eco-summer” to the driver when getting off the bus. This is good for up to two kids per group, so if you have a big group, make sure they sit apart and pretend not to [...]

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posted July 16, 2010
The koto in its natural environment

From a show I attended a few years ago.
Intense concentration

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posted July 16, 2010
Amazing color-changing sky in Kyoto

We have had brutal rainy-season storms this week. This evening at dusk the storm clouds did something weird to the last bit of light. Sorry for the shaky cam; if you can’t stand it skip ahead to 38 seconds for the first color change and 1:20 for the second. I tried to go “Whoa! Whoa!” [...]

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