2014-07-07

Ninna-ji Temple, wonderfully quiet

 

last pottery class with Shigeru: trimming

my five tea bowls

attending a Gion Matsuri rehearsal

2014-07-08

trip to Koyasan

spending one night at the Eko-in temple

copying sutra

Okunoin semetery

2014-07-09

Koyasan

Homa fire ritual at Eko-in temple in the morning

Kongobuji temple

biggest stone garden in Japan at Kongobuji temple

Danjo Garan

back in Kyoto
around Yasaka shrine at night

2014-07-10

recording the Rin to experiment with their sounds

float assembly on Shijo street

procession
on the Kamo river bridge near Gion

procession back to Yasaka shrine

 

arriving at Yasaka shrine

2014-07-11

the float assembly in the streets continues

second improvisation session with members of the
Ensemble for Intuitive Music Kyoto

left to right: Nana SUZUKI, HT, Masatsune NAKAJI, Ichiro AKIYAMA, Koji TERAMURA

2014-07-12

The floats are getting more and more impressive.
I’m going back and forth between five construction places, which are all near Shijo Karasuma.

installing the wheels

trip to Miyama mountains to spend the weekend with a group
of dancers and musicians around Meyou Kabayashi

My improvisation setup, including for the first time the full set
of Rin.

After a solo improv, I played with Hiroki-san (shakuhachi)

2014-07-13

visiting a 300 year old rural temple

an 86 old local farmer gives us a tour

recording the temple bell
this is an amazing occasion as there are no sounds of civilization and traffic

back in Kyoto
children procession with a small shrine

2014-07-14

visiting the finished floats

recording Koto sounds with Prof. Nakamura at
Kyoto City University of Arts

the floats at night

Kamo river

2014-07-15

Nanzen-ji temple

garden of Heian shrine

Kennin-ji temple

recording a 30-string Koto with
Aya Asakura at the Seihou-ji temple

Gion at night

2014-07-16

at the private Ryūzenji temple

recording a special shomyo ceremony with the priest Rev. Takawaki

recording the bell next to Tenjuin temple

recording the Jesuit Bell of Nanban-ji at Shunko-in temple
It was cast in 1577 in Portugal.

musicians on the float

processions of the groups to a shrine on Shijo street

 

procession to Yasaka shrine

2014-07-17

Gion Matsuri parade in the morning

afternoon at Yasaka shrine

procession through the streets

2014-07-18

saying ‘good bye’ to Kyoto
walking Gion at 5 a.m. – without tourists