“City of Trees” brass band plays at Castro Street Festival

赤シャツには、立ち退きをしやすくする法令に反対するメッセージが書かれています。

Sunny skies and an anti-eviction t-shirt. Very SF 2014. Here’s some more info about City of Trees Brass Band.

Is Tanuki party the only one calling for immediate end to nuclear power?

タヌキ党は原発再稼働反対を求めます。中野の小学校の前で。

Another Tanuki Party campaign poster spotted in front of a Nakano elementary school.

 

Rain did not stop anti-nuclear protests over weekend

昨日新宿の「再稼働反対」のデモがありました。雨なのに、賑やかだった。

Crowds shouted “no to restarting” the nuclear reactors. First of 50 remaining plants fired up yesterday in Oi, also the scene of large protests.

Making wall vases at Shiho ceramic studio

史火陶芸教室の生徒展示会のために、壁の花瓶と植木鉢を作っています。この写真は最初の形です。粘土と釉薬は同じだけど、後ろと前を反対にして、斜めと垂直の形を作りました。

In preparation for the November Shiho students’ ceramic show, I am expanding from flowerpots to wall vases. This is what they looked like after I connected the slabs together. Later comes trimming and carving, baking, glazing, and second baking. I am experimenting with reversing front and back, and how to angle the box that holds the water and flowers.