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Tora, Tora, Tora

Posted on 12.07.15 under Pearl Harbor, Uncategorized

Pearl Harbor Day…

This is sort of what it looked like to the pilots when their planes came in.

If they flew into a time vortex, that is.

Banzai…

Saturday Night in Tokyo

Posted on 11.29.15 under Dustin Wong, Junko Wong, Mamoru Sato, Nakano, Takako Minekawa, Tokyo, Uncategorized

It started in Nakano, a place known for Nakano Broadway, a mecca (wait, is that still a positive description?) for Otaku with its vinyl figures, manga, anime cells, maid bars, maid costumes, and all that good stuff.

Nakano Sun Plaza reminds me of the Tyrell Corporation in Blade Runner.

Not nearly as majestic, though — and where are the flying cars? It’s almost 2019…

We had dinner with Jessie, the daughter of my mentor, Mamoru Sato, a sculptor professor at the University of Hawaii, Manoa that advised me to become an art major. This was one of the biggest turning points of my life. We babysat Jessie and Dustin together — they were born just a couple of months apart.

I worked on Mo’s commissions throughout the years I was a student at UH.

Mo and Kathleen Sato — perhaps before they married.
(B&W photos ©Peter T. Brown estate)

Peter Brown (1955-1981) did jump through hoops, but not the usual hoops… I took this photo with his camera, turning the tables.

Signage in “ura” Nakano. The “ura” parts of the major centers (Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku, etc) can be some of the most interesting.

Then I drove Jessica to her hotel in Shibuya and Dustin and Takako back to Wakabayashi, Setagaya.

I think they used this intersection in “Fast & Furious — Tokyo Drift.” Obviously, not going to race in this part of town. There would be more than a few traffic fatalities.

Hachiko intersection. Very interesting on weekends.

This party bus was empty. Kinda sad on a Saturday night!

Plants can also be made homeless, too

Posted on 10.23.15 under Uncategorized

From a domesticated pot to a shadow behind a dumpster — it’s a sad transition…

But a chance to make it on their own, even it’s just a feral existence!

Maui weather has had a few days of “normal”

Posted on 10.22.15 under Uncategorized

It’s been a very different last couple of years, weatherwise, in the Islands. The number of tropical storms and hurricanes that have effected Hawaii are three times what they have been in the past. It could be due to the Super El Niño, but perhaps this is the new normal.

Look, up in the sky!

Posted on 09.27.15 under Uncategorized

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s SuperMoon!

“A spicy sweetness on an autumn’s eve
Full moon’s promise making lovers believe
Go freeze this moment for eternity
And lock it in a vault, throw out the key…”

A variation (to fit the season) of the song, “And So It Goes.”