Kokeshi Adventures こけしの冒険

Getting here was the easy part... A fter almost two months away from the blog I'm back, but before returning to our Tohoku trip I ...

I n the heart of Aomori Prefecture is a magnificent crater lake called Lake Towada (十和田湖). Before our big Tohoku trip began we had read on a...

Aomori's stunning Oirase Gorge. T o me northeastern Japan -- Tohoku -- is a very different Japan than the Tokyo area. Tsunamis and ma...

Tsuchiyu's giant welcoming kokeshi. (Continued from the previous blog entry) After leaving the Watanabe's kokeshi shop we followe...

Tsuchiyu Onsen manhole cover. O n the morning of June 18th we began our 10-day Tohoku kokeshi adventure. Our plan was to stay in eastern ...

Along the highway. I have documented various kokeshi adventures in this blog over the last few months. These trips have chiefly occurred...

We saw these in the Usaburo factory museum. T here's a branch of the kokeshi world that goes beyond small into the realm of tiny. I...