TOKYO (SHIMO-KITAZAWA), JAPAN STREET ART: BIRDIE by YOKAPAINT and PUTOSPAINT

28sep25

KOBE, JAPAN: A MOODY DAY AT IKUTA SHRINE

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OSAKA (BENTENCHO), JAPAN: WHEN I LET GO OF WHAT I AM

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu

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12jul16. Osaka, Japan.

OSAKA (BENTENCHO), JAPAN: JOIN THE DANCE

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“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ― Alan W. Watts

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12jul16. Osaka, Japan.

OSAKA (BENTENCHO), JAPAN: BE IN THE PRESENT

“Bring awareness to each act. Walking on the road, walk fully alert; eating, eat with awareness. Whatsoever you are doing, don’t let the past and the future interfere. Be in the present. That’s what awareness is all about.” ~Osho

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11jul16. Osaka, Japan.

KOBE, JAPAN: SIMPLIFY

“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” ~Henry David Thoreau

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july16. Kobe, Japan.

OSAKA (TAISHO), JAPAN: BRIDGES, DECAY, & BEAUTY

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3july16. Osaka, Japan.

OSAKA (SHINIMAMIYA/NISHINARI), JAPAN: “WE ARE HERE,” NISHINARI WAN PROJECT

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30jun16. Nishinari, Osaka, Japan.

OSAKA (SHINIMAMIYA), JAPAN: BEYOND THE IMPERFECTIONS

“Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” ~Unknown

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30jun16. Osaka, Japan.

OSAKA, JAPAN: NO MUSIC, NO LIFE

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28jun16. Kobe and Osaka, Japan.