10 July 2023 MondaySunny afternoonTop of 33 degrees We left Matsushima at 11 am, after visiting the Zuigan-ji, Sankei-den inside the Entsu-in and the Tenrin-in temples. We drove through Sendai, stopped for lunch at Michinoku Centre by Kamafusa Lake at midday on...
11 July 2023Mostly cloudy, some rainTop of 29 degrees After a light breakfast from the convenience store across the road, we walked to the Kokeshi-bashi Bridge again. This 91-meter long and 7.8-meter-wide bridge, part of National Highway 457, runs over the Matsu-kawa...
12 July 2023 WednesdayCloudyTop of 33 degrees After another breakfast from the convenience store across the road, we spent most of the morning in the studio writing. Satoh-san visited to see how we were. He told us about a knowledgeable woman who works at the Kokeshi...
13 July 2023 ThursdaySunnyTop of 29 After breakfast we drove the 20km road of Zao Echo Line, on prefectural road 12 to the top of Katta-dake to pay respects to the Kattamine Shrine Hongu and view the crater, called Okama (‘the honorary Cauldron’). There were high...
14 July 2023 FridaySunny, then cloudy Top of 29 After breakfast in the studio with bread from Bring, we both worked at our respective desks. I wrote my diary, sorted photographs and poems, and worked as an editor of our publication as part of our residency project....
15 July 2023 SaturdayRainTop of 24 Intan arrived at 8:30 am with her washing, which we started, had breakfast with the bread from Bring, then left the studio for Intan to work in. We crossed the Kokeshi-bashi Bridge and drove south on National Highway 457 and stopped...
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