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Sunday Walk in Okamoto

As the outside world gets ever uglier and less secure, I am increasingly aware of how lucky I am to be living in a tranquil and beautiful place —and that it is important to draw attention to this in my posts. Here are some pictures from yesterday's walk with the dog around Okamoto: the spring blossoms may have gone, but it still looks wonderful.

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

Today we visited Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum in Shinkobe (on the recommendation of our friend Caroline Heycock). I was expecting to be interested but to have to leave early with fractious children (the younger two, at any rate). Not so: not only was the museum a beautiful piece of architecture full of stunning craftsmanship, but the workshops kept Julian and Sean occupied for a good two hours on a damp Saturday. Well worth the visit, right beside Shinkobe Station, admission 500 yen for adults.