Lunch in Japan

Today these 7 magnificent people sat with me for lunch next to a little clump of forest.

The little forest was in the middle of a grassy Japanese plateau high above Yamaguchi.

From right to left : Shin il (Korean artist on same residency as me), Primoz & his girlfiend Nika (Slovenian video artists on residency), Hiro (one of the organisers running this programme  a shy architect working here to mix with other genres and because he likes the building, I suspect) , Tamoko (temporary staff hired specially to keep us company and see that we are alright, a masseuse who takes some pictures and is in the running for "sweetest living thing I have ever met" - think panda trying to figure something out), Machiko (tall Japanese minor goddess chaperon and main translator- last night she made us sea-urchin pasta), Ayaka (local lady back visiting from studying art is Frankfurt), & a tiny clump of forest. 

Wind was brisk off the moody plateau. Spirits were very high.

This is what the the little lunch-boxes looked like, and what they had inside. Special.

About R15 worth of very special; made and delivered in the morning by a local lunchbox company. They are called Benko's. The heart shaped ones were packed for Hiro and Ayaka by her mother (it was a source of envy & amusement at the table as it is typical of newly weds and they are not involved.)

Then we went to see these spectacular caves that are 80m below the plateau.

Magical & warm. Met a small fellow with more legs than one would think was completely necessary.

That was a fine day.

love to you all

J