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![]() bekijk ook het algemene dagverslag van lees ook het persoonlijke dagverslag van Persoonlijke Dagboek door Joris-Jan Bos (fotografie) October 9th 2004 October 10th 2004 from the beginning We change transportation just before entering Hirado. We step into a Miami vice kind of speedboat to get us to Hirado harbor. There a whole group of people are waiting and taking our pictures stepping off from the boat. I feel like Sinterklaas. The welcome committee has plastic seats prepared for the new arrivals and the band plays a tune. Small children, 5 year olds, are giving us a treat on their o-daiko and other small drums. They all wear make up, very blue and red. Really cute and I have problems to control my emotions. This is one event longly planned, a real highlight in Hirado-life. And again expectations, give and take issues running through my brain. After which we get our unofficial gathering with all people involved. The chairman, the supervisors and the hosts. At this time we receive our mobiles to keep and get in touch in Japan. My host is not present, she had to take care of jetlag from her holiday to Canada and her little Johé. He is really cute and Coras favorite. Instead of her, Michiru there is Ryuichi, her husband and Photoshop-keeper. He is a sweet, kind, quit guy with good eyes. After the high of our reception I get the down. The sun stopped shining so bright, I was feeling really tired. I walked around Hirado main street to the place where the Dutch had their former Trading House. I spent some time where the lighthouse was, asking myself if this was going to be a long month yes or no, although being quite aware of my clouded state. That evening we get the official reception; we meet all kinds of people involved. This is where I meet my host Michiru. She is a very lovely small Japanese. She traveled to a lot of places and has friends all over the world. October 15th 2004 Next day I was scheduled for a workshop with Patrick, which means I take pictures while Patrick does the Patrick-show. He was scheduled to do it twice in one day. An afternoon session and an evening session. I tried skipping out of the first one, and it worked. I had a very intense shooting day at the Yamaguchi house and was working from 12 am till 12 pm. I could use a little brake so I escaped. I escaped to the city hall to do some urgent emails, we met the Mayor here earlier for a formal welcome to Hirado. I renewed my Mac-account, which was cut of all of a sudden. Homepage not working, email account in danger, stress!! It worked and is working now. Then out of nowhere Michiru, turns up and we make a plan for lunch. Into the supermarket to get some delicious ready-mades and into the car. Beach time. We spent a great time on the beach taking pictures and eating our bento. Some countryside and quietness, we had a great chilling time. She is really sweet and now I can see why Cora-san was so fond of her. She brings me breakfast, gives me wake-up calls and joins me in my darkroom stress. Yesterday we had an appointment to good fishing with a fisherman boat, the one with the big nets. Success guaranteed. It was hard getting up so early, I was supposed to get a wake up call from Takeshi-san but he saw light burning at my place, he lives really close I guess, and assumed I was awake, not so. I had a discussion with my dear buddy Patrick about which direction to take with our project and after a lot of beer and sho-sju, our favorite, we went to bed at 2:00 in the morning. At 5:05 I get my wakeup call from Takeshi-san, I am in front of your apartment, come out Isogi! (hurry). I was still naked as a baby, toothbrush in the mouth. Personally morning-time is not really my time, although I love the morning light and the quite, I also love my bed. Luckily it was quite a drive to the meeting point with the boat so I had a chance to slowly open one eye and then the other. No coffee allowed here in Hirado, only soup from coffee beans, do I smell a market? I was so glad to made the effort. This was a thing not to be missed. On the boat there were, I think, 5 men working. It was still dark when we sailed and we were given boots and lifejackets and gloves to feel somewhat comfortable. I was weaponed with my analogue-camera and shot like 5 rolls on this trip. We caught a little hammerhead shark. Some fly-fish, Ago they call it here, found its way right into my calf. What the hell
It was so good to see the sun coming up, it was a clear day. After the trip, still trembling and feeling the boat in the knees, we enjoyed fishermans-breakfast, fresh Ika (baby squid), some grilled Saba (macquerel) and some good miso soup. Being with the local people really felt good and everyone tried to give us a good time and were/still are so very friendly to us. It is very warmheartedly. Today I had an easy day, worked at home and then Michiru came and brought me some nice noodle-breakfast. With her husband we organized the darkroom and all the necessary equipment. Then I went to Mrs. Ehara . She was giving us a party and was cooking for us some nice Miso soup, some Agedashi Dofu and some Okonomiake, the Japanese pancake, osakastyle. Boy, it was a pleasure to see her cook and explaining (in Japanese) what she was doing and putting so much love and effort into her dishes. To suck a point to it, as we say in Dutch. Really great to watch such skill by this Japanese Housewife. She will easily leave some Dutch chefs yawning in the shadow with her cooking. Most japans women have such knowledge and skill, as I experienced on Patricks workshops. And then they are not chocked or disgusted by any of his somewhat weird combinations, on the contrary, they are willing try anything. So now I am writing this at 3:00 in the morning. I have to give a black and white workshop at 7:00. I just come back from Mr. and Mrs. Ehara. So friendly. Such good sho-sju, really nice company. In between my shooting of the preparation I got my first shodo lesson, which was also very interesting. The japanse calligraphy. I enjoyed that a lot. Thick pencil, lots of ink and then in one go write your word. I choose for the character carpe diem and he translated it into moment or blink of the eye. That is all of my profession in a nutshell. It was beautiful and my first Shodo is now on Mr. Ehara's wall, I gave it to him. He and Michiru walked us home; it was hard to keep a straight line. Back in Holland My analogue workshop turned out to be a really nice fieldtrip with 7 participant, more than imagined beforehand. I was happy sharing all my tricks and knowledge with the people gathered. We started really early, again, to get the early morning light. It was nice to feel some people were really into it. They always used the program mode of the camera and most of them didnt have a clue about all other possibilities. We shots some films in the rice fields had a picnic at the hilltops of Hirado with a superb view. Then of to the Sake factory where we shoot some films in low light conditions. It was a nice day. Another highlight was the mountain hike we did to Sjijiki Mountain. This once was a religious mountain and women are only allowed there since some years. Now there are only ruins left on this mountain, the remains of Temples and shrines. On the way back we loose our 3 guides in a hurry to get home and we do some mayor off-tracking. Then the cell phone comes to the rescue and we are all saved. Next on the schedule is the sunset cruise. We step on the boat and go immediately to the sundeck. Here so high you really feel every wave could overthrow the boat and it gets really excited at points. An amazing view. Beautiful islands rough sea and sun. I do apologize for the things I missed in this report. So many people, so many impressions. I hope my photos will tell and show the full picture. bekijk ook het algemene dagverslag van lees ook het persoonlijke dagverslag van |
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