Comments on: School Life in Mimasaka City

By: Manny

Manny — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:47:10 +0000

Excellent entry Chris ! I enjoyed reading and viewing your pictures. I wish I was there in exhibit.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:31:03 +0000

So beautiful! Also took me back to my own kids in OK, and reminds how very different life can look in different locations. The few times I’ve watched anime, it freaks me out when they have "inaka" settings because of the cicadas and frogs and the lighting and the houses. Feels familiar enough to touch. (How did they know exactly how MY town and MY house would look?) :) Nice work! Hope the exhibition went well!

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[...] Don’t they remind you of photographs of my students in Japan? [...]

By: Christiana

Christiana — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:04:22 +0000

Amazingly, I never went to my junior high cultural festival. It always seem to coincide exactly with the ALT training in the fall. I did see one at Dai Ichi but didn’t have my camera with me.

A lunch photo almost made it into the presentation but I couldn’t quite fit it into the continuity smoothly. Perhaps when the book comes out.. ;)

By: tom

tom — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:47:30 +0000

Hah – someone there has taste…

Yes it must have been difficult – I was as interested in what was left out (e.g. cultural festival, group work at cleaning time and lunch time) as those photos that made it.

I’ve also been thinking about my Yoshii kids – especially the 3rd years just coming up to SHS exams and those about to take uni entrance exams.

By: Christiana

Christiana — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:13:09 +0000

Your favorite made it. They blew it up to 16×20 and it looks quite nice.

It took a really long time to choose the pictures that told a nice sequential story. There are lots that look great by themselves and others that have a great story behind them but finding ones that did both was the real challenge.

Looking these over makes me horribly nostalgic for Mimasaka and all of the kids. I wonder sometimes if they feel the same nostalgia looking at pictures of me…

By: tom

tom — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:05:07 +0000

Erm, its a tad difficult for me to get to the exhibition – which photo made it?

My personal fave is the second to last one.

(But you took sooo many, and winnowed them down, its difficult to chose as the ones left are all great.)

By: Christiana

Christiana — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:00:27 +0000

Thanks!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:27:09 +0000

Christiana, I really enjoyed this set of photos. Gave me a peek at life in Japan for these school age children. Nice work and congratulations.